@toowonderful the AP program at DS’s school is brand new. AP is not that common in Canada though it is growing. The AP courses are a little tricky to incorporate into our curriculum as they are not officially recognized. DS is in the first cohort of students in the program at his school and they’ve only been rolling out the courses as the cohort advances. Up to now all the courses offered have been Pre-AP. DS is in grade 11 this year so now they are up to 3 grades of cohorts. This is the first year that actual AP’s have been offered: AP English Lang & Comp & AP US History as grade 11 credits and AP Psychology and AP Physics 1 as grade 12 credits. DS signed up to fast track grade 12 AP Physics 1 in second semester, but they didn’t get enough students signing up (most likely because the majority of the students chose to take all 3 grade 11 Pre-AP sciences). In fact the only AP they got enough enrollment to offer this year is AP English Language which he is not taking so next year will be the first year he can register for AP’s. For the subsequent cohorts, they will have the option to take AP’s earlier if they decide to fast track and there is enough room. DS most likely will be taking grade 12 Pre-AP Advanced Functions + AP Calculus BC, grade 12 AP Chemistry, and grade 12 AP Physics 1. Since AP Physics 1 wasn’t offered this year he switched to grade 11 Pre-AP Biology so he could potentially take grade 12 AP Biology next year too but I doubt he will. If he does take Bio it will most likely be the regular grade 12 U level. The other grade 12 AP he may opt to take is European History if it is offered though I’m inclined to think he should just take the grade 12 U level in that as well. 1 Pre-AP and 3 AP courses is plenty.