New Grant Award for RVS

Riverside Unified School District has been awarded a substantial Federal grant designed to increase access and achievement for low-income students, enabling successful passage of courses and exams. Access the AP Advantage! (AAPA!) project goals include increasing: 1) participation of low-income students in AP courses; 2) the number of AP tests taken and passed by low-income students; and, 3) AP access and success rates for low-income students through on-line AP and pre-AP coursework.

Because it is one of the goals of this program to increase the number of low-income students taking and passing AP exams, the AP Re-Boot Camp will guide students through the process of registering and preparing for AP exams in the spring. Students will also become familiar with the types of questions they should expect to see on an AP exam and will strategize methods for preparing responses to AP question prompts. Students will work in pairs to develop sample AP questions and then facilitate an online discussion with other students relating to how to develop a strong response. While activities in the Re-Boot Camps class will support preparing students for testing days, the course itself will remain open on-line throughout the year so that students can continue accessing the planning strategies and resources and participate in ongoing discussions with their study group partners throughout the school year.

The AP Re-Boot Camps will be hosted by the Riverside Virtual School (RVS), which will support students and teachers with access to technical support via the Internet, telephone, and in the RVS computer lab.