New

Hanover Advanced
Pathways

County and
Specialty

Schools Programs

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 NHCS Advanced Pathways

The advanced pathways in New Hanover County Schools

include:

● AP (Advanced Placement) *
● IB (International Baccalaureate Program @
Hoggard)
● IBECHS (Isaac Bear Early College High School)
● WECHS (Wilmington Early College)
● CFCC (Cape Fear Community College)*
● UNCW (University of North Carolina at Wilmington)*
● Specialty Programs*

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 AP
Advanced Placement

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 What is AP?
Th e Ad va n c e d Pla c e m e n t ® Pr o g r a m (AP) e n a b le s willin g a n d
a c a d e m ic a lly p r e p a r e d s t u d e n t s t o p u r s u e c o lle g e -le ve l s t u d ie s
wh ile s t ill in h ig h s c h o o l.
AP Approval Process
AP courses must be authorized by The College Board.
When teaching an AP course for the first time :
● Submit documentation showing understanding of course scope
○ Adopt Sample Syllabus or Unit Guides OR
○ Submit New or Revised Syllabus OR
○ Use a colleague’s already authorized syllabus
When teaching a previously authorized AP course :
● Administrator must renew course every year
AP teachers sign off that they will follow the CED (Course & Exam
Description)
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AP teachers have the authority to adapt and modify a syllabus and
 NHCS Strategic Plan Year 1 (2022-
2023)

● Fall 2023: Gained district access from College Board to receive

district -wide data

● January 2023: Began partnership with North Carolina Advanced

Placement Partnership (NC -APP)

● January & March 2023: NC -APP district wide professional

development sessions

● Began monthly school -wide PLCs for AP teachers for cross -content
collaboration
■ Use of “AP Classroom”, Analysis of Data/Writing 5
 NHCS Initiatives - Strategic Plan Year 2 (2023-2024)

○ Continue North Carolina Advanced Placement Partnership (NC -APP)

■ Ba c k t o S c h o o l Pr o fe s s io n a l De ve lo p m e n t S e s s io n s (Au g u s t 2023)
■ AIG S u p e r vis o r a n d h ig h s c h o o l AIG s p e c ia lis t s a t t e n d N C-APP
Dis t r ic t Le ve l Co llo q u iu m (O c t o b e r 2023)
■ Re g io n a l S ym p o s iu m s
■ Te a c h e r m e n t o r s h ip
■ APS I (Ad va n c e d Pla c e m e n t S u m m e r In s t it u t e )
● Wit h in t wo ye a r s o f t e a c h in g a n AP c o u r s e , t e a c h e r s will r e c e ive
Co lle g e Bo a r d t r a in in g in s u b je c t c a t e g o r y
○ Dis t r ic t AP PLCs
■ Co n t in u e m o n t h ly s c h o o l-wid e (a ll c o n t e n t t o g e t h e r )
■ Q u a r t e r ly d is t r ic t -wid e (b y s u b je c t )
■ O p p o r t u n it ie s fo r t e a c h e r s t o le a d PLCs
○ AP Te a c h e r In p u t (s u r ve ys & r o u n d t a b le d is c u s s io n )
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○ Dis t r ic t r e p o s it o r y o f s ylla b i
 AP Scores
● AP Exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5.
● Ma n y U.S . c o lle g e s g r a n t c r e d it a n d / o r a d va n c e d p la c e m e n t fo r
s c o r e s o f 3 and above.
● All 16 c a m p u s e s o f t h e Un ive r s it y o f N o r t h Ca r o lin a S ys t e m g ive
c r e d it t o s t u d e n t s wh o e a r n a s c o r e o f "3" o r h ig h e r o n Ad va n c e d
Pla c e m e n t e xa m s .

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 All AP Exam Scores Have Benefits

● The AP Program believes that all motivated and academically

p r e p a r e d s t u d e n t s s h o u ld b e a b le t o e n r o ll in AP c o u r s e s .

● Re s e a r c h c o n s is t e n t ly s h o ws t h a t AP s t u d e n t s a r e b e t t e r p r e p a r e d fo r
c o lle g e t h a n s t u d e n t s wh o d o n ’t t a ke AP, r e g a r d le s s o f t h e ir e xa m
s c o r e . Th e y a r e m o r e like ly t o e n r o ll a n d s t a y in c o lle g e , d o we ll in
t h e ir c la s s e s , a n d g r a d u a t e in fo u r ye a r s .

● S t u d e n t s wh o e a r n AP Exa m s c o r e s o f 1 o r 2:

○ O ft e n e a r n a h ig h e r s c o r e o n t h e n e xt AP e xa m t h e y t a ke

○ Ar e m o r e like ly t o a t t e n d c o lle g e a n d g r a d u a t e o n t im e t h a n
s t u d e n t s wh o d o n ’t t a ke AP

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 2023 AP Scores

54%
p a s s in g

1495 total students taking exams

In c r e a s e o f 194 e xa m s g ive n a n d in c r e a s e o f q u a lifyin g s c o r e s

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 2022-2023 NHCS AP Enrollment

District Ashley Laney Hoggard NHHS

# of AP courses 23 19 15 18 15

# of NCVPS AP courses 14 9 7 9 3

# of Teachers 68 16 16 19 17 10
 AP Teacher Survey

In 2023, more than 91% of NHCS students enrolled in AP

courses took the AP exams (College board regulations for Calculus AB/BC
exams impact student %) 11
Questions?

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DUAL ENROLLMENT

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 Dual Enrollment at CFCC

The Career & College Promise program is for qualified high school
ju n io r s & s e n io r s wh o wa n t t o b e g in t h e ir t wo o r fo u r -ye a r c o lle g e
wo r k, t u it io n -fr e e , wh ile t h e y a r e in h ig h s c h o o l.

To b e a c c e p t e d , s t u d e n t s m u s t m e e t t h e fo llo win g c r it e r ia :
● Be a h ig h s c h o o l ju n io r o r s e n io r wh e n CFCC c la s s e s b e g in , a n d
● H a ve a n u n we ig h t e d h ig h s c h o o l GPA o f 2.8 o r h ig h e r o n h ig h
sch o o l co u rse s, o r
● De m o n s t r a t e c o lle g e r e a d in e s s in En g lis h , r e a d in g , a n d
m a t h e m a t ic s o n a n a p p r o ve d a s s e s s m e n t o r p la c e m e n t t e s t .

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 2022-2023 CFCC Courses & Enrollment
CFCC Top 10 Courses
PSY150-General Psychology CFCC Enrollment
MAT171 Precalculus Algebra Number of students 1700
ART111
- Art Appreciation
Ashley 271
ENG111 Writing & Inquiry
Hoggard 407
SOC210 Introduction to
Laney 441
Sociology
NHHS 177
MUS110 Music Appreciation
IBECHS 5
ACA122-College Transfer
Mosley 11
Success
Sea Tech 150
HIS131-American History I
WECHS 238
COM231 Public Speaking
Number of courses 363
COM120 Intro to Interpersonal
Comm
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 2022-2023 Grade Distribution
CFCC
Sea
Grade Ashley Hoggard Laney NHHS IBECHS Mosley WECHS
Tech
483 648 721 328 266 575
A (3,043) 7 (100%) 15 (44%)
(52%) (58%) (49%) (59%) (38%) (57%)
226 329 109
B (1,216) 214 (19%) 0 6 (18%) 151(21%) 181(18%)
(24%) (22%) (20%)

C (1) 0 0 1 (>1%) 0 0 0 0 0

D (574) 76 (8%) 97 (9%) 150 (10%) 43 (8%) 0 5 (15%) 111(16%) 92 (9%)

204
F (722) 100 (11%) 103 (9%) 48 (9%) 0 8 (24%) 123 (17%) 136 (14%)
(14%)

P [P/F] (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (<1%)

WP (110) 24 (3%) 25 (2%) 41 (3%) 0 0 0 2 18 (2%)

WF (15) 0 8 (1%) 0 0 0 0 7 0

W (136) 19 (2%) 22 (2%) 22 (1%) 30 (5%) 0 0 43 (6%) 0

Total
928 1117 1468 558 7 34 703 1005
(5,820)
CFCC uses an 8 -point grading scale and will transcript grades as follows: A = 92 -100, B = 84- 91, C = 76-83, 16
D = 68-75, F = 0-67.
 CFCC Recommendations
1. Re vie w t h e r o le o f t h e t r a d it io n h ig h s c h o o l CFCC Lia is o n t o in c r e a s e
stu d e n t o u tco m e s
a . Lia is o n s p r o vid e t wo in -p e r s o n a n d o n e vir t u a l in fo r m a t io n s e s s io n s a t
e a c h h ig h s c h o o l
b .Wh e n r e q u e s t e d , a s s is t CCP s t u d e n t s wit h r e g is t r a t io n in d ivid u a lly
c . Pr o vid e c o u n s e lo r s g r a d e a le r t r e p o r t s fo r s t u d e n t s fa ilin g in t h e ir
b u ild in g s p e c ific a lly
d .Pr o vid e c o u n s e lo r s wit h in fo r m a t io n p e r t a in in g t o s t u d e n t wit h d r a wa ls
e . En s u r e c o u r s e s e le c t io n a d h e r e s t o p a t h wa y
2. S t u d e n t s wh o m a ke a C will b e o n a c a d e m ic p r o b a t io n fo r CCP c o u r s e s .
S t u d e n t s wh o m a ke b e lo w a C will n o t b e a llo we d t o p a r t ic ip a t e in CCP
u n t il g r a d e s im p r o ve t o B a n d a b o ve .
3. S t u d e n t s wh o h a ve fa ile d a CFCC c o u r s e p r e vio u s ly o r d r o p p e d wit h o u t
g u id a n c e o f t h e ir c o u n s e lo r will n o t b e a llo we d t o p a r t ic ip a t e in CCP 17
 Dual Enrollment at UNC-W

To be considered for admission as a Dual -Enrolled student, an

applicant must:
● be in good academic standing with their high school
● be in their junior or senior year
● have a 3.5 cumulative, weighted grade -point average (on a 4.0
scale)
Have one of the following:
● SAT score of 1170 or higher (Math & Evidence -Based Reading and
Writing)
● ACT Composite of 24 or higher
● PSAT "Test Scores" of 56 or higher (Math & Reading Only)
● PSAT "Total Scores" of 1048 or higher (Math & Evidence -Based
Reading and Writing Only)
● Pre -ACT score of 24 or higher
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 2022-2023 UNCW Courses & Enrollment

UNCW Top 10 Courses UNCW Enrollment

ENG101-College Writing &
Number of students 143
Reading I
ENG201-College Writing and Ashley 21
Reading II
Hoggard 16
COM101-Public Speaking
UNI101-First Year Seminar Laney 3

PSY105-General Psychology NHHS 1

WPA101-Wellness & Physical IBECHS 102
Activity Mosley 0
HST101-Western Civilization Sea Tech 0
CHM101-General Chemistry I
WECHS 0
MAT111-College Algebra
STT215-Introduction to Number of courses 330
Statistics
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 2022-2023 Grade Distribution
UNCW
Grade Ashley Hoggard Laney NHHS IBECHS Sea -Tech

A (615) 27 (75%) 28 (80%) 5 (83%) 1 (33%) 554 (69%) 0

B (168) 8 (22%) 3 (9%) 0 1 (33%) 156 (19%) 0

C (54) 1 (3%) 3 (9%) 1 (17%) 0 48 (6%) 1 (50%)

D (21) 0 0 0 0 21 (3%) 0

F (23) 0 0 0 0 22 (3%) 1 (50%)

WP* (4) 0 0 0 0 4 (<1%) 0

W (3) 0 1 (3%) 0 1 (33%) 1 (<1%) 0

Total
36 35 6 3 806 2
885*

*School not listed for one 'WP' student

UNCW grading scale will transcript grades as follows:

A = 94 -100, A- = 91-93, B+ = 88- 90, B = 84 -87, B- = 81-83, C+ = 78-80, C = 74 -77, C- = 71-73, D+ = 68-70, D = 64 -67, 20
D- = 61-63, F = < 61
 2022-2023 Dual Enrollment Grade
Distribution
Grade CFCC UNCW

A 3043 (52%) 615 (69%)

B 1216(21%) 168 (19%)

C 1 (<1%) 54 (6%)

D 574 (10%) 21 (2%)

F 722 (12%) 23 (3%)

W/WP 136/110(4%) 8 (<1%)

WF 15 (<1%) 0

P 3 (<1%) 0
(Taken pass/fail- Pass)

TOTAL 5,820 886 21