There are just a few of these programs across Saskatchewan and Holy Rosary High School has launched its Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry program which can get students credits on first-year university courses.
Grade 12 students Rickeliah Campbell and Joseph Coulter are grateful for the opportunity and have embraced the challenge of the extra work as they see the benefits in having a leg up going into higher education.
Campbell has three university applications on the go and aims to pursue nursing and medicine.
“It just gets me more prepared for how the professors will work and how fast paced it is compared to high school,” says Campbell as she reflects on the program so far. Her long-range plans are to become a travel nurse and help in missions around the world.
Meanwhile, Coulter sees a future in theoretical physics and is also looking forward to getting the AP credit to ease his tertiary workload. Already, he has been accepted to the University of Alberta to major in science.
“This course specifically has a lot more hands-on. In my other courses, we have never really had the AP board or college board where we can go online to take the extra courses to help us learn,” says Coulter.
“I have taught students that have pursued medicine, among other things, like pharmacy. They are doing very well and are presently doctors, so getting to visit with them and see what their chemistry experience was in high school and what their university experience was, inspired me to help foster those skills in the students that are coming up.”
