Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada, created by the College Board, which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students.
American colleges and universities often grant placement and course credit to students who obtain high scores on the examinations.
The AP curriculum for each of the various subjects is created for the College Board by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that field of study. For a high school course to have the AP designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum.
If the course is approved, the school may use the AP designation and the course will be publicly listed on the AP Course Ledger.
In 2013, the most taken AP exam was English Language and Composition with 476,277 students, and the least taken AP exam was Japanese Language and Culture with 1,169 students.
In Halton Region and Peel Region, Advanced Placement is available at the following high schools:
Halton District School Board
Abbey Park High School – Oakville
Iroquois Ridge Secondary School – Oakville
Milton District High School – Milton
Oakville Trafalgar High School – Oakville
Halton Catholic District School Board
Assumption Catholic Secondary School – Burlington
Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School – Milton
Christ the King Catholic Secondary School – Georgetown
Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School – Burlington
Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School – Oakville
Peel District School Board
Central Peel Secondary School – Brampton and Caledon
John Fraser Secondary School – Mississauga
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
St Edmund Campion Catholic Secondary School – Brampton and Caledon
St. Joseph Secondary School – Mississauga
Private Schools in Halton & Peel offering Advanced Placement
There are a number of private schools in both Halton and Peel regions which offer the Advanced Placement program, including
Appleby College Oakville
MacLachlan College Oakville
Blythe Academy Mississauga
Bronte College Mississauga
Carrey International Education Mississauga
Mentor College Mississauga
Newton’s Grove School Mississauga
Sherwood Heights School Mississauga
