The Clerc Center Honors Program

Model Secondary School for the Deaf Honors Program

MSSD currently offers two types of courses through the Honors Program: honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Honors classes are essentially preparatory coursework for future AP and/or college courses, and the student receives a challenging, in-depth look into the subject matter through a wide variety of higher-level assignments and readings.

Honors courses offered for the 2006-2007 school year are as follow:

• English 9
• English 10
• English 11
• English 12
• government
• world history
• US history
• biology
• physical science
• chemistry
• earth systems science
• geometry
• trigonometry

Our most rigorous courses are called Advanced Placement. AP classes are college equivalent classes which provide the student with an intensive foundation from which to gain competency in a particular discipline.

At the end of the course, the student is expected to take the AP exam, for which a passing score earns him/her college credit. All AP curriculum and exams are created and administered by The College Board.

AP courses offered for the 2006-2007 school year at MSSD are

• AP English-Language
• AP English-Literature
• AP Psychology
• AP US History

This year the Honors Program has expanded its options and is now offering CE courses. The two CE Honors courses offered for the 2006-2007 school year at MSSD are:

• ACT Prep/ Personal Finance
• Honors Senior Seminar

Currently, 72 MSSD students are enrolled in at least one honors/AP course, and 39 of these students are taking 3, 4, or 5 honors/AP classes.

For more information contact: Daniel Dukes.