WACHUSETT Regional High School

Wachusett Regional High School offers 17 Advanced Placement courses to its students. These courses follow the national AP standards modeled by first-year college courses and developed by The College Board. Students take their AP exams in May. The cost of a 2019 AP exam was $94. Students must pay a $40 deposit before the end of the first quarter.

The AP courses and exams offered at WRHS:

Students can access all course descriptions and information about the AP program at the College Board AP website.

Getting AP Credit in College: Students who receive qualifying scores on AP exams may receive college credit or exemption from introductory college courses. To find out any college's policy toward granting credit for AP scores, check the AP College Credit Policy page at the College Board website.

AP Summer Assignments

Many AP courses at WRHS require some academic work over the summer. This is to ensure students arrive at the start of school prepared for the rigors of the college-level AP classes and for the amount of material that must be covered for the AP tests in May.

A course's summer assignment can be accessed by clicking on the course name below. These assignments will be updated through the end of the school year.

• AP Economics
• AP English Language and Composition (11th Grade) ("Economy" by Henry David Thoreau) (Active Reading Notes Sample 1) (Active Reading Notes Sample 2)
• AP English Literature and Composition (12th Grade)
• AP Environmental Science "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin
• AP Psychology Summer Assignment; AP Psychology Unit 1 Packet
• AP Spanish Language and Culture
• AP Studio Art
• AP U.S. History
• AP U.S. Government and Politics
• AP World History