Advanced Placement
South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) is committed to providing equitable access to the Advanced Placement (AP) program.
The AP program enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.
Students who earn a qualifying score on an AP exam are typically eligible to receive college credit and/or placement into advanced courses in college.
SSFHS AP Policy
Students who wish to enroll in honors courses must obtain approval from their current instructor. For example, the English 1 College Prep teacher must approve a student's request to enroll in English 2 Honors.
Students who wish to enroll in advance placement (AP) courses must attend a meeting with the assistant principal to confirm the student's understanding of course expectations and submit a signed AP contract that includes the following signatures:
- Student's current instructor
- Student's parent/guardian
Once the required signatures have been obtained, students may submit a course request form to their counselor to register for Honors or AP course.
Students cannot drop an AP or Honors course after enrolling.
Students are also expected to complete all summer work for AP and Honors level classes upon the first day of school.
AP American Government & Politics (Grade 12)
AP Biology (Grades 11 and 12)
AP Calculus AB (Grades 11 and 12)
AP Chemistry (Grades 11 and 12)
AP Computer Science A (Grades 10, 11, and 12)
AP European History (Grade 12)
AP Italian (Grades 10, 11, and 12)
AP Language & Composition (Grade 11)
AP Literature and Composition (Grade 12)
AP Microeconomics (Grade 12)
AP Music Theory (Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12)
Year Course (SSFHS only)
Prerequisite: None
Students should be able to read and write musical notation, and it is strongly recommended that the student has acquired at least basic performance skills in voice or on an instrument. This course covers first semester of college music theory for the music major or minor and satisfies one semester of college level fine arts/humanities elective. The course covers basic musicianship, notation, harmonic and rhythmic studies, composition, counterpoint, and musical analysis from the renaissance through 21st Century Music. Ear training includes sight singing and melodic/harmonic dictation. Open to all students with an adequate background in music.
AP Physics 1 (Grades 11 and 12)
AP Spanish (Grades 11 and 12)
AP United States History (Grade 11)
AP World History (Grade 10)