BOWIE HIGH

SUMMIT SCHOLAR PROGRAM

https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/bowie-hs-summit-program/

SUMMIT SCHOLAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Ø Bowie High School’s most competitive and rigorous academic course of study.

Ø A small, selective program within our larger Advanced Placement program.

Ø A four-year pre-AP and Advanced Placement program.

SUMMIT SCHOLAR PROGRAM HISTORY AND PURPOSE

Ø SUMMIT was created in 2002 to better serve our highly motivated and achieving students by offering them yet one more reason to choose Bowie High School. Our goal is to provide high instructional standards and systemic support to help engaged, aspiring students develop and challenge themselves academically and become the most competitive college applicants they can be.

Ø The SUMMIT Class of 2015 was our tenth graduating class.

Ø The philosophy of the SUMMIT program is based on the College Board’s Vertical Team structure which helps students achieve in Advanced Placement courses. These AP courses are rigorous, and students need to prepare early for success. Highly able and motivated students like those in SUMMIT would achieve some level of success in AP with or without the SUMMIT program, but we hope to increase their success even more by implementing AP skills and strategies early. SUMMIT students take intensive pre-AP core courses freshman and sophomore year (special SUMMIT-only sections of honors courses) in order to prepare them for AP classes during their sophomore, junior and senior years.

Ø Please see apstudent.collegeboard.org for more information about Advanced Placement.

SUMMIT STUDENTS

Ø are ready for the rigors of high school and even college-level work; they are highly capable, motivated, independent, resourceful, disciplined learners.

Ø embrace challenges and enjoy academic pursuits; they are discerning, inquisitive, literate, analytical, well-rounded scholars.

SUMMIT ADMISSIONS

Ø Acceptance rate for SUMMIT Class of 2019 (our current freshmen): 32%. Last year, over 230 students applied for 60-65 available slots.

Ø SUMMIT requires no minimum GPA or test score. Instead, we accept the very top 60-65

students from our applicant pool.

· Average 7th and 1st quarter 8th GPA for SUMMIT Class of 2019: 3.8

· Average entrance exam score for SUMMIT Class of 2019: 83%

Ø Admissions criteria:

· GPA -- 45% of application weight

· November/December entrance exam (items from released PSAT and SAT) -- 45% of application weight

· Other: Optional essay, teacher references, etc. -- 10% of application weight

· Students must reside within Bowie High boundary (Use “School Finder” feature on www.pgcps.org)

SUMMIT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Ø By graduation, SUMMIT students are required to have completed a minimum of 6 AP courses and taken the May College Board exams for each.

Ø Required AP courses: AP U.S. Government (10th grade), AP English Language and Composition (11th), AP World History (11th)

Ø SUMMIT students take at least 3 more AP classes of their choice; these courses should include at least one AP science and one AP math course.

Ø SUMMIT students are required to take the PSAT in grades 9,10, and 11.

Ø SUMMIT students are required to maintain a 3.0 unweighted GPA with a 3.0 in SUMMIT and AP courses.

SUMMIT CONTACT INFORMATION

Ø Kelly Price,

Ø https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/bowie-hs-summit-program/