Sprague High School
AP / Dual Credit
- Dual Credit
- Advanced Placement (AP) Program
- AP Exam Registration Directions
- AP Exam Registration
- AP Exam Payment Information
- 2025 AP In Person Exam Schedule
- AP Practice Exams
- AP Exam Day Reminders
Dual Credit
Dual Credit Options
College Credit Now!
College Credit Now! (CCN) provides high school students with an opportunity to earn Chemeketa credit while still in high school for only $30.00 per year. Students can take as many CCN classes as are available to them at their school.
When can I start earning College Credit?
Students and parents should consider the College Credit Now! opportunities in the freshman year of high school. Thoughtful forecasting of your high school program can result in several significant benefits. A carefully designed high school course of study will result in saved time and money.
Where are these classes offered?
Public high schools in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties participate in the Chemeketa Community College program, College Credit Now!
What can I take?
Sprague High School offers a comprehensive curriculum, which includes a wide variety of advanced level courses.
- Athletic Training
- Advanced Chassis and Advanced Engine
Heritage - Developing Child & Teaching Young Children
- Medical Terminology
- Sports Psychology
- Teaching Young Children
PLEASE NOTE: High school course titles and Chemeketa course titles are not always identical. For specific course titles, please contact the Curriculum Assistant Principal.
More on the College Credit Now! program on Chemeketa Community College website.
Willamette Promise College Credit Opportunities
The Willamette Promise is a program coordinated through the Willamette Education Service District to provide local schools support in reaching our state’s education goals. This program will support those goals by increasing student’s chances for degree attainment by completing college courses while still in high school. It will also greatly expand the opportunities for students to complete Career and Technical Education courses leading to industry certification and careers. Another major advantage to the Willamette Promise is that these opportunities for students will come at a significant cost savings for families.
Willamette Promise provides high school students with an opportunity to earn Western Oregon University and Oregon Tech credit while still in high school for only $30.00 per year for as many credits as a student can earn in the academic year.
What can I take? Sprague High School offers a comprehensive curriculum, which includes advanced level courses.
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Chemestry
- College Writing
- Hertiage
- Math Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Spanish
PLEASE NOTE: High school course titles and Western Oregon University and Oregon Tech course titles are not always identical. For specific course titles, please contact the Curriculum Assistant Principal.
Western Oregon University has more on the Willamette Promise program here.
Advanced Placement (AP) Program
College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program
The Advanced Placement Program, monitored by the College Board, offers ambitious and capable high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses. If the student scores within an acceptable range on the advanced placement exam, course credit or entry at a higher course level may be awarded upon college entrance which translates to saving money and time.
College Credit Policies
Well before taking AP exams, students should contact the directors of admissions at the colleges of their choice to ask about specific advanced placement and credit policies. Colleges and universities should be prepared to tell the student in writing what credit and/or advanced placement will be granted for a given score on an AP exam, including any courses from which the student will be exempted or any higher-level courses the student will be allowed to enter. The College Board provides course descriptions and examinations. Course descriptions can be found on the AP Central website.
High school teachers use these rigorous course descriptions in curriculum planning and in preparing students to take an Advanced Placement examination at the end of AP level courses.
AP Registration Fee
Students are required to pay AP registration fees as determined by the College Board. If a student cannot afford the registration fee, the student should see the bookkeeper to seek scholarship availability.
AP Courses offered at Sprague High School
- AP Art History
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Chemistry
- AP Computer Science A
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature
- AP European History
- AP Human Geography
- AP Physics 1
- AP Psychology
- AP Spanish Language
- AP Statistics
- AP Studio Art
- AP United States Government
- AP United States History
- Pre AP PreCalculus
Oregon State Seal of Biliteracy
A student can earn the Seal of Biliteracy from the Oregon Department of Education by either taking an AP World Language course and earn a 4 or higher on the AP Exam or with a mastery score in another standardized language test. Students with strong skills in a language other than English can earn world language credit at their high school. Students may earn world language credits by taking a test that assesses their language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. See your counselor for details. This will be noted in the notes section of the transcript.
AP Exam Registration Directions
Students wanting to register for an AP exam must complete both steps 1 and 2
STEP ONE – College Board MyAP
*ALL students must complete step one
- How to “Join Your AP Class Section” – Instruction Sheet
- How to “Join You AP Class Section” – Instruction Video
- Login to MyAP
- Use the same login information from last year for returning students.
- Students with an account but can’t remember the username or password, enter your email and click the “Need help signing in” link or call College Board at 888-225-5427 for assistance
- New user – click on the Sign-Up link to set up a username and password
- The username and password will be used every year
- MyAP
- Click Join a Course or Exam button
- Enter Join Code specific to school/subject/teacher
- Verify course information to make sure the information that comes up is for the course you’re taking, if it is, click yes
- Register for Exam tab
- AP Exam status indicates “Undecided”
- Undecided MUST be changed to “confirm registration” or “No, I wish to remove myself from taking this AP Exam” prior to November 5, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
- After November 5th, exam status is changed from “Undecided” to “No”
- After November 5th, students must contact the School AP Coordinator to register for an AP exam. A $40 late fee will apply.
- Students who choose “confirm registration” will have an AP exam ordered upon completion and payment in Total Registration (see Step Two below)
STEP TWO – Payment for Registration for AP exams @ Sprague
- Please pay for registered exams @ Sprague prior to November 5th if you have registered for an AP exam in MyAP to avoid a late fee of $40.
- Students who choose to register for an exam after November 5th, 2024 will be charged a $40 late registration fee, in addition to the cost of the exam for a total exam fee of $140.00 per exam
- AP Exams regular registration costs are reduced for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch. Please reach out to Clinton Gertenrich if needed. gertenrich_clinton@salkeiz.k12.or.us
- ALL payments (credit/check) are made directly to Sprague High School, or can be made though the Payment Portal.
- Payment questions should be directed to Sprague bookkeeper, Kaitlynn Butler in main office.
AP Exam Registration
AP EXAM REGISTRATION – 2024-25
STUDENTS & PARENTS – Beginning in May 2025, many of our AP exams will be performed digitally online using a Salem-Keizer provided Chromebook using the Bluebook digital testing application. The exam schedule below shows two different formats that are specific to exams. Exams will either be fully digital or hybrid. Hybrid exams will have a digital portion, and then require students to handwrite their free-response answers in paper exam booklets that are returned for scoring. Here is a link to learn more about the two formats. (Digital & Hybrid AP Exams Information – Click here)
AP COORDINATOR
- Clinton Gertenrich – Sprague AP Coordinator, Asst. Principal
- 503.399.3261
- gertenrich_clinton@salkeiz.k12.or.us
2024-25 AP EXAM REGISTRATION LINK
College Board MyAP to Register
2024-25 AP EXAM REGISTRATION INFORMATION
- AP Exam Registration Fee: $100.00 per exam except for AP Seminar
- The AP Seminar Exam is $150
- Registration deadline: November 5, 2024
- AP Exam Late Registration Fee:
- additional $40.00 per exam
- Additional fee starting on November 6, 2024
- Exam registration fee + Late registration fee ($40.00) = $140.00 per exam registration fee, except late AP Seminar fee is $190.
- 2024-25 Late Registration Fee Policy
- AP Exam Fee Reductions: If you feel you would qualify for assistance for a reduction of testing fees, please look at the information below. If you have any questions, please see Mr. Gertenrich.
- Can I get a fee reduction? Yes, if you qualify for free/reduced lunch please fill out the form below and then contact Assistant Principal, Mr. Gertenrich. A hardship should not keep a student from taking an AP exam.
- Fee reduction form - Complete before payment.
AP EXAM REGISTRATION DATES
- AP exam registration begins: Thursday, September 5, 2024
- AP exam registration ends: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
AP Exam Registration Refunds
- Salem Keizer SD WILL NOT issue AP exam refunds to students who cancel their AP exam registration after 11:59 PM on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
AP EXAM LATE REGISTRATION DATES
- Late exam registration fee added to all exam orders starting on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 12:00 am.
AP Exam Payment Information
PAYMENT FOR REGISTRATION FOR AP EXAMS @ SPRAGUE
- AP Exams regular registration costs are waived for students who qualify for free/reduced lunch.
- ALL payments (credit/check) are made directly to Sprague High School, or can be made though the Payment Portal.
- Payment Portal
- Payment question should be directed to Sprague Bookkeeper, Kaitlynn Buttler in the main office.
AP Exam Registration Refunds
- Salem Keizer SD WILL NOT issue AP exam refunds to students who cancel their AP exam registration after 11:59 PM on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
2025 AP In Person Exam Schedule
Week 1 May 5-9, 2025
Monday May 5, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - Biology (Hybrid)
Afternoon - 12:00 - European History (Digital)
Tuesday May 6, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - Chemistry (Hybrid), Human Geography (Digital)
Afternoon - 12:00 -US Government (Digital)
Wednesday May 7, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - English Literature and Composition (Digital)
Afternoon - 12:00 - Computer Science (Digital)
Thursday May 8, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - Statistics (Hybrid)
Friday May 9, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM -US History (Digital)
AP Art and Design - 8:00 PM ET is the deadline for AP Art and Design students to submit their tree portfolio components as final in the AO Digital Portfolio.
Week 2 May 12-16, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM -Calculus AB (Hybrid)
Afternoon - 12:00 -Seminar (Digital)
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - Precalculus (Hybrid)
Afternoon - 12:00 - Environmental Science (Digital)
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - English Language and Composition (Digital)
Thursday May 15, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM - Art History (Digital)
Friday May 16, 2025
Morning - 8:00 AM -Physics 1: Algebra-Based (Hybrid)
Afternoon - 12:00 - Psychology (Digital)
AP Practice Exams
Practice Exam Resource: AP Practice Test
AP Exam Day Reminders
EXAM TIMES:
- Morning Exams: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Students should arrive for the exam between 7:30 – 7:40 am.
- Students who arrive after 8:00 am will not be allowed into the testing room and will not be able to take the exam.
- Students are not allowed to leave until the designated exam ending time.
- Afternoon Exams: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- Students should arrive for the exam between 11:30 – 11:40 am.
- Students who arrive after 12:00 pm will not be allowed into the testing room and will not be able to take the exam.
WHAT STUDENTS MUST BRING:
- Several sharpened No. 2 pencils (with erasers) for all responses on their multiple-choice answer sheet.
- Pens with black or dark-blue ink for completing areas on the exam booklet covers and for free-response questions in most exams.
- Up to two approved calculators with the necessary capabilities if they are taking an AP Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Physics, or Statistics Exam. Students should visit apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse to find the calculator policy for their subject.
- A ruler or straightedge only if they are taking an AP Physics Exam (Protractors are not allowed).
- Required – A valid photo I.D. (driver’s license or school-issued photo ID).
- If applicable, their SSD Student Accommodation Letter verifies that they have been approved for a testing accommodation.
- A small snack or drink for the designated break time.
NO OTHER ITEMS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE TESTING ROOM! THIS INCLUDES:
- Electronic devices: Cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, pagers, or any other electronic or communication devices.
- Watches of any type.
- Extra materials: books, compasses, colored pencils*, correction fluid, dictionaries, highlighters*, or notes.
- Rulers or straightedges (except students taking the AP Physics Exams).
- Scratch paper (notes can be made on portions of the exam booklets).
- Computers (except as noted for students with disabilities).
- Calculators (except students taking the AP Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics, or Statistics Exams). Visit the most current lists of AP-approved calculators on collegeboard.com student site.
- Portable listening* or recording devices (even with headphones) or photographic equipment.
- Clothing with subject-related information.
- Food or drink*
- *Unless this has been pre-approved as an accommodation by the College Board Services for Student with Disabilities office prior to the test date.
- Please Note: Advanced Placement testing is an extension of the regular school day.
- If there are any questions regarding Advanced Placement examinations, please contact your school’s AP Coordinator, Clinton Gertenrich @ 503-399-3261. Go Olys!