Aquinas Honors Program

AQUINAS AQUINAS HONORS PROGRAM The Aquinas Honors Program is available to students seeking an advanced academic challenge and includes the upper division honors classes in Fine Arts, English, World Languages, Math, Social Studies and Science. Its purpose is to provide coordination and support of the honors curriculum at Kennedy Catholic High School. Each year, 40% of Kennedy Catholic juniors and seniors take at least two college-credit courses on campus.

COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES

Kennedy Catholic offers college credit courses through three sources: College in the High School (University of Washington), the Matteo Ricci Program (University of Seattle), and Advanced Placement (College Board).

COLLEGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)

Through the College in the High School Program, Kennedy Catholic partners with the University of Washington (UW) to offer coursework for college credit on Kennedy Catholic’s campus. Students may acquire college credits through the University of Washington if they satisfactorily complete the course and pay the reduced tuition cost offered by UW. These official UW courses use UW curriculum and grading standards to match the courses taught at the UW. These courses require instructor approval.

MATTEO RICCI PROGRAM (SEATTLE UNIVERSITY)

In each of the Matteo Ricci courses, students may acquire 5 college credits through Seattle University (SU) if they satisfactorily complete the course and pay the reduced tuition cost offered by SU. These credits are transferable to most colleges in the country. These courses require that students submit an application to the instructor if they wish to enroll.

English IV: UW College Writing 131 LA1279 Honors Pre-Calculus MA1129 Honors Chemistry SC1203 Honors Latin III WL1104 Honors French IV WL125 Honors Spanish IV WL123

COLLEGE BOARD (ADVANCED PLACEMENT)

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program through College Board offers college-level courses and exams that you can take while enrolled at Kennedy Catholic High School. Your AP exam score can earn you college credit and bypass introductory courses at most colleges nationwide. An AP exam is available for Latin Vergil.

Honors English III: AP Literature and Composition

LA1101

Honors AP United States History SS1104 AP Statistics MA1205 AP Calculus AB MA1207 AP Calculus BC MA1209 AP Physics SC1130 AP Psychology MI1104 AP Environmental Science SC1003

Honors Public Policy and Social Justice

SSR122/ SSR120 Honors English IV: Great Ideas LA1234

ADDITIONAL AQUINAS HONORS COURSES

ENGLISH

Honors Interdisciplinary English I and World History, Honors English II

MATHEMATICS

Honors Algebra II, Honors Geometry

SCIENCE

Honors Biology, Honors Integrated Science

WORLD LANGUAGES

Honors Spanish III, Honors Spanish V, Honors American Sign Language III, Honors French III, Honors French V, Honors Latin III, Honors Latin V, Honors Chinese Mandarin III, Honors Heritage Spanish III