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Cambridge Parent InformationWelcome Parents and Students
Meet The TeamAlfred FabrizioPrincipal
Our Coordinators:Jamie Herd-Tesson Exams Officer
Dane Savela School Support Coordinator
Sherrie Knob Guidance
Our Teachers:
Dawnelle Bartges English General Paper
Kelly Croy Thinking Skills
Dr. Margaret Gardineer English General Paper
Jaclyn Prussing Media Studies
Dane Savela English General Paper
Meet Our Students
Benjamin Bergeman
Pedro Cintron Baerga
Leilani Fries
Test Dates
English General Paper:
Wednesday, April 29th (AM) and Friday, May 8th (AM)
Media Studies:
Friday, May 22th (AM)
Thinking Skills:
Friday, May 1st (PM) and Tuesday, May 12th (PM)
Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat
April
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May1Thinking Skills
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3 4 5AP Human Geography
6Early Release
7 8English General Paper
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10 11 12Thinking SkillsAP Psychology (AICE Students will take AP Makeup)
13 14AP World History
15AP Statistics
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17 18 19 20MCHS Graduation
21 22Media Studies
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Benefits of Being a Cambridge Student: Bright Futures Scholarship
Full Bright Futures Scholarship SAT requirement 1290
Average MCHS SAT Score:
2017-18: 1107
2018-19: 1095
Number of Earned:
2017-18: 67 (Academic Scholar - Full)
65 (Medallion Scholar)
● Benefits of Cambridge and AICE coursework:
when earning AICE Diploma, students may earn full Bright Futures scholarship regardless of ACT/SAT test scores
Benefits of Being a Cambridge Student
★ College Credit/Weighted GPAs (A=7.0)
★ AICE students have higher college graduation rate than non-AICE students
★ Courses can be taken in conjunction with AVID, Advanced Placement and/or Dual Enrollment
★ A Global community of learners
7 Credits from Three Groups plus Core
Group 1Mathematics and Sciences
Group 2Languages
Group 3Arts and Humanities
Group 4Interdisciplinary and Skill Based
Core (required)Global Perspectives and Research
AS Environmental Management and AS Psychology
AS English Language
AS Environmental Management, AS International History (World), AS International History (US), AS Media Studies, AS Drama
Global Perspectives will be offered in Year 3
AS English General Paper and AS Thinking Skill
Thinking Ahead...
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Group 4: Interdisciplinary Group 2: Language Core
Group 4: Interdisciplinary Group 1: Mathematics and Science Group 1: Mathematics and Science
Group 3: Arts and Humanities Group 3: Arts and Humanities
Year 1
English General Paper
Thinking Skills
Year 2
English Language
Psychology
International History - World
This year I am taking...
Next year I will take... In my third year I’ll
need to take Global perspectives and two more classes from categories 1 or 2.
Year 2 Sample Schedules
2nd Year - Sophomores- AS English Language (AICE)- AS International History- World
(AICE)- AS Psychology (AICE) - Honors Chemistry - Algebra 2 or Honors PreCalculus - Elective: Spanish- Elective: Drama
2nd Year - Juniors- AS English Language (AICE)- AS International History- US
(AICE)- AS Environmental
Management (AICE) - AP Biology- Honors PreCalculus or AP
Calculus AB - Elective: ROTC
AS International History
International option:
International history, 1870–1945
● Empire and the emergence of world powers, 1870–1919
● The League of Nations and international relations in the 1920s
● The League of Nations and international relations in the 1930s
● China and Japan, 1912–45
American option:
The history of the USA, 1820–1941
● The origins of the Civil War, 1820–61 ● Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–77 ● The Gilded Age and Progressive Era,
1870s to 1920 ● The Great Crash, The Great Depression
and the New Deal policies, 1920–41
The AS Level content includes approaches, issues and debates and research methods.
Biological● Canli et al. (brain scans and emotions)● Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams)● Schachter and Singer (two factors in
emotion)
Cognitive● Andrade (doodling)● Baron-Cohen et al. (eyes test)● Laney et al. (false memory)
AS Psychology Learning
● Bandura et al. (aggression)● Saavedra and Silverman (button phobia)● Pepperberg (parrot learning)
Social● Milgram (obedience)● Piliavin et al. (subway Samaritans)● Yamamoto et al. (chimpanzee helping)
The issues and debates considered at AS Level are:● the application of psychology to everyday life● individual and situational explanations● nature versus nurture● the use of children in psychological research● the use of animals in psychological research
Students will
1. develop a knowledge of the Earth’s natural systems and the effects of human activity on these systems
2. be challenged to think about important environmental problems which face the world today
3. understand that solutions to environmental issues are not easy to find 4. recognise that the environment is an important social and political issue 5. understand that while environmental issues can be debated by
government, non-government and scientific organisations, there is an important role for individuals in thinking about these issues and in considering solutions.
AS Environmental Management
AS English Language
Cambridge International AS Level English Language provides learners with opportunities to make critical and informed responses to a wide range of texts. Learners will also demonstrate their ability to produce writing to specific briefs and for given audiences. Students will develop these highly transferable skills and understanding:
● sustaining accurate, fluent and consistent writing ● producing informed responses appropriate to the specified form, style, context, and
audiences ● conveying knowledge and understanding from both specific examples and wider
studies.
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● AICE Teacher Training● Resources for Classroom● Promotion of the AICE Program
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Access Arrangements
● Pre-exam arrangements made on behalf of a candidate with particular needs ● Allow candidates to access the assessment and remove unnecessary barriers● Must not change the demands of the assessment or give unfair advantage● Some must be applied for, in which case permission is granted or denied by
Cambridge● MCHS must keep the evidence from each year that any arrangements are
provided until Cambridge issues certificates.
Access Arrangements
● All students requesting any accommodation must complete the “Access Arrangements Form” by December 13.
● All forms must be turned into student’s guidance counselor.
● Forms must be complete (with documentation from a qualified physician/specialist) and verified to be eligible for access arrangements.
● We can arrange for: 25% extra time, the use of a word processor, supervised rest breaks, and color overlays. All other requests must be approved by Cambridge.
● Please see the school website for more information.