Alaska Performance Scholarship

The Alaska Performance Scholarship provides an opportunity for Alaska high school students to earn a scholarship to help cover the cost of an Alaska postsecondary education. Alaska high school students who take a more rigorous curriculum, get good grades, and score well on college placement or work ready exams, can earn an Alaska Performance Scholarship to qualified Alaska colleges, universities, or vocational/technical programs.

Cordova City Schools
Approved Courses
Alaska Performance Scholarship

The courses listed below meet the grade level standards and rigors as mandated by the requirements for the Alaska Performance Scholarship. All courses are 1.0 credit and are taken for the full school year. Only Alaska History in ninth grade is a .5 credit course because it is taken for one semester. APEX US Government and Politics and APEX US and Global Economics are 1semester courses and are worth 0.5 each. They must be taken together to equal 1 credit of Government.

ENGLISH

English 9 (.5 Composition & .5 Literature)	Equivalent
English 10 (.5 Composition & .5 Literature)	Equivalent
American Literature	Standard
World Literature	Standard
Contemporary Literature	Additional
AP English Language and Composition	Standard
AP English Literature and Composition	Standard
APEX English IV (Equivalent to British & World Literature)	Equivalent
APEX English III (Equivalent to American Literature)	Equivalent

MATHEMATICS

Algebra I	Standard
Geometry	Standard
Algebra II	Standard
Pre-Calculus	Standard
AP Statistics	Standard
APEX Mathematics of Personal Finance	Additional

SCIENCE

Earth Science	Standard
Biology	Standard
Human Anatomy	Standard
Chemistry	Standard
Physics	Standard
Marine Biology	Standard

SOCIAL STUDIES

Alaska History .5	Standard
World History	Standard
United States History	Standard
Government	Standard
Introduction to Sociology Prince William Sound Community College	Standard
APEX World History to the Renaissance	Equivalent to WorldHistory
APEX World History since the Renaissance	Equivalent to WorldHistory
APEX US Government and Politics .5	Standard
APEX US and Global Economy .5	Additional

WORLD LANGUAGES

Spanish 1 through Prince William Sound Community College

Spanish II through Prince William Sound Community College

Spanish III through Prince William Sound Community College

Definitions:

Standard- Meets APS course approval

Equivalent- Equal to a course labeled as standard

Additional- Meets EED or career readiness standards

CHS Career and Technical Education

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