ACADEMICS
COLLEGE & RELATIONSHIP AWARENESS
Junior year at AOC is a chance to refine your plan beyond high school and build the strengths and talents that will apply to your career and college major. Students will join a college that provides opportunity at AOC for students and staff to channel a student's classroom contributions to their career interests and necessary skills. At AOC, students will build on collegiate academics, collaboration and communication skills, and academic creativity. COC classes will strengthen academic skills and further a student’s understanding of possible majors. Students refine their understanding of relationships and the role they play in productivity, happiness, identity, and fulfillment.
DEVELOPING YOUR POST-GRAD PLANS
Now that you've explored the possibilities, you are given the necessary resources to engage in your academic path and to develop relevant skills and experiences that will prepare you for college.
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COLLABORATE & PROBLEM-SOLVE
As a junior, you will learn about the numerous injustices throughout American History. With (and without) your peers, you will create thoughtful, skillful projects based on insightful texts.
During junior year, we did the American Culture Project which encourages students to think about themselves and their culture. The project requires students to pick one aspect of their culture and research it thoroughly. After researching, the student formulates an informative presentation discussing the core aspects of the culture as well as its relation to the broader American culture.
-Shane Monney, Class of '21
THE FOUR YEAR PLAN
Your
Junior Year
at the Academy
As a junior, your transformation from adolescent to young adult begins. You will engage with compelling texts. You will collaborate with your peers to develop thoughtful projects that analyze the significance of historical events and to develop skills. Working together with your parents and college counselor, you will learn to refine your goals and interests while developing a balanced college list that meets the needs of the unique individual that you are.
Collaborate & Engage With Complex Issues
"Sunrise doesn't last all morning. A cloudburst doesn't last all day... all things must pass. all things must pass away."
- George Harrison
Quote From Dr. Wayne Shapiro
Honors US History
Notable Projects
AOC NEWSROOM
American Culture Project: Analysis of Students' Culture in the Context of American Society
AOC NEWSROOM
Slavery By Another Name: Analyzing Neoslavery Post-13th
Amendment
AOC NEWSROOM
The Looming Tower: Understanding the Events Preceding the 9/11 Attack
ENGAGEMENT
TESTING
Taking the PSAT/NMSQT Exam
The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is a standardized test administered by the College Board. Students at AOC are given the opportunity to take the exam in the fall semester of their sophomore year and/or their junior year.
The PSAT
Quick Links
The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) is taken in October.
Sophomores take the test to get practice in standardized test taking and to
evaluate strengths and weaknesses. The scores are never reported to colleges and are only for student use. If you want to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship (NMSQT), then it is important to do extremely well on this PSAT (95th – 99th percentile required for consideration).
