Advanced Academics

AP/DC Info Night

Did you miss Advanced Academics (AP/DC) Info Night on 01/09? View the presentation and submit questions for follow-up.

DC Guidelines & Courses Available at WHS

View DC Textbooks and Other Information for 2024-2025

Important Dates

The deadlines to successfully complete TSI Testing for Dual Credit courses are:

• Fall Semester: May 1

• Spring Semester: November 1

Register for the TSIA 2.0 Accuplacer (TSI Test) at Willis High School

Resources

• Lone Star DC Application Guide
• DC Course Enrollment Flow Chart (steps to complete and how to apply) 
• DC Courses How to Pay for Courses
• Lamar State College Orange DC Application Guide

Main Contacts

Should you have any further questions, please contact:

• Amy Rogers, Advanced Academics Case Manager/DC Coordinator (936-890-6672)
• Allyson Schimcek, DC Outreach Coordinator (visit the Lonestar website)

AP Exam Info Meeting

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AP/DC Info Night

Did you miss the Advanced Academics (AP/DC) Info Night on 01/09? View the presentation and submit questions for follow-up.

2025 AP Exam Dates & Times

Be advised, these dates/times are worldwide exam start times set by College Board and all dates/times listed below are in Central Standard Time (CST); also, students will be required to check in at least 30 minutes prior to exam start. The courses highlighted in lavender are courses we teach on the WHS campus.

	8 a.m. Exam Start		12 p.m. Exam Start	2 p.m. Exam Start
Monday, May 5	Biology		European Hist
	Latin		MicroEcon
Tuesday, May 6	Chemistry		United States Government and Politics
	Human Geography
Wednesday, May 7	English Literature & Composition		Comparative Government & Politics
			Computer Science A
Thursday, May 8	African American Studies		Japanese Language and Culture
	Statistics		World History: Modern
Friday, May 9	Italian Language and Culture		Chinese Language and Culture
	United States History		Microeconomics
	Art and Design: Friday, May 9 (8 p.m. ET) is the deadline for AP Art and Design students to submit their three portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
Monday, May 12	Calculus AB		Music Theory
	Calculus BC		Seminar
Tuesday, May 13	French Language & Culture		Environmental Science
			Physics 2: Algebra-Based
Wednesday, May 14	English Language and Composition		Physics C Mechanics
	German Language and Culture
Thursday, May 15	Art History		Computer Science Principals
	Spanish Language and Culture		Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Friday, May 16	Physics1: Algebra-Based		Psychology
	Spanish Literature and Culture

Should you have questions or need assistance with either connecting to your AP Classroom Portal or registering for your exam using Total Registration, please see Mrs. Amy Rogers in the WHS Library.

Suggested Criteria for Student Success in AP and Honors Courses

The College Board maintains equitable access as a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. It is their policy that students should have access to academically challenging course work before they enroll in AP courses, which will help prepare them for AP success.

Willis ISD echoes that policy, and has suggested criteria for success to support all students willing to partake in an Honors or AP course:

• Pass previous school year state assessment (STAAR or EOC)
• Positive teacher recommendation
• Read at grade-level or above
• Meet 90%+ attendance requirement
• Maintain 80-85% grade average in core content courses [High School 80%, Middle School 85% in core content courses]

Destination Imagination (DI) Overview

DI is a student-driven, cross-curricular, competitive, creative problem-solving program available on campuses to students in grades 3-12. Availability and number of teams per campus is based on volunteer staff member sponsorship as team manager, and team size is limited by the Destination Imagination organization to a max of 7 students per team.

Teams meet one to two days per week on campus with a team manager (staff member) as a volunteer group facilitator to work on both team building activities, team instant challenges, Improv theater, and skill-building, research/practice for competitions. As time gets closer to regional competition, teams often meet more frequently and for a longer duration.

We welcome parents as skills mentors or team volunteers, so if you have a passion for engineering, construction, theater, art, sewing, construction, power tool use, or any special skill and would like to help, please let your campuses DI Team Manager know ASAP.

For more information about DI, please visit the Destination Imagination website.

The goal of the robotics program in Willis ISD:

Our goal is to develop a self-sustaining, student-led robotics program that is accessible to all students in Willis ISD from elementary through grade 12, who are willing to learn.

Students in the program will grow in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The students will experience principles of design and function through the process of building and programming robots. Students will work collaboratively in a safe environment while developing solutions to the new game or challenge every year.

All roboticists and volunteer coaches and mentors will represent Willis and what it means to be a Wildkat both on and off the field. We will build student capacity in the invaluable skills of problem-solving and critical thinking, all while having fun.

We looking forward to the continued expansion of Wildkat Robotiks throughout the district at all levels in the near future.

View the WildKat Robotiks Prospectus

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DC Guidelines & Courses Available at WHS

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