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Using curriculum to engage , support , and challenge students
A WORLD OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT ( AP ) LEVEL COURSES TO EXPLORE
Fordham Prep offers 20 of the 38 AP courses that exist in disciplines such as the arts , the sciences , English , world languages , social science , and math . While these courses prepare students to take their individual AP exams in the spring , they also challenge students to think deeply about a subject , engage in new ways with the material , and express themselves using various types of media .
In AP Music Theory , taught by Incoming Chairperson Dylan LaGamma ’ 09 , students learn how to sight-sing , respond to musical examples , analyze melodies , and essentially figure out why music works the way it does .
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ERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A JESUIT EDUCATION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXCELLENCE in the entire person on an intellectual , religious , social , emotional , and physical level . The teachers and administrators at Fordham Prep work hard to create engaging curricula and a supportive yet challenging learning environment for students .
Students have risen to the challenges presented by these courses — whether they be Advanced Placement ( AP ), Honors , or college level — which in turn allows them to grow both academically and creatively . The innovative minds of Prep students have taken them into the worlds of music , science , mathematics , civics , and beyond .
“ It ’ s literally everything you could possibly do short of playing an instrument ,” LaGamma stated , noting that while the class is tough , students usually take his Fundamentals of Music before advancing to AP Music Theory so as not to come into the course “ cold .” The course is part lecture and part hands-on so that the small class of students can have fun figuring out music together .
AP Music Theory has the ability to encompass art , math , and science . One class project requires students to write a piece of music following a certain set of rules and then record it . In the past , the student would give the written piece of music to the school orchestra to perform .
Fordham Prep offers :
20 OF 38 AP COURSES
in the arts , the sciences , English , world languages , social science , and math .
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