Every year, juniors take the ACT and Arizona Science assessments, and freshmen take the ACT Aspire exam. On March 29, 30, and 31st, juniors will take the Arizona Science assessment, and there will be no schedule changes. On April 4th, juniors will take the ACT exam, and all other grades will have a late start- with the school day beginning at 12:25 (students will go to periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). Lastly, on April 5th and 6th, freshmen will take the ACT Aspire exam, and sophomores, juniors, and seniors will start school at 11:20 (students will go to their regular block day classes). More information can be found here: acpknighttimes.com.

Along with the ACTs and the AzSci assessments, at the beginning of May, students will take their AP exams. The schedule for those is as follows:

May 1st: US Gov (AM), Chemistry (PM), and Spanish Lit and Culture (PM)

May 2nd: Environmental Science (AM), Chinese Language and Culture (AM), and Psychology (PM)

May 3rd: Literature and Composition (AM), Comparative Gov and Politics (PM), and Computer Science A (PM)

May 4th: Human Geography (AM), Macroeconomics (AM), Seminar (PM), and Statistics (PM)

May 5th: European History (AM), US History (AM), Art History (PM), and Microeconomics (PM)

May 8th: Calculus AB (AM), Calculus BC (AM), Italian Language and culture, and Computer Science Principles (PM),

May 9th: English Language and Composition (AM), Japanese Language and culture (AM), Physics C Mechanics (PM), and Physics Electricity and Magnetism (PM)

May 10th: Spanish Language and Culture (AM) and Biology (PM)

May 11th: French Language and Culture (AM), World History: Modern (AM), and Physics 1: Algebra-Based (PM)

May 12th: German Language and Culture (AM), Music Theory (AM), Latin (PM), and Physics 2: Algebra-Based (PM)

After these two weeks of AP testing, students will take their finals over the span of the following two weeks.

All of these tests that the students will be taking are organized by Mrs. Ludwig, the testing coordinator here at ACP. This year is Mrs. Ludwig’s first year here at ACP, and in the short amount of time she has worked here, she has shown us all how amazing she is at her job. In order to organize all of the tests, Mrs. Ludwig had to work with many different organizations such as ACT, College Board, the Department of Education, and many more. When asked what her favorite part of the job is, she responded by saying “the students; being able to work with them is always fun!” While there are many enjoyable parts of her job, there are also the parts of the job that can be hard to manage; one of those times is actually right now, with state testing, ACTs, and AP exams.

A big thank you to Mrs. Ludwig and everyone else who has been helping with the testing taking place this quarter. Don’t forget to strive for the impossible and be extraordinary, Go Knights!