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The credit program offers high school courses given regularly in most Texas schools and approved by the Texas Education Agency through Faith West Academy, Katy. Grades are given for each course and may become a part of the student’s overall grade point average.

Eligibility

Open to 9th through 12th grade students. Students who enroll in a credit course must have taken the prerequisites listed for each course and not previously have taken the course. The student has to get approval from high school academic counselor and principal to assure the student is qualified to take an intensive Summer School course, and to advise the student on how credit will be transferred. Students may not audit a course.

Program Dates

June 5 – July 12, 2024 – Monday to Friday (8:30 AM to 3:30 PM)

Tuition

$875 (includes course materials)

Location

Faith West Academy
2225 Porter Road,
Katy, TX 77493

Registration

You must preregister on line and pay the initial deposit of $250. Once you have completed online registration, an application form with the required information will be sent by an email. Submit the completed application form with all the required signatures and balance amount of payment, must be received in our office within thirty (30) business days.

Refund

Cancellation received on or before May 6, 2024

– Full refund minus $250, except where the cancellation was done due to not approval by the school, full refund minus $100.

Cancellation received after May 6, 2024 and at least 5 working days prior to the start of the Course – Full refund minus $450.
Cancellations received within 5 working days to the start of the Course – NO REFUND

ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE FROM FEBRUARY 12, 2024 (8 AM CST)

Courses Offered:

U.S. History, AP course. (Credit: 1 unit) – (OFFERED ONLY AT Faith West Academy, Katy)
The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of American history from approximately 1491 to the present. The course has students investigate the content of U.S. history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides seven themes (American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to take AP US History exam.

World History AP course (Credit: 1 unit) – (OFFERED ONLY AT Faith West Academy, Katy)
The AP World History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of world history from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present. The course has students investigate the content of world history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides five themes (interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems; development and transformation of social structures) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places encompassing the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to take AP World History exam.

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