▁It ▁cultiv ates ▁curious , ▁independent , ▁and ▁collabor ative ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁prepar es ▁them ▁to ▁make ▁logical , ▁evidence - based ▁dec isions . ▁Stud ents ▁who ▁pass ▁ex ams ▁for ▁both ▁of ▁these ▁Cap stone ▁courses ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁four ▁other ▁AP ▁courses ▁will ▁achieve ▁the ▁AP ▁Cap stone ▁Di pl oma ™ . ▁ ▁Part icip ation ▁in ▁AP ▁course work ▁is ▁a ▁select ive ▁process , ▁where in ▁students ▁who ▁have ▁a ▁minimum ▁weight ed ▁G PA ▁of ▁ 3 . 3 3 ▁need ▁to ▁complete ▁an ▁application ▁to ▁individual ▁AP ▁courses . ▁To ▁ensure ▁academic ▁read iness ▁and ▁success , ▁additional ▁requirements ▁may ▁be ▁made ▁by ▁individual ▁AP ▁teachers , ▁which ▁include ▁teacher ▁recommend ations , ▁advanced ▁reading ▁compet ency , ▁and ▁completion ▁of ▁required ▁AP ▁summer ▁assign ments . ▁ ▁Report ing ▁▁ ▁K IS J ▁uses ▁letter ▁gr ades ▁to ▁summar ize ▁the ▁assess ment ▁of ▁student ▁benchmark ▁performance . ▁A ▁ 4 - point ▁grade ▁point ▁scale ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁share ▁the ▁overall ▁academic ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁each ▁student ▁with ▁colleg es ▁and ▁univers ities . ▁All ▁credit ▁classes ▁are ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁grade ▁point ▁average ▁( G PA ). ▁Class es ▁that ▁are ▁designated ▁as ▁Hon ors ▁( H ) ▁or ▁Advanced ▁P lacement ▁( AP ) ▁receive ▁an ▁additional ▁weight ing ▁of ▁(. 5 0 0 ) ▁points . ▁The ▁academic ▁year ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁two ▁sem esters , ▁with ▁report ▁cards ▁being ▁issued ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁each ▁sem ester