CHS to Pilot AP African American Studies in 2023-2024

We are so excited to announce that Columbia High School has been selected as one of 200 schools across the country that will be piloting the new course AP African American Studies next year. Columbia High School was invited based on our strong AP program and the CHS administration team jumped at the chance to be involved next year.

There have been several news stories about this new program. If you are interested in learning more about it, check out these previous articles.

• WAPO's "Teens embrace AP class featuring Black history, a subject under attack" The new Advanced Placement class on African American Studies comes amid new state laws restricting how historical racism is taught.
• Smithsonian's "A.P. African American Studies Is Coming to U.S. High Schools." The course covers everything from slavery to civil rights to pop culture
• Time's "African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever."
• NYT's "The First A.P. African American Studies Class Is Coming This Fall." The new course will undergo a pilot program in 60 schools, as the debate over how to teach history becomes ever more divisive.

CHS upperclassmen students will be able to select this course next year. CHS Supervisors will discuss this course and all AP offerings during our annual AP Night on January 25th at Columbia High School.