McKay High School
AP / Dual Credit
Dual Credit
McKay Dual Credit Opportunities
McKay Dual Credit Opportunities Several McKay High School courses also allow students the opportunity to earn college-level credit through several local colleges and university partners. Students are responsible for any fees associated with dual credit opportunities; however, many of these fees are either free or extremely affordable, providing students a great opportunity to earn college credit while still taking courses in high school. You will find these courses throughout the course catalog with the College Credit Now logo marking them. Please note that most of these courses have one or more prerequisite courses that must be completed first.
What can I take?
Dual Credit courses offered at McKay High School & cooperating institution.
- Adv Auto Chassis Systems
- Adv Auto Engine Systems
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Spanish Language
- AP US History
- College Writing
- Construction Fundamentals
- Health Services
- Heritage Spanish IV
- Medical Terminology
- Pre-Calculus
- Woods
Advanced Placement (AP) Program
College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program
The Advanced Placement Program, monitored by the College Board, offers ambitious and capable high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses. If the student scores within an acceptable range on the advanced placement exam, course credit or entry at a higher course level may be awarded upon college entrance which translates to saving money and time.
College Credit Policies
Well before taking AP exams, students should contact the directors of admissions at the colleges of their choice to ask about specific advanced placement and credit policies. Colleges and universities should be prepared to tell the student in writing what credit and/or advanced placement will be granted for a given score on an AP exam, including any courses from which the student will be exempted or any higher-level courses the student will be allowed to enter. The College Board provides course descriptions and examinations. Course descriptions can be found on the AP Central website.
High school teachers use these rigorous course descriptions in curriculum planning and in preparing students to take an Advanced Placement examination at the end of AP level courses.
AP Registration Fee
- Registration for AP Exam will be between October 30th through November 9th.
- Registration form and payment are required and processed at the bookkeeper's window.
- The cost per rexam is $69.00
- If the student qualifies for free/reduced lunch. No payment is requierd as long as you provide the student the student ID number at the discount portal.
- If the student does not qualify for free or reduced lunch the full cost of the exam can be paid upon registration or a $15.00 deposit is required upon registration. The remainder balance due will be charged to the student's account.
Example: $69.00 - $15.00 (deposit payment) = $54.00 remaining due and billed per exam.
- All remaining dues for AP exams must be paid no later than March 15th.
- To check if the student qualifies for free or reduced lunch visit the discount portal.
- Failure to participate in submitting lunch status to the link provided will require that the full payment per exam ordered.
- Unused/Cancelled/Late fee is $40.00 per exam.
- No discounts will be applied on late registrations.
- Student who register for an AP exam and drop the course for semester 2 are obligated to test or the student will be charged $40.00
Click to print 23/24 AP Registration Form . Return the completed AP registration form to the bookkeeper located in the main office.
AP Courses offered at McKay High School
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Chemistry
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Human Geography
- AP English Language
- AP English Literature
- AP Psychology
- AP Spanish Language
- AP Statistics
- AP US Government
- AP US History
- AP World History
Do you have any question about AP Exams?
- Click on the the name of the exam to reach the teacher offering the course.
- Exam dates and details contact the testing coordinator.
- Payments and form contact the bookkeeper.
Oregon State Seal of Biliteracy
A student can earn the Seal of Biliteracy from the Oregon Department of Education by either taking an AP World Language course and earn a 4 or higher on the AP Exam or with a mastery score in another standardized language test. Students with strong skills in a language other than English can earn world language credit at their high school. Students may earn world language credits by taking a test that assesses their language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. See your counselor for details. This will be noted in the notes section of the transcript.