Information Sheet for students enrolled in AP Calculus AB
Mrs. Lathrop
Blue2—236
Office D207
Seminar Library Glassroom except Tuesdays
Prerequisite: successful completion of Precalculus OR completion of both College Algebra and College
Trigonometry with an A or B.
Topics for study include: limits, derivatives, optimization problems, related rates, integrals, applications of
integrals, calculus topics related to exponential, logarithmic and inverse trig functions.
Text: Calculus (Single Variable), 10th edition, by Howard Anton; John Wiley and Sons, 2012.
Grading: Grades will be determined by the following scale:
90%-100%
80%-89%
70%-79%
60%-69%
<60%
A
B
C
D
F
The grade will be weighted as follows:
Homework, worksheets
Quizzes, Chapter tests
20% of total grade
80% of total grade
Homework will be assigned each classperiod and one assignment per week will be collected during the last
classperiod of the week for a grade. Late assignments (those assignments not turned in by the end of the class
hour) will earn ½ credit. Assignments more than one week late will not be accepted. Grades will be updated at
the end of each week and after tests or quizzes.
Make-up work: If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out what assignments you missed and
arrange a time to check them if you wish. Tests will need to be made up before or after school unless you make
other arrangements with me. Regardless of the reason for your absence, all tests must be made up within two
weeks of the date they were given in class.
General Advice: Attendance, promptness and courtesy are all expected. IF AT ANY TIME YOU
ARE HAVING TROUBLE IN THIS CLASS, PLEASE ASK FOR HELP!!! I AM AVAILABLE BEFORE
AND AFTER SCHOOL, SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE DAY, AND DURING SEMINAR. This is a
college level course, so allow yourself an appropriate amount of study time daily. I would suggest 1-2
hours of study/work time outside of class for every one hour that you spend in class.
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