These two classes taken in grade 9 allow academically strong students to accelerate, thereby providing some additional time in a student’s schedule for the Advanced Placement science courses in their grade 12 year. Grade 9 students in the Accelerated program take Science 9 in the fall semester. In the second semester of their grade 9 year, students then take Science 10. In grade 10, students would take one or more grade 11 level science courses, followed by grade 12 level courses in grade 11. In their grade 12 year, students would be eligible to choose AP Chemistry 12 or AP Biology 12.