As the students walked into school that day, there were nerves in the air. They had been preparing the entire year to test their knowledge. Everything, all the time they had spent studying, had come down to this.

The day was May 4, the first AP test on the calendar and the most daunting. College credit was on the line and the students felt unprepared for what was to come.

“It was a grueling test,” said one LHS student. “It
lasted five hours, I could barely see straight at the end of it.”

This has been the first year that LHS has offered the AP Walk and Talk class. In its second year of testing
for college credit, the AP test can boast plenty for those who pass. Last year it had a 20% pass rate, the lowest of all the 41 APs.

Kids were astounded when they got their scores back, creating high tensions for those who dared to take it this year.

“You have to talk for a whole 90 minutes,” said a supervising teacher. “Because you get blisters, it is pretty hard.”

The students are graded on three main categories. First, how steady of a pace they can keep for three hours. Second, what percentage of that time can they keep a conversation going. And third, being able to avoid the hall monitor and talk their way out of any troublesome situations.

Students had already entered with a disadvantage, having lost a crucial week of walk and talk practice with the ban week. The students instead had to get creative, sneaking out of second period to infiltrate LOHS and practice or study there. It was a new environment for the students, but the variety got them ready for the big day.

Now all the students can do is sit and pray that they passed one of if not the hardest AP classes.