Welcome to Mission Viejo High School! AP Human Geography is designed as a foundational AP course for freshmen, both in terms of skills and content. As many AP exams are moving to an all-digital format, one of the requisite skills for AP success is efficiently typing on a Chromebook under time constraints. To this end, I highly recommend that students spend some time this summer practicing and improving their typing skills. With parent permission, students may create an account using their Google login for school. This site looks ideal for this endeavor:
https://www.typing.com/student/signup
Once created, students may complete lessons and test their progress. (Students should feel free to utilize the typing site of their choice–this one just seems to be student-friendly for our purposes.) Although these activities will not be scored for a grade in class, the payoff will come with more efficient typing during tests over the course of the school year and, ultimately, on the actual AP exam in May. Furthermore, improving typing skills now will support student success in future AP and state mandated tests, as well as college admissions/placement tests. Knowing how to properly type using a QWERTY keyboard is a life skill in the digital age, and there is no time like the present to improve this skill.
I look forward to meeting you this fall. Until then, happy typing!
Mrs. Ross
AP Human Geography Teacher
tracy.ross@svusd.org
