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THE 2016 AP TEST IS MAY 11, 2018, at 7:30 am!!!!!
Almost exactly NINE MONTHS from the first day of school– just like a pregnancy! Except this one will absolutely end on time, no matter what.
Countdown to the Big Day!
AP US history ExamMay 11, 2018
You can do this! Ready, set, go!
History Quotes
“Omne solum forti patria est.” (The brave find a home in every land.)–Ovid
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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill
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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”- George Santayana
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