Academics
Vestavia has 150 courses available on yearly basis. Vestavia offerers a number of AP courses (World History, U.S. History, European History, English Language & Lit., Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Psychology, Physics B, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, French, Latin, Spanish, German, Government, Economics,and Studio Art). Vestavia also offers a number of Honors courses. Dual Enrollment classes are available for both English and Math.
The graduating class of 2008 had a S.A.T. Verbal mean of 618 and a Math mean of 643. The average ACT composite score was 24.4. There were 20 National Merit Finalists in 2008 and . The AP exam "pass score" of 3 or higher was 83% in 2008.
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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