Schedule 2025-26

Semester 1

16 weeks, 33 class meetings

Week	Date	#	Topics
1	Aug 25	3	Introductions, Installation; Command line, dev environment setup, Summer projects
2	Sep 1	2	Unit 0 (Command line, numeric conversion)
3	Sep 8	2	Unit 1 (Java Basics)
4	Sep 15	2	Unit 2 (Functions and Testing)
5	Sep 22	2	Unit 3 (String, Math, Random)
6	Sep 29	2	Unit 4 (Loops / Algorithms)
7	Oct 6	2	catch up
8	Oct 13	2	Unit 5 (Classes & Objects)
9	Oct 20	2	Unit 6 (Processing libraries); Project planning
10	Oct 27	2	catch up
11	Nov 3	2	Unit 7 (Arrays); Project work
12	Nov 10	2	Unit 8 (ArrayList); Project work
13	Nov 17	2	catch up, Project work
--	Nov 25	-	Thanksgiving Break
14	Dec 1	3	Unit 9 (Array Algorithms); Project work
15	Dec 8	2	Project work
16	Dec 15	1	Project work

Semester 2

19 weeks, 40 class meetings

Week	Date	#	Topics
1	Jan 5	2	Unit 10 (Lists of Objects)
2	Jan 12	3	Unit 11 (Inheritance and Interfaces)
3	Jan 19	2	Demos: Transformations, Scene classes, Text IO
4	Jan 26	2	Unit 12 (2D arrays)
5	Feb 2	2	Application: Image processing
6	Feb 9	2	Unit 13 (Interacting Classes)
7	Feb 16	2	Application: Particle generators
8	Feb 23	2	AP exam MC practice, catch up
9	Mar 2	2	Unit 14 (Algorithm analysis)
10	Mar 9	2	Unit 15 (Recursion)
11	Mar 16	2	Project work, AP exam prep
--	Mar 23	2	Project work, AP exam prep
--	Mar 30	-	Spring Break
12	Apr 6	-	Spring Break
13	Apr 13	3	Project work, AP exam prep
14	Apr 20	2	Project work, AP exam prep
15	Apr 27	2	Celebration of Innovation Thu Apr 30, 5-9pm
16	May 4	2	AP exam prep
17	May 11	3	AP Exam Friday, May 15, 2026, 12pm
18	May 18	2	STEM activities
19	May 26	1	No more APCS :(