Beyond regular senior science, grade 11-12 students at R.C Palmer Secondary School may also choose to take AP and enriched chemistry courses.

Designed for passionate, skilled students, these courses accelerate and enrich the covered material, up to fully cover the subsequent years'. 

Thus, students who score a 73% (B) average or higher in their course are given course credit, allowing them to skip the subsequent subject grade.

It is recommended that students that apply for these courses receive a recommendation from their teacher and/or have maintained an A (90%) in their previous chemistry courses for the best ability to succeed.
 

Prerequisite: Chemistry 11, passed or is currently taking chemistry 12

Following the College Board AP Curriculum, this course is equivalent to a first-year chemistry course at university.

Thus, students that write the AB, BC exams in May and that score a 4 or higher are granted AP chemistry 12 credit; This allows the student to skip the first year of chemistry in university.

That said, studies show that students that have taken this course preform significantly better than students that took other chemistry courses in high school.

AP Chemistry 12 mainly covers:

- Advanced atomic theory
- Organic chemistry
- Descriptive chemistry
- Laboratory