Robin Scholz
Sixteen-year-old Orlando Exum,a Centennial High School student, talks with instructor Ivory Berry during an AP Scholars Summer Academy session at the University of Illinois earlier this week.
CHAMPAIGN – It may be summer, but Myha Brown is spending her mornings in the classroom, getting a head start on the Advanced Placement history class she'll take this fall.
The Centennial junior is participating in a new program to help juniors and seniors from Central and Centennial high schools in Champaign prepare for AP classes. Brown said the class is helping her better understand the summer reading assignment.
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