The creation of the We The People AP Government class, in 2024, program sparked major interest for the class of 2025, drawing much competition and fervor towards the AP class.

However, when offered to the current class of 2026, many seniors refused to sign up for the class due to the rigor and competitiveness that the program held for the class of 2025. This resulted in the class being canceled for the 2025-2026 school year. Now that class registration is over, there has been a surge in interest for the We The People program among the current juniors. Among the rumors of rigor and competition, the junior class has decided to bring back the AP class. 

Initially fearing the course, several students have spoken to the graduating class of 2025  leading current juniors to rise to the challenge of We The People.

Junior Hope Griffin said, “I actually heard from upperclassmen that [it] was really hard,” yet she is enrolled in the class for the 2026-2027 school year. 

Revealing personal interest, junior Christoph Ivanov said, “I heard that We The People was a lot more focused on present events. I felt that was more relevant to me as a person, and more interesting, and I also just wanted to advance my debate skills.” Ivanov also claimed that his decision was influenced by upperclassmen, “in a good way,” encouraging him to take the class.

Junior Max Wetzel decided to take the class based on pure interest, saying, “I like to debate about politics and government because I feel like it’s an important aspect of our life and our future…there was no outside influence to my decision.”

Others who chose the We The People course expressed bias towards other aspects of the class, not just personal interest. Junior Evie Merrill stated: “I wanted Mr. Brown as a teacher, and that was one way to get him 100%… I also want to update my knowledge on present government politics.”

Juniors who have elected their senior history class as the rigorous We The People have supported this challenge by balancing out their schedule with less challenging classes. Griffin said, “For me, I just decided to balance my course load by choosing other easier classes to make up for it, because I really want to put all my effort into AP Government We The People.”

Now that We The People is back up running as a senior history class, will the class of 2028 continue this interest and participation or will there be another gap year in the program?