Collegiate

2024-2025 Syllabi

• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A
• GIS

About Mr. Schenk  

Mr. Alex Schenk enters his tenth year as a lead STEM teacher at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience. Mr. Schenk has grown the computer science program into a multi-year sequence, including two AP courses that offer the opportunity for students to earn college credit in computer science. 

In addition to his role as a STEM teacher, Mr. Schenk serves as the Boys Cross Country Head Coach and sponsor of the half-marathon training group "Students on the Go!" In February 2018, Mr. Schenk's coding students competed in the STEM Student Forum Hack-a-thon sponsored by World Wide Technology. Their web application, addressing educational equity in St. Louis, won 1st place from among 20 of the region's top schools, and brought home a $10,000 prize. The student hack-a-thon representing Collegiate won the top prize of $10,000 a second time in March 2021, designing a program to build community in a virtual environment.

Mr. Schenk served on the College Board's Instructional Design Team as a content expert, authoring strategies for the AP Computer Science Principles course framework that were published by the College Board for AP teachers across the country. In Fall 2019, Mr. Schenk was invited to attend the AP Computer Science Summit hosted at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The College Board and Washington Post have both covered student outcomes with AP Computer Science Principles at Collegiate. Alex co-authored the text, 'Fast Track to a 5 AP® Test Preparation Workbook for Computer Science' published by Cengage Learning.

With the College Board, Mr. Schenk is an endorsed AP Workshop Presenter for AP Computer Science Principles, and has facilitated workshops for training teachers across the country, presenting for institutions including the Colorado Education Initiative, Compton Unified School District, Fordham University, University of Arkansas, Augsburg University, and Texas Christian University (TCU).

In his free time, Mr. Schenk enjoys being active, and loves to run, bike, and travel. Mr. Schenk received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education and Mathematics from Saint Louis University and his Master of Arts in Educational Technology from Lindenwood University.

Current Courses 2024-2025

• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A
• Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)

Past Courses

• Algebra 1
• Coding 1
• Geometry
• Precalculus
• Trigonometry
• ACT Prep
• College Algebra