Junior Year Course Schedule? (semester school)

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I am deciding between what classes to take Junior Year. I am on the water polo and swim team and they are winter/spirng sports. I also am in Girl Scouts, newspaper, and volunteer. Next year I am going to the Alzar School, a semester school, my fall semester. I can take the same classes but I have to balance them with outdoor expeditions and an immersion trip to Chile. Heres what I am thinking about taking:

Junior Year:
Theology
Honors Pre-calc BC
AP Bio
AP Lang
APUSH
Spanish 4

I would have 2 frees when I get back to my regular school 2nd semester. AP Bio takes a lot of time at our school because the teacher gives LOTS of busy work and APUSH have a lot of note taking homework. Here are my past schedules and my plan for senior year:

Freshman Schedule: All A’s
English 1
Theology
Geometry
World History
Spanish 2
Biology
PE

Sophomore Schedule: All A’s (so far)
Theology
Art/Photo
Honors Alg2/Trig
Honors Chem
Honors English2
AP Euro
Spanish 3

Senior Plan:
Theology
Sports Med
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
Ap Spanish
AP gov
Physics (honors-ap isn’t offered)

I generally am pretty productive and can survive with little sleep but my sister took the junior classes I am trying to and she had a very hard time with her sanity because of sleep deprivation (she is very smart though). I am just wondering if I should pack my schedule with some much if I am doing with the intense semester program. What are your thoughts?

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You could also do AP Calc AB Senior year and do AP Bio senior year and honors physics Junior year if you want junior year to be easier.

Don’t over extend yourself

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Take AP Bio Senior Year. Take a Honors Science, not AP Bio, and Honors Pre-Calc AB (for college admission purpose, taking Ab or BC makes no difference, so why choose sleep deprivation, which is actually a form of torture and badly damages your health potential? I feel so bad hearing your sister went through that!)
Senior year, replace Calc BC with Calc AB, and AP Lit with Senior Honors Seminars (or such) - everything else is excellent.
Top colleges are trying to stop the AP arms race and would prefer “targeted” choices rather than the “everything but the kitchen sink” approach when it comes to APs. Your school is very rigorous, and your schedule is clearly very rigorous too. You’ll have more time to dedicate to EC’s, finding your voice, helping others - everything that helps in selective admissions much more than stockpiling AP’s.