The past couple of weeks, the guidance department at the High School have been meeting with all students in preparing next year's schedules. It amazes me how many changes must be made during registration. Please look at your student's course schedules now so we can assure they get the classes that they want.

Something to keep in mind: studies that show that high school students who participate in dual-credit programs with a local college and AP courses were 2.2 times more likely to enroll in a two or four-year college, 2 times more likely to return after the freshman year of college, and 1.7 times more likely to earn a college degree within six years.

Colleges are beginning to look more at the courses taken as opposed to mainly the GPA or class rankings. Are these advanced classes difficult? Absolutely, but so is college. Part of  the high school experience is to prepare students to persevere through difficult times and issues surrounding them in the next phase of their life. Our dual-credit and AP courses will help your student experience an extremely challenging class in a controlled and familiar environment.  For some high school students, receiving and A or B in class is the norm. In a college class, that may be more difficult. Will they know how to respond or how to raise their grade? One of our goals is to equip them with the tools to assist them with that very task.