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The Jackson Area Career Center
is designed for students who are interested in learning an
employable skill prior to graduation from high school. The student
is transported to and from the Area Career Center via school
transportation. One of two shifts may be chosen. They are
8:30-11:00 AM and 11:40-2:05 PM. The student spends at least three
class periods enrolled in classes at Western High School in addition
to/and concurrent with enrollment at the Career Center.
Students need to realize if they attend the Career
Center, they may miss out on some activities and assemblies that are
scheduled at the high school.
**Information
concerning Career Center class choices is at the front of this
curriculum guide.
DUAL ENROLLMENT
College and high school
at the same time?
More choices. More challenges.
We would like you to know about the
increased opportunities for Dual Enrollment available to eligible
11th and 12th grade students and what may need to be done prior to
11th grade to become eligible. Dual Enrollment (also called
Postsecondary Options) permits the student to take classes in both
Western High School and a college or university simultaneously. The
purpose of this program is to provide a wider variety of options to
high school pupils to insure that all students continue to be
challenged.
Eligible students may take certain
classes at colleges and universities essentially paid for with a
percentage of the student's state funding. In general, 11th and
12th graders who have passed all proficiency exams (Math,
Science, or Communication Arts) may take academic courses not
offered by Western High School. Twelfth graders may take courses
only in areas for which they have passed the proficiency exam,
in computer science, in foreign language and in some cases fine
arts, if a comparable course is not offered by Western School
District. These courses may be taken for Western High School
credit, college credit or both, but the student must notify both
Western High School and the college of his/her intent.
Passing all proficiency exams
is a prerequisite for Dual Enrollment in the 11th grade, but
proficiency exams are normally given during the 11th grade year.
Therefore, the parent or guardian of a 10th grade student planning
to participate in Dual Enrollment in 11th grade must request
in writing early in the 10th grade year that the student be
given all proficiency exams in the 10th grade on one of the
regularly scheduled testing dates.
Any student expecting to be eligible
for postsecondary options and planning to dually enroll in the fall
should meet with his/her counselor in the spring. At that time, the
counselor will inform the student of available support services,
deadlines and procedures related to Dual Enrollment, probable costs,
the need to arrange an appropriate schedule, consequences of failing
or not completing a college course, the effect of Dual Enrollment on
the eligible student's ability to complete high school graduation
requirements and the academic and social responsibilities that must
be assured by the student and his/her parent or guardian. The
student will then be given a form stating his/her eligibility for
Dual Enrollment and that the appropriate counseling was received.
This form, when signed by the student and parent or guardian, will
be filed with the college or university when enrolling.
A student must receive permission
from the eligible postsecondary institution in order to dually
enroll in that institution. Students should also take advantage of
the admissions counseling services for high school students provided
by the college.
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