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Gaining College Experience

College in High School Program for Courses Taken at Pine-Richland High School

Pine-Richland High School collaborates with local colleges that allow students to earn college credit upon successful
completion of certain specific, upper level, college courses offered at the high school and taught by high school teachers.
For example, students may receive credit from the University of Pittsburgh for successful completion of Business Calculus,
Java Programming, Advanced Computer Science, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, and AP Physics C - Mechanics. Students
in AP French and AP Spanish may receive credit from LaRoche College for successful completion of this class. Our
College in High School courses are reviewed every year and may change from year to year. Students are informed at the
start of class in the fall if their course is part of the College in High School Program. Interested students must receive
approval from their school counselor. All students enrolled in an AP course must take the AP exam for the course,
regardless of CHS enrollment.

The University of Pittsburgh will be using an online web-based placement system named ALEKS for College in High
School student placement for CHS Business Calculus only. Course placement is based on a single numeric score. The
College in High School Business Calculus students will have to meet the same placement criteria as an on-campus
student. This test is $25 and paid for by the student. Students may retest up to 5 times, but must complete the targeted
ALEKS learning modules before repeating the assessment. The assessment scores are only good for 6 months. Students
must provide a printout to the College in High School Business Calculus teacher. Please note there are additional special
fees attached to enrolling in the College in High School Program. Per Policy 124, college fees are the responsibility of
students.

Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment programs allow students to be enrolled in two separate academic institutions. Typically, this refers to
high school students who take courses at local colleges or universities. Dual Enrollment gives high school students the
opportunity to begin their post-secondary transcripts and earn post-secondary credits. There is an application process for
dual enrollment programs through the post-secondary institution and most programs require the approval of the student's
high school. Students who participate in dual enrollment programs do not earn PRHS credit, and the courses taken do
not appear on their PRHS transcript.

Making Career Connections

Career Planning

Successful career planning involves incorporating each student’s unique qualities, abilities and goals. A college or career
“fit” is one that embraces all aspects of an individual’s educational strengths and personality.

The school counseling office helps students explore post-secondary opportunities by providing meetings with colleges, as
well as, career and technical institutions. Additional material can be obtained through internet research, reference books
and meetings with the school counselor or the college and career counselor.

Naviance

The Career Planning component of Naviance allows students to realize their goals, skills, knowledge, values, constraints,
and interests to help them make better academic decisions. During this process, students gain a clear understanding of
the academic preparation required to pursue careers that are likely to be fulfilling for them. The following assessment
tools are available to all students throughout high school.

• Do What You Are 2.0
• Learning Style Inventory 2.0
• StrengthsExplorer®
• Career Interest Profiler
• Career Search
• Roadtrip Nation Interview Archive

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