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Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School

In Partnership with

WHAT IS THE RISING STARS EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY?

An Educational Partnership between the Keyport School District and Brookdale Community College MISSION STATEMENT Provide academically prepared 9th grade students an

• pportunity to concurrently earn an Associate of Arts

degree in Social Sciences while also achieving their high school diploma

HOW WILL STUDENTS BE SELECTED?

• 2017-2018 Rising Stars Early College Academy Candidates
• Potential Rising Stars Early College Academy students will

be identified from the 8th grade class at Keyport Central School and Union Beach Memorial School and will complete an application and interview process for 10 available Rising Stars Early College Academy seats

WHEN WILL STUDENTS TAKE COLLEGE CLASSES?

• Rising Stars Early College Academy students will

begin taking college classes during regular school hours in the fall of their freshman year.

• Rising Stars Early College Academy graduates

will earn 61 college credits through Brookdale Community College while fulfilling high school graduation requirements at KHS.

Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School

Year 1

Semester 1 BCC Credits HS Credits Semester 2 BCC Credits HS Credits English 1 5 YEAR 1 English 2 5 Geometry H 5 Algebra II H 5

• Elem. Span. 1 /SPAN

101 Keyport HS 4 5

• Elem. Span.2/SPAN 102

Keyport HS 4 5 PE/Health 9 5 World History 5

Total BCC Credits = 8

Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School

Year 2

Art I 5 YEAR 2 PE/Driver’s Ed 5 English Comp: Writing Process/ENG 121 Keyport HS 3 5 Public Speaking/SPCH 115 Keyport HS 3 5 Information Tech /COMP 129 Keyport HS 3 5 English Comp: Writing & Research/ENGL 122 Keyport HS 3 5 First Year Seminar/HUDV 107 Keyport HS – Fridays 1 Biology 5 Pre Calc H 5

Total BCC Credits = 13 Semester 1 BCC Credits HS Credits Semester 2 BCC Credits HS Credits

Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School

Year 3 Keyport HS – BCC Hazlet

Semester 1 BCC Credits HS Credits Semester 2 BCC Credits HS Credits

PE/Health 11 5 YEAR 3 Elective 5 Principles of Sociology/SOCI 101 Keyport HS 3 5 Statistics/MATH 131 BCC Hazlet 4 5 Intro to Psychology/PS YC 106 Keyport HS 3 5 Cultural Anthropology/ANTH 105 BCC Hazlet 3 5 Elective (or Chem) 5 Elective 5

Total BCC Credits = 13

Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School

Year 4 Keyport HS – BCC Lincroft

American National Government/POLI 105 BCC 3 5 YEAR 4 Macro Economics/ECON 105 BCC 3 5 Environmental Science/ENVR 107 BCC 4 5 Life Science/BIOL 105 BCC 4 5 American Civilization II/HIST 135 BCC 3 5 American Civilization II/HIST 136 BCC 3 5 World Literature I/ENGL 235 BCC 3 5 Human Growth & Development/PSYC 206 BCC 3 5

Total BCC Credits = 26 Semester 1 BCC Credits HS Credits Semester 2 BCC Credits HS Credits

Student Obligations

• Must maintain a 3.0 GPA
• If student fails class they are responsible for

paying remediation

• Students who fail two courses without

remediation will be removed from the academy but maintain the attained credits.

Criteria

• Application
• **Sages 2 test (Linkit)**
• Lexile
• Algebra 1 grades (first 2 marking periods)
• 8th grade ELA (first 2 marking periods)
• Math PARCC 7
• ELA PARCC 7

**to be included with the class of 2022

Resources:

• Conduct parent/guardian informational sessions
• Rising Stars Letter
• Review applications and interview Rising Stars

Early College Academy candidates

• Rising Stars Academy Application
• FAQs
• Rising Stars FAQ