Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School In - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Rising Stars Early College Academy at Keyport High School In - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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