Course Enrollment Update Charlottesville City Schools “Personal and Academic Excellence” January 5, 2012

Dual Enrollment Offered through agreements with Piedmont Virginia Community College Taught at the college freshman level using PVCC curriculum and texts Earn credits that may be transferred to community colleges and in- state four-year colleges and universities UnduplicatedDuplicated Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

Advanced Placement (AP) Designed for highly motivated students who desire the challenge of college-level work in high school Expected to take the AP exam in May College credits earned depending on student’s score and individual policies of college/university UnduplicatedDuplicated Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

Honors Enrollment at CHS Designed for students who are academically motivated, have demonstrated high levels of achievement, and are prepared for advanced work Serve as precursor to Advanced Placement (AP) courses UnduplicatedDuplicated Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

Honors Enrollment at Buford Middle Designed for students who are academically motivated, have demonstrated high levels of achievement, and are prepared for advanced work Afford students opportunity to earn high school credits (although not all honors courses earn high school credit) Serve as precursor to Advanced Placement (AP) courses UnduplicatedDuplicated Honors Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

Rising 9 th Graders w/ 2 or More Credits From Buford Middle Focus on increasing credits for rising 9 th graders Increase number of students with at least one credit “Ninth-graders who are placed in higher-level courses have a lower failure rate than students with similar characteristics who are placed in lower-level courses” (Cooney and Bottoms in Making Middle Grades Work, SREB, 2008) * (1 credit) Asian4826 African-Am Hispanic0347 White Total

Buford Middle Credit Earning Courses Algebra I Family/Consumer 8 French I Geometry Keyboarding Spanish I

WALK Enrollment Students who aren’t successfully passing one or more classes Seniors who are missing credits needed for graduation Students who are in danger of dropping out Students with health or trauma issues that jeopardize their success in a traditional classroom Transfer students who need to meet Virginia requirements enrollment numbers are as of January 4, 2012 UnduplicatedDuplicated WALK Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

CATEC Enrollment Charlottesville City Schools & Albemarle County Schools Technical Skills Workplace Soft Skills Literacy Development Innovative Technology Training Entrepreneurship Training UnduplicatedDuplicated CATEC Enrollment Asian African-Am Hispanic White Total

AVID Enrollment In-school college preparatory program for students in the “middle” with a desire to attend college Began with 7 th – 11 th graders in Extended to 6 th & 12 th graders in Largest increase in enrollment in is in the 9 th grade AVID Asian916 African-Am97184 Hispanic818 White2345 Other02 Total137265