1. Career and College Promise (CCP)
For RSHS students

2. Tuition, Fees and Books
All college classes taken while in high school are tuition free.
RSHS purchases and loans college books to students that must be returned each semester or the student will be charged for the book.
RichmondCC covers the cost of fees for all CCP students.

3. Eligibility Be a high school junior or senior and
have an unweighted GPA of 2.8

4. Beginning this fall, college classes will be taken during 1st and 2nd blocks for RSHS students. (Students must take a minimum of two blocks with credit-bearing courses each semester at RSHS)
Maximum number of RichmondCC courses taken per semester to go on high school transcript is 4.
Grades earned in college courses will be shared with the high school and included on the students high school transcript and count as part of their GPA.
If college courses are taken outside of the school day or during summer, the courses will only count as college credit and not go on the high school transcript.
To maintain eligibility, a students must maintain a 2.0 college GPA.
If a student fails a college course or is a “no show”, the student will not be allowed to take a RichmondCC course the following semester.

5. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ALIGNED WITH TRANSFER COURSES
High School Credit
Community College Courses
Graduation Requirement
American History I
HIS 131 American History I – AP Credit weight
American History II
HIS 132 American History II – AP Credit weight
Fourth Math credit
MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy – AP Credit weight
MAT 152 Statistical Methods I – AP Credit weight
MAT 171 Pre-calculus Algebra – AP Credit weight
Foreign Language
SPA 111 Elementary Spanish I – AP Credit weight
SPA 112 Elementary Spanish II – AP Credit weight

6. Associates in Arts - College Transfer Pathway
English Composition
ENG Writing and Inquiry
ENG Writing/Research in the Disciplines
Humanities/Fine Arts - At least three courses from two different subjects from the following:
ART Art Appreciation
ENG American Literature I
ENG American Literature II
ENG British Literature I
ENG British Literature II
MUS Music Appreciation
MUS Introduction to Jazz
Social/Behavioral Sciences - At least three courses from at least two different subjects from the following:
ECO Principle of Microeconomics
ECO Principle of Macroeconomics
HIS American History I
HIS American History II
PHI 240 – Intro to Ethics
POL American Government
PSY General Psychology
SOC Introduction to Sociology
Mathematics - At least one course from the following:
MAT Quantitative Literacy
MAT Statistical Methods I
MAT Precalculus Algebra
Natural Science - One of the following groups:
BIO 111 – General Biology I
CHM 151 – General Chemistry
Other Required Hours
ACA College Transfer Success

7. Transportation will be provided for 1st and 2nd blocks.

8. Go to www.richmondcc.edu/rshs
How to Apply
Go to
Click and complete dual enrollment application
If you do not know your social security number, skip question and bring back to us ASAP. We CAN NOT enroll you for college classes without it.
Click and complete RSHS registration for sophomores. This is your contract for the high school.
address is the one you check regularly
If you do not know your unweighted GPA, please give your best estimate

9. Course Type Weighting Scale Honors Course One-half (.5) quality point
                                   
Course Type
Weighting Scale
Honors Course
One-half (.5) quality point
Advanced Placement
One (1) quality point
Community College Courses

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Contact Information:
Kary Edmondson
Leighton Bell