Programs for High School Students
Early College
Early College allows motivated high school and home school students to combine high school and college in a rigorous, supportive environment that enables them to graduate with college credit and the tools for postsecondary success. The Early College program is a combination of college credit options that allows high school students to earn college credits while completing high school graduation requirements, up to and including a post-secondary certificate or degree in a career pathway or liberal arts.
Early College students can earn college credits in several ways:
1. Dual enrollment in college courses that are offered at the high school, on the college campus or online.
2. Transfer of approved articulated course credits from high school course work to North Shore Community College.
3. AP credits from high school courses with a successful AP exam score.
4. A qualifying score on a CLEP® (College-Level Examination Program) Exam.
More information:
https://www.northshore.edu/early-college
Dual Enrollment
The Dual Enrollment program provides an opportunity for high school or homeschooled students to take college courses. Students may choose to do so to finish high school requirements or to earn high school and college credits simultaneously. Dual Enrollment students are mainstreamed into the college student population and should avail themselves of NSCC’s many academic services including advising, tutoring, and the use of the library and computer labs. Students must meet all course prerequisites and complete paperwork that includes their high school guidance counselors’ approval for credit.
More information: https://www.northshore.edu/early-college/dual
North Shore Secondary Post-Secondary CVTE Linkage Consortium
North Shore Community College is the lead agency for the North Shore Secondary Post-Secondary Career Vocational Technical Education Linkage Consortium. The Consortium focuses on increasing academic standards at both secondary and postsecondary levels by offering access to early Accuplacer assessment, introducing students to career pathways, and providing high school students the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school through articulation agreements. Some of the high schools we collaborate with include: Beverly HS, Essex Agricultural and Technical HS, Gloucester HS, Lynn Vocational Technical HS, Northeast Metropolitan Technical HS, North Shore Technical, Peabody HS and Salem HS.
Gateway to College
Gateway to College (GtC) is part of a national network of programs dedicated to building sustainable pathways for disconnected youth to a high school diploma and a college credential by providing supports and the opportunity to learn on a college campus. GtC is a dual enrollment program for students who have left high school, or are significantly behind in credits and are unlikely to finish high school on time. The GtC program serves students between the ages of 16 and 21.
More information:
https://www.northshore.edu/gateway
Federal TRIO Programs
North Shore Community College hosts two pre-college TRIO programs, which are funded by the United States Department of Education to help low-income and first-generation students gain access to higher education.
The Educational Talent Search (TS) Program is a partnership with Lynn Public Schools. TS and district staff identify and encourages low-income, first generation youth who have the potential to succeed in higher education to graduate from high school and continue on to the postsecondary school of their choice. Educational Advisors are located in the Lynn high schools with outreach to Lynn alternative high school and middle schools. Services include academic, career, and financial advising; tutoring; college visits; SAT prep; and referrals to community resources. More information: https://www.northshore.edu/trio/etc/
Upward Bound (UB), serves an academically, economically, and ethnically diverse group of Lynn, MA high school students, providing new academic and cultural challenges and experiences within an intensive support system of tutoring, counseling and group events and activities. UB has two components: the Academic Year program takes place on the Lynn college campus after school and on weekends between September and June; the Summer Academy is a six-week intensive program that includes an off-site residential living experience designed to replicate a college living and learning environment. Throughout the year, emphasis is placed on building analytical, reading/writing, problem-solving, and social skills while completing course work and learning about college admissions and financial aid application processes. More information: https://www.northshore.edu/trio/upward/