Neuse Charter School Partners With JCC To Create One-Of-A-Kind Program
SMITHFIELD – Neuse Charter School has announced that it has partnered with Johnston Community College to form a one-of-a-kind program that will allow students to graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree or career and technical certificate.
“Leave With More” is the new initiative coming to Neuse Charter School in August 2022 which will provide families with the opportunity to attend college while still in high school, save money on tuition, gain up to two years worth of college credits that are transferable to nearly all post-secondary institutions.
In its 15 years serving the community, Neuse Charter has placed a continued focus on college readiness. Now, they are expanding that focus to not only prepare students for college but also offer it in addition to its rigorous high school curriculum, making it the only locally-governed, nonprofit charter school in the county to provide such an opportunity.
Additionally, Neuse will continue to offer the traditional high school experience which includes activities such as sports and clubs, homecoming and prom.
“Neuse Charter School is a small and welcoming school community where students can not only achieve success in our high school classes, but now they can also do so within JCC classes on our campus. The staff at NCS believes every student deserves to have
multiple opportunities available to them so that they may leave NCS with more than just a diploma; this one-of-a-kind program will do just that. We could not be more excited about this partnership, the future of Neuse Charter School, and what our alumni will be
able to accomplish after graduation,” stated Superintendent Dr. Melissa Blackwell.
Neuse Charter will officially begin this new partnership at the start of the 2022-2023 academic year. For more information about Neuse Charter School, please visit www.neusecharterschool.org.
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How is this any different than early college or other programs already in place?
Early College is different than this program.
This program is a similar framework as the CCP program.
Students at Neuse may still have to pay for text books though. I’m not sure. Public school students in Johnston county do not have to pay for textbooks to my knowledge.
This is hardly “one of a kind”, unless you’re only talking about in terms of Neuse Charter. Johnston County Early College has been doing this for nearly 15 years. Johnston County Career/Technical Leadership Academy has been doing this for three years, and did it as Johnston County Middle College for at least a decade before that. EVERY SINGLE Johnston County High School has offered the CCP program to high school students for at least 7-8 years.
I’m not sure how that makes this “new” at all.