Traditional Concurrent Enrollment

Traditional Concurrent Enrollment consists of students taking individual college courses through Pikes Peak State College that works towards their future certification, degree, or career path in general. At VRHS, students have taken 100s of different classes including but not limited to, English, communication, business, welding, computer programming, environmental science, astronomy, EMT, pre-nursing, art history, social work, psychology, sociology, and many more! All grade levels are eligible. Each student is advised on transferability, degree/certification applicability, and workload. If you are interested in applying please navigate to our steps to apply page. 

PPSC Career Start

In partnership with Pikes Peak State College (PPSSC), VRHS Juniors and Seniors graders are able to work towards their specific career goals through one of twelve different PPCC Career Start program options.

Students attend PPSC Monday-Friday and earn high school credit that works towards graduation requirements and their future degrees or certifications. 

PPSC Career Start is free as long as students pass their courses with Cs or higher. Each program is a year-long commitment and most program options offer 2 years of programming.

For more information about specific program options, visit this page.

TREP

The TREP program creates the opportunity for qualified students in an educator career pathway to concurrently enroll in postsecondary courses for the two years after the 12th grade year. 

TREP 12+2 is Concurrent Enrollment extended into a 5th and possibly 6th year, providing graduating seniors with up to two extra years of free college courses. TREP is available at PPSC but not available at UCCS.