Career and College Promise (CCP) offers structured opportunities for qualified high school students to pursue one of three pathways in community college that lead to a certificate, diploma, or degree as well as provide entry-level job skills. Academic credits earned through Career and College Promise pathways shall enable students who continue into postsecondary education, after high school graduation, to complete an undergraduate degree in less time than high school students without college credit would need to complete. Enrollment in the Career and College Promise Program is available to North Carolina public, private, and home-schooled high school students.
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics provides open enrollment distance education courses to schools across North Carolina. Courses are provided tuition-free. Delivering both online and interactive video conferencing (IVC) courses to students in grades 9-12.
With our two-way video conferencing (IVC), students collaborate in project teams and whole-class discussions with students at other schools across the state — developing the skills required by business and industry. NCSSM teachers monitor the class in real time, assessing student learning and ensuring that students engage with the course materials and with each other.
NCVPS benefits students through expanded academic options in teacher-led, online courses aligned to the North Carolina Common Core Standards and the North Carolina Essential Standards. Regardless of students’ geographic location or economic circumstances, they can enroll in quality online courses taught by highly qualified, North Carolina licensed teachers. NCVPS provides students online courses in many subject areas including mathematics, science, English language arts, social studies, arts, advanced placement, honors, and world languages. Other courses include test preparation, credit recovery, and Occupational Course of Study (OCS).
The Governor's School of North Carolina is a 4-week summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students (rising 11th &/or 12th), integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. The curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and it does not involve credit, tests, or grades. Students are selected to attend through a competitive process after being nominated by their public school unit or non-public school.