Getting Started with Dual Enrollment
If you are just getting started with the dual enrollment program, or you have taken a couple semesters off and are restarting, this is the page you are looking for. The steps outlined below need to be completed before students are allowed to register for classes.
There is a lot of information here. Read carefully.
STEP ONE: Complete the funding app at GaFutures.org. Make sure you apply for the 2024-2025 school year.
STEP TWO: Apply to the college where you will be taking dual enrollment classes. For the vast majority of our students, you will apply to West Georgia Technical College. Begin by clicking HERE.
To apply for dual enrollment through the University of West Georgia, click HERE instead. Be aware that UWG has different entry requirements and they do not offer classes here on the HCHS campus.
For information about Georgia Highlands University, click HERE.
STEP THREE: When you receive your acceptance letter and/or email notification that you have been accepted to the college, either forward a copy of it to Coach Clayton via email or take it and show it to him in the AV Lab at school. You will not be allowed to register without doing this. Once you have confirmed that acceptance with him, he will verify that your GaFutures application is complete.
You will sign the Code of Conduct.
Then you're ready to start registering for classes.
STEP FOUR: Keep up with all communications from the college and your dual enrollment coordinator at the high school. CHECK YOUR EMAIL REGULARLY.
GO TO ORIENTATION. The college will send you information about orientation. Failure to attend will mean that you miss out on basic things you need to know about. If you don't go and you don't know something important, that is on you. You're a college student now.
STEP FIVE: Make sure you can log in to your college email, Bannerweb, and Blackboard. This is on you. The high school can't help you with this. Do this well before classes start. You will log in to all of this from the dashboard, HERE
Check Bannerweb for your college schedule. ONLY YOUR BANNERWEB schedule is official. Infinite Campus might show that you have a college class, but Infinite Campus is not official.
Keep an eye on Blackboard. All college classes will start there.
Check all email regularly, personal and college. If you don't and you miss something, that is on you.