What is the Puma Pride Scholars Elite Academy?

The program allows boundary students who are ready to aggressively pursue college and career readiness in a rigorous filled program were they can soar without limits! The Puma PRIDE Scholars Program is designed to be a rigorous four-year course of study. It offers accepted students a comprehensive curriculum combining accelerated honors and advanced placement-level coursework.

Each year we accept a cohort of 9th grade students (approximately 50 or less) who continue in the program until their 12th grade year. The curriculum pacing provides cohort-core classes, Honor classes, the opportunity to take up to 6 or more Advanced Placement classes and enroll in Dual Enrollment.

Our goal is to provide high academic standards and a supportive learning community of cohorts to help high achieving students experience relevant and challenging course sequence to become the most well-rounded, accomplished, and prepared college applicants.

The Puma PRIDE Scholar must be prepared to accept the academic challenge in Academy courses. Specifically, students participating in the Academy should:

•Exhibit a proven high level of interest in all subject matter and be motivated to learn and participate in classroom discussions.

• Demonstrate the characteristics of maturity, self-discipline, persistence and independence, all of which are required for successful performance in the Academy.

If you feel that this is the program for you, please feel free to explore this site. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the school at (301)780-2100.

Please check the school finder feature on www.pgcps.org before applying to be sure that Wise is your boundary school.