- Gladstone High School
- Early College program (ECP)
About the Early College Program (ECP)
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What is ECP?
The no-cost Early College Program (ECP) blends high school and college in a rigorous, supportive way, enabling a student to graduate from GHS with 34 transferable college credits. That's a full year's worth of college, which means saving a year's worth of tuition, fees, books and housing at a university! All classes take place at GHS!
Benefits of ECP
ECP students graduate from Gladstone High School with 34 transferable college semester units from Citrus College. Other benefits include:
- Access to high-demand college courses
- Access to college instructors
- No tuition!
- Books paid for by AUSD
- Eligibility to enroll at a four-year college as a sophomore.
Contact the Guidance Office to enroll in this amazing opportunity!
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Sophomores - are you interested in joining the Early College Program (ECP)? Please fill out the application by March 1, 2023.
Program Details
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Here are some other things to know about ECP:
- This program is only for students who are serious about attending college. Students currently in the program have a 2.5 GPA or higher.
- You must commit to taking Summer School classes for two summers.
- You will be placed in a block schedule during junior and senior years. Periods 1-2 are for college courses; periods 3-7 are for GHS courses.
- Some prerequisites courses must be passed before enrollment in transferable-credit courses.
- You must maintain a C- or higher to stay in the Early College Program.
ECP Tutoring
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Tutoring Schedule:
Statistics - M/W 8:00- 9:45 a.m. Room B-19
Economics - M/W 3:00-4:30 p.m. LibraryTutoring provided courtesy of Think Together.
Current Courses
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Class of 2023
Fall 2022
- ECON 101:
- ETHN 101:
- HIST 108:
- ASTRONOMY 117:
Spring 2023
- MATH 165: Statistics (Professor Stevenson)
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ETHN 101: Ethnic Studies
- ENG 101:
- ASTRONOMY 117:
ECP True or False
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This program is only for students who are going to community college.
FALSE
- After graduating from GHS, you can attend Citrus College for just one year and then transfer as a junior to a 4-year college.
- Or you can go straight to a four-year college with a year of general education courses completed!
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The Citrus classes are remedial in nature.
FALSE
- All courses are transferable college-level courses that meet university standards for general education. These courses/grades are included on your permanent college transcript.
- You must pass an entrance exam to enroll in the prerequisite courses.
- Students who receive a D grade cannot continue in the ECP.
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AP courses are a guaranteed way of earning college credits.
FALSE
- There are no guarantees with AP, IB or ECP.
- Each school is unique; a score of 3, 4 or 5 on an AP exam does not automatically mean you will receive credit.
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You must pass 10 AP Exams with a score of 3 or higher to be equivalent to 10 courses in the Early College Program.
TRUE
- Not all students will qualify or be successful in an AP course or in ECP.
