Advance College Academy - Business Administration

Highland Springs High School

  • Students earn an advanced studies high school diploma by taking a wide range of honors and AP level classes.

  • Students earn an Associate of Science degree in Business Administration from Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) during their four years in high school.

  • All 61 JSRCC credits are eligible for transfer to a four-year college or university.

  • College courses are taught by selected HCPS teachers, credentialed as adjunct professors with JSRCC.

  • There is a minimal charge for students to enroll in the program and earn an associate degree.

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Course of Study

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

  • English 9 Honors

  • Biology Honors

  • Geometry or
    Algebra II Honors

  • World History II Honors

  • World Language

  • Health and P.E.

  • HCPS Elective

  • English 10 Honors

  • Chemistry Honors

  • Algebra II or Pre-Calculus Honors

  • AP European History or AP World History

  • World Language

  • Economics & Personal Finance

  • Health and P.E.

  • HCPS Elective

**College Success Skills 100 & Personal and Community Health 115*

Summer between 10th and 11th grades: Reynolds College Success Skills 100 & Personal and Community Health 115

  • Reynolds English 111 & 112*

  • AP Physics, AP Environmental Science, or AP Chemistry 1 ¤ 

  • Reynolds Pre-Calculus 161 & Applied Calulus 261*

  • Reynolds US History 121 & 112*

  • Reynolds course: JSRCC Introduction to Digital and Information Literacy and Computer Applications 152 and Spreadsheets 140

  • Reynolds Introduction to Business 100

  • Reynolds American 244 & British Literature 242

  • Reynolds Biology 101 & 102

  • Reynolds Biology Lab & Study Hall

  • Reynolds Accounting 211 & 212* (Accounting I & II) 

  • Reynolds Economics 201 & 202*

  • Reynolds Political Science 135 & 136*

  • HCPS Elective

  • Leadership & Development Honors / ACA Senior Capstone Experience

Notes

* All courses identified with asterisks are JSRCC courses that meet the requirements of an advanced studies high school diploma.
** College Success Skills 100 & Personal and Community Health 115 must be taken during the summer prior to grade eleven.

  • Students must earn a 2.75 or higher in Algebra I and maintain at least a 2.75 GPA through eighth grade. It is recommended that students complete World History I prior to enrolling in the Academy.

  • Curriculum is subject to change.

  • All students must successfully complete the Economics and Personal Finance course.

  • Each dual enrollment class will have a $50 fee.

Fees

ACA

Number of dual enrollment classes

Fee

Total

10th Grade

2 Classes (Summer before 11th Grade)

$50/class

$100/student

11th Grade

10 Classes

$50/class

$500/student

12th Grade

10 Classes

$50/class

$500/student

Total Cost of two - year program

$1,100/student