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.
Course of Study
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Grade 9
- English 9 Honors
- Biology Honors
- Geometry or
Algebra II Honors - World History II Honors
- World Language
- Health and P.E.
- HCPS Elective
Grade 10
- 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
Grade 11
- 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 Principles of Public Speaking 100 & Reynolds Introduction to Business 100
Grade 12
- 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
* Fee applies to students entering the program in the fall of 2019 and thereafter
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- JSRCC College Composition 111 & 112
- JSRCC British & American Literature 245 & 246
- JSRCC General Biology Lab
- JSRCC General Biology 101 & 102
- JSRCC Pre-Calculus I 161
- JSRCC Applied Calculus 261
- JSRCC United States History 121 & 122
- JSRCC Political Science 135 & 136
- JSRCC Introduction to Digital Literacy 152
- JSRCC Spreadsheet Software (Excel) 140
- JSRCC College Success Skills SDV 100
- JSRCC Business 100
- Leadership Development Honors/ Senior Capstone Experience
- JSRCC Principles of Accounting I 211
- JSRCC Principles of Accounting II 212
- JSRCC Principles of Economics I - Macroeconomics 201
- JSRCC Principles of Economics II - Microeconomics 202
- JSRCC Principles of Public Speaking 100