Student/Parent Handbook - Onteora Central School District

2. Any student applying for early admissions must successfully complete any RegentsCompetency requirements or Regents exams before college enrollment is recognized andapproved by Onteora Central School.3. The student applying for early admissions and a parent or guardian must meet with thestudent’s guidance counselor to formalize the college and high school plan. Any studentapplying for early admissions must have the approval of his/her counselor and High SchoolPrincipal.4. A student who has not met the criteria above and has been denied early admissions status mayappeal to the high school principal.5. A grade C or better is required to fulfill high school graduation requirements.ADDENDUMCollege courses used to satisfy high school credit may not be accepted if transferred to anothercollege. Any student who fails required courses for graduation first semester must return to OnteoraCentral School second semester to complete the required course(s).ONTEORA/UCCC BRIDGE PROGRAMThe Onteora Central School District and Ulster County Community College will offer College EnglishI during first semester and College English II in the second semester. Each course will qualify forcollege credit. The class will be offered during the school day. The class can be taken in addition toEnglish level IV (12) or taken in place of English level IV (12). The instructor will be an Onteorateacher approved by Ulster County Community College. The application will include a one pagewritten essay that will be graded by instructors from Ulster County Community College. The essaywill be evaluated on a pass / fail basis and will be the final basis for entrance into the class. A finalexamination will be given by Ulster County Community College and graded by its instructors. Gradeswill be issued on an UCCC transcript. Any junior (who has completed three (3) years of English) iseligible to apply.College Algebra and Trigonometry (MAT 115) will also be offered. This course covers solvingequations/inequalities, the Cartesian coordinate system, functions (including logarithms andexponents), and trigonometry. Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra and/or Geometry.Additional College Courses• Intermediate Spanish I• Intermediate French I• Introduction to Drawing• Computer Applications10