Community College for Teens

Many Community Colleges now offer online classes. These are a great resource for average to advanced students.

In California, Community College classes are free for High School Students. You will have to jump through some hoops so hang on…. here we go.

1. Check the website of you local CC.

2. Apply online in many cases.

3. Student will most likely need a form signed by their “Principal” with a school stamp. (If you homeschool independently-sign it and consider getting a family stamp.)

4. Students will have to take a placement test (matriculation is what they call it in our district). Don’t panic, no one will see this. Everyone has to start somewhere. Sign your student up and do this early or at the end of the school year for the following year.

5. Look up the teacher on Rate My Professors and also contact them to see if they will sign the forms to allow your student to take their class. Better yet-have your student email them. I have yet to find a teacher who isn’t excited to have them in class.

6. Register for the class.

7. Monitor your student until they have a grasp of what is expected of them.

Last year my 8th grader took an English 200 course-Although this course is not transferable, it was the stepping stone to the transferable courses. All of his course work was turned in online. He learned to schedule his work throughout the week and the work load was very manageable.

Just imagine…if your student were to take 3 units (1 class) each semester of high school, they would have 24 units of college course work done by the time they graduate from high school. And the only cost to you would have been for books! Now that’s a bargain.