Course Selection Information

As students begin considering course selections for next year, we are sharing some important links and guidelines for parents and families.

First, all information can be found on the Scheduling Website:

https://sites.google.com/a/uxbridge.k12.ma.us/the-uxbridge-high-school/scheduling


For students considering internships, we have put together a short video/presentation on the process. This is similar to what would have been shared at the Course Selection Night for grade 11, which unfortunately became a victim to the school cancellation on February 7. One point not referenced in the video is that some internships are actually paid, and some provide access to post-secondary opportunities as well.

In our course selection video, we explain our Early College work through Quinsigamond Community College. For juniors, we will be administering the Accuplacer examination in March to all grade 11 students. That test will help determine who is currently eligible for earning college credit for courses taken at UHS that are offered as college-level courses. (For students who do not pass Accuplacer, they can re-take the test before September).  When a student earns a grade in that Early College course, they earn three credits in that class and the grade, which are transferable to any Massachusetts state college and university, as well as any New England state college or university (for example, URI, UNH, etc.). So, a student who earns an A in our English class offered as Early College will get an A on a college transcript - and some of those credits transfer to private colleges as well. For students, this is a great way to get a head start on the college coursework.

There is a charge for the course - students will have to pay a registration fee and purchase any course books for the college course. The fee is $100 if we offer the class at UHS and $250 if we offer it "online" through a professor at QCC.  Either charge is significantly less than the cost of a course at college - for example, that same course is more than $1000 at UMass-Amherst.

Questions about Early College can be directed to Guidance Counselors. We will be running Early College English next year, and we also hope to add a humanities and mathematics class as well.

Finally, the full course selection video can be viewed here:

Let us know if we can be helpful.