On July 16, participants in the new Monroe County Community School Corporation's Early College High School program came to the IU School of Education for a kickoff picnic. High school freshmen can take coursework for dual credit at Ivy Tech and Indiana University starting this fall. In this short video, you'll see how participants celebrated with hamburgers, hot dogs, and dancing!
The P-16 Center knows that it’s essential to partner with our immediate community, and the Center is currently collaborating with the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) on their Bloomington Early College High School. Designed to improve graduation and college-going rate through a full integration of high school, college, and the world of work, this program serves Monroe County's Twenty-First Century Scholars and other promising, low income, and minority students currently under-represented at Indiana University and in higher education institutions across the state.
For this program, the Center has provided
- a campus-based setting for the MCCSC-sponsored Early College High School Kick-off Picnic for incoming 9th grade students and families with Dean Gerardo Gonzalez, IU 21st Century Scholars and Groups students.
- free Spanish translation of Early College promotional and application materials through Translations for Success.
- Career Information Systems (CIS) training for MCCSC middle and high school guidance counselors, Early College and AVID teachers.
Student Services
The Center helped coordinate tutoring services through Indiana University's Indiana Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (ISTEM). Four math and four science tutors from IU staff the math/science study tables for the Early College High School students at Bloomington High School North and Bloomington High School South.
Through the partnership with IU Bloomington, the Early College High School students also have opportunities to participate in several pre-college programs free of charge. IU Bloomington Journalism, Informatics, Science Olympiad Summer Fun Camps, and the Office of Community and School Partnerships are each offering two funded slots in their pre-college programs.