Registration Open for Grades 7-12 Summer Classes

The North Hills School District is accepting registrations for its summer educational programs, which offer courses for students who did not achieve a passing grade during the school year in certain classes, as well as for those wishing to gain college credits.

The district’s Online Academy, which is open to students throughout southwest Pennsylvania, is offering 40 online courses for students in grades seven through 12.  

Credit recovery courses are available in math, English, science, social studies and health. The Online Academy provides full-credit enrichment courses in health, language arts, mathematics, art history, online gaming, flash animation, healthful living, lifetime fitness, strategies for academic success, thinking and learning strategies and dual enrollment courses in Chinese and Japanese, which provide students with college credit that can be transferred to universities.

Tuition for credit recovery courses is $115 for a three-week, half-credit course and $225 for a six-week, one-credit course. Tuition for the nine-week, for-credit courses is $339. Dual enrollment language courses are $645.

Qualified high school teachers from partnering school districts and organizations locally develop the courses. The curriculum for each course is aligned to the Pennsylvania Academic Standards, Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content. PSSA instructional strategies have been embedded throughout each course.

Interested students are encouraged to talk with their guidance counselor before applying. Applications are available in high school guidance offices and can be downloaded at www.nhsd.net.

Classes begin July 5.  Students must attend one of two orientation meetings from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 29, at or Thursday, June 30, at Peters Township High School. Course expectations, syllabus and all textbooks and materials will be distributed during orientation. An introduction to Blackboard, the course management software, will be presented.

For more information or to register, contact Gretchen Cetti 412-318-1045 or email cettig@nhsd.net.