Off-Campus Learning Opportunities

COLLEGE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A 5TH YEAR SENIOR

ASCENT (Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment) is a “5th Year Program” in which seniors remain enrolled in high school and take a year of college classes. To qualify, students need to have met all of their high school graduation requirements and have 12 credit hours of college-level courses prior to the end of their senior year.

Through the ASCENT program, BVSD pays the tuition for students to take a year of college courses at a community college after their senior year.  Students are responsible for payment of fees and books. If a student plans appropriately, they can complete that 5th year of High School with as much as two years of college paid for.

BVSD Ascent Program Website

Are you interested in learning a trade? Or getting a head start on a career? Please ask your counselor for more information about enrolling in the CTE program.

Website: www.bouldertec.org or tec.bvsd.org

BOULDERTEC BELL SCHEDULE

BVSD Online is a supplemental tuition-based program offering BVSD enrolled students the opportunity to take one to two additional courses along with their regular full-time enrollment. This program is available to any high school student at New Vista. Courses provide students an opportunity to either catch-up on missing courses, improve grades of D or F, or get ahead with additional courses.  The fees can be found on the BVSD Online Course Cost Website.

Note that the BVSD Online Program is not a school and is not available to students who are not enrolled at a BVSD school. If you're interested in taking online classes, please make an appointment to speak with your counselor about it. 

Website: online.bvsd.org

BVSD Online Overview Video - View this video for more information.

1000 McCaslin Blvd. #300
Superior, CO 80027
Phone: 720.561.5580
Email: bvsdonline@bvsd.org
 

The College Before Graduation Program allows students to earn college and high school credits simultaneously. At New Vista, this often means the opportunity to take Front Range Community courses on the New Vista Campus, or at the CU Campus just up the road, or on the FRCC campus.

FRCC Courses offered at New Vista High School include: Western Civ-Antiquities-1650; US History Since Civil War; Astronomy 101; Geography, Weather & Climate; Math for Liberal Arts, Pre-Calc, Creative Writing, Intro to Lit.

Students may significantly reduce their college expenses, increase the likelihood that they will complete college, and earn marketable workforce skills by taking college credit courses while in high school. BVSD offers a variety of ways for students to earn these free college credits.

Please view the BVSD College Before Graduation Website and BVSD Board Policies IGCD/IGCD-R for more details on the program, deadlines, and enrollment procedures as well as the tuition costs. Another resource is the Colorado Dept. of Education (CDE) Website. All courses must be approved by the student's high school principal and counselor.

New Vista students are welcome to pursue studies not offered on the New Vista campus through the myriad of resources available in our community.  Our Learning Resource Coordinator, Nela Maniero-Goodwin, will guide the student through enrolling in these learning opportunities. 

To learn more, please visit our Independent Study website.