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The College Pathways Experience

The CP Educational Journey

A student’s journey through College Pathways (CP) begins with a hybrid online experience as early as 7th grade.  The student will take CP classes as a full or part-time student (explained below) where he/she will be in the classroom two hours a week per class (either he/she will take a class for two hours once or week or take a class for one hour twice a week).  The student will combine his/her classroom experience with 4-6 hours a week per class of an online learning experience facilitated by the classroom teacher (hence the term “hybrid online”).  A student will continue his/her journey in high school by preparing to become “college ready.”  A student is expected to be college ready in Math or English by 11th grade and be college ready in both subjects by 12th grade.  When a student becomes college ready, he/she is eligible to take college courses through the CP Concurrent Enrollment program at Pikes Peak State College (PPSC). As a concurrent enrollment student, he/she will receive both college and high school credit after successfully completing a PPSC course.

CP Part-Time Status
At College Pathways, part-time students manage their own transcript and do not intend to receive a CP diploma.  Students can be enrolled part-time in the following ways:
  1. By enrolling in two CP classes (but no PPSC classes)
  2. By taking up to 11 credit hours at PPSC.  A part-time student may not be enrolled in both CP and PPSC classes during the same semester (save for CP’s required prerequisite “On Course” class which all students must take in order to attend class at the college level). 
CP Full-Time Status
At College Pathways, full-time students follow the school’s graduation requirements and receive a CP diploma.  Students can be enrolled full-time in the following ways:
  1. By enrolling in five CP classes
  2. By enrolling in a combination of CP and PPSC classes
  3. By enrolling in only PPSC classes
A student wishing to participate in a CHSAA (Colorado High School Activities Association) sanctioned activity (for example, playing school sports at the high school level) must be a full-time student and take five CP classes, take all PPSC classes, or take a combination of CP, Homeschool, and PPSC classes.  The formula to be considered a full-time student for CHSAA purposes is:
1 CP Class                   =          .5 Carnegie Unit
  1 Homeschool Class   =          .5 Carnegie Unit

  1 PPSC Class              =          1.0 Carnegie Unit

A student must have 2.5 Carnegie Units to be considered full-time for CHSAA eligibility purposes.