The Adult High School (AHS) program is a College
and Career Readiness Program designed to give those individuals who
have not completed their high school education an opportunity to
earn an Adult High School Diploma, and to develop, as a minimum, a
range of skills which qualify them to succeed in the labor market or
to enter technical, vocational, or college transfer programs offered
by local community colleges. Adult High School programming consists
of classroom instruction, learning laboratory courses, distance
education, or a combination of the above, and is designed to prepare
and qualify a student for an Adult High School diploma.
The Adult High School program is competency-based consisting of the
core units required for high school graduation as determined by the
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/ adopted by the North Carolina
State Board of Education and delivered through the community college
system. The Standard Course of Study is revised on a regular basis
to remain consistent with the changing needs of our nation, state,
and local communities. The new North Carolina Standard Course of
Study consists of the Common Core State Standards
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/acre/standards/common-core/ and the
North Carolina Essential Standards
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/acre/standards/new-standards/.
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Please note that minors will not be issued a diploma prior to the
graduation date of their high school class unless they have reached
their eighteenth birthday or if the local superintendent has waived
this requirement in writing. Official transcripts are maintained in
perpetuity by the community college where the diploma was awarded.
North Carolina has 42 Adult High School Programs across the state.
Click AHS Coordinators
for a contact list of community colleges with AHS programs.
Diane Steinbeiser
State GED® Administrator
Director, Adult High School & Equivalency Programs
Prof. Development & Instructional Support
College and Career Readiness
North Carolina Community College System
200 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 27603
steinbeiserd@nccommunitycolleges.edu
Office (919) 807-7214
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