Admission to this school is only open to students in Guilford County, NC.

While interested students are not required to be previous or current participants in the Advanced Learner (i.e. gifted and talented) program, they should exhibit similar qualifications and achievement levels.

Applications will be available at The Early College at Guilford, at the Guilford County Schools administrative offices at 120 Franklin Boulevard, Greensboro, by calling 336-370-8303, or on-line at http://www.gcsmagnetschools.com/ between February 3 and March 28.

Personal interviews will be held in April.

An early college admissions team representing the school and the college evaluates all applications and accompanying documentation. Written notification of student’s enrollment status will be available by May 16. Qualified applicants who are not selected in the initial process due to lack of space will remain on an active waiting list and may be offered the opportunity to enroll later in the year if space becomes available. If no space becomes available during the year, those on the waiting list must reapply the following year if they still wish to attend the school.

The Early College at Guilford (ECG) was partially modeled after BHSEC, and like that institution, falls in the collegiate high school category of early entrance. ECG is a cooperative effort between Guilford County Schools and Guilford College and offers participants a 4-year opportunity equivalent to all four years of high school and the first two years of college. Successful participants will earn an Associate of Arts degree (starting for class of 2006) and have approximately 2 years of transferable college credit to use in completing their undergraduate education at other colleges or universities.

ECG is entirely funded by a public and private partnership (including the support of private donors). Because of the connections to the Guilford County School system, ECG is only open to students from this school district. Like BHSEC, there is no special cost to students who participate in this school and ECG is entirely non-residential.

The George Wilson White House, on the campus of Guilford College, serves as ECG’s office complex. The Victorian home has a student lounge (with a college admissions resource center), reception area, conference room, Pentium IV computer lab, and offices for faculty and staff. Students may also make use of the well-stocked Hege Library, the Ragan-Brown Physical Education Center, the college’s Cafeteria, and other facilities.

This school is not residential and accepted students are expected to travel to and from the school each class day. The standard class day is from 8:45am to 3:30pm.

Ninth and tenth grade students are taught and supervised by teachers who are employees of Guilford County Schools. The curriculum includes core courses taught on a modified block schedule with end-of-course testing. Students have four classes each day. Ninth and tenth grade courses include Health and Physical Education; Honors English I and II; Honors Biology; Honors Economic, Legal, and Political Systems in Action (ELPSA); Spanish I and II; Honors Geometry; Honors Algebra II; and Honors Advanced Mathematics. The school offers AP World History, AP US History, and AP Environmental Science. Students complete almost all requirements by the end of tenth grade.

Progress is evaluated in terms of A (93-100), B (85-92), C (77-84), D (70-76), and F (0-69). Report cards are sent home at the end of each nine-week grading period and interim progress reports are distributed as well. Parent/guardian conferences are held in the fall and spring of each academic year, or as needed on an individual basis.

Classes begin at 8:45am and end at 3:30pm. During this period of ECG, students interact primarily with the other ninth and tenth graders. School Forum is held once each week at the start of school. Students enjoy lunch in the college cafeteria located in historic Founders Hall or on the campus green.

Eleventh and twelfth grade students take college courses taught by Guilford College professors and attend classes with Guilford College students. Students are assigned an academic advisor and together they build an individual course schedule to meet high school and college requirements. Eleventh and twelfth graders may register for a wide variety of courses as long as they have the prerequisite courses and skills. Students take at least four college courses each semester. They graduate at the end of their senior year with a high school diploma and about two years of course credits from the College. The School and the College are diligently working to establish an associate of arts degree program for the class of 2006.

Progress is evaluated in terms of achievement: A (exceptional), B (superior), C (average), D (passing), and F (failing). Classes begin as early as 8:30am and end as late as 5:50pm.

Students participate in various sports/activities at their former schools. Additionally, they have founded fifteen clubs and organizations including Newspaper, Yearbook, Speech and Debate, Harvard Model Congress, Lifeguards, Book Club, Gamers Club, Mathletes, Science Olympiad, First Priority, New Garden Friends Buddies, ECG Sports Association, Drama Club, Greensboro Youth Council, and Art Club. The Student Council is organizing a student court and is drafting an honor code. ECG is developing its own rites and traditions for such staples of the high school experience as prom and graduation. The first graduation ceremony will be held May 30, 2003 on the Guilford College campus green.

Colleges and universities are typically grouped based on the highest degree that they regularly award, which in the case of Guilford College is the Bachelor’s degree.

The above data may be as much as five years old. Number of majors may include 4-year pre-professional programs.

Greensboro is the third largest city in North Carolina (city approximately 229,600; metropolitan area: 1.3 million) and 90 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Guilford publishes facts and information about their college at: http://www.guilford.edu/about/index.cfm?ID=400000020 Virtual Campus Tour: http://www.guilford.edu/admission/index.cfm?ID=200000260

Request for More Information about Guilford College: http://www.guilford.edu/admission/index.cfm?ID=200000170

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No Mission Statement is available, but the text of the “About Guilford” web page serves a similar purpose:

“Guilford College draws on Quaker and liberal arts traditions to prepare men and women for a lifetime of learning, work, and constructive action dedicated to the betterment of the world.

Toward that end the college provides:

• student-centered instruction that nurtures each individual amid an intentionally diverse community
• a values-rich education that explores the ethical dimension of knowledge and promotes honesty, compassion, integrity, courage, and respect for the individual
• a challenging academic program that fosters critical and creative thinking through the development of essential skills: analysis, inquiry, communication, consensus-building, problem-solving, and leadership
• a global perspective that values people of other cultures and the natural environment in which we all live
• access to work and service opportunities that forge a connection between thought and action.”

-”About Guilford”, Guilford College Website