Advanced Academics

AP Spanish Language and Culture - An exam is offered in May of each year. Students can submit their scores to a college to earn college credits. (meets Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal 8 Global Perspective course requirements)

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are college-level courses available for students to take in high school. Students may earn college credit by taking the end-of-course exam and earning a college credit qualifying score. Scores on exams are awarded by the Advanced Placement College Board. 

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MCTC SPAN 2215 Advanced Spanish Composition & Communication (3 credits - meets Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal 5 History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Goal 8 Global Perspective course requirements)

D3 Early/Middle College - Wellstone is located on the Minneapolis College Campus and has partnered with Minneapolis College to allow students to take college courses through the D3: Destination Diploma to Degree program. Early/Middle College programs are subject to the PSEO legislation passed by the state of Minnesota. Early/Middle College students have access to developmental coursework as well as college level coursework. This allows our Wellstone students to access the ESOL (English as a Second Language) courses. These courses meet the high school language arts requirements and prepare students to read college level texts, write papers, and give presentations. Students in the early/middle college program do not need to meet any GPA or class rank requirements. Students have access to take college classes during the fall, spring, and summer semesters at Minneapolis College. Students meet with the School within A School Coordinator to choose classes. The Coordinator monitors student progress and guides students as they move from developmental coursework into coursework that will help students to earn a college degree.

Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) is a program that allows 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade students to earn both high school and college credit while still in high school, through enrollment in and successful completion of college-level, nonsectarian courses at eligible participating postsecondary institutions. Most PSEO courses are offered on the campus of the postsecondary institution; some courses are offered online. Each participating college or university sets its own requirements for enrollment into the PSEO courses. Eleventh and 12th-grade students may take PSEO courses on a full- or part-time basis; 10th graders may take one career/technical PSEO course. If they earn at least a grade C in that class, they may take additional PSEO courses.

There is no charge to PSEO students for tuition, books or fees for items that are required to participate in a course. Students must meet the PSEO residency and eligibility requirements and abide by participation limits specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09. If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate, she/he may continue to participate in PSEO. Funds are available to help pay transportation expenses for qualifying students to participate in PSEO courses on college campuses. Schools must provide information to all students in grades 8-11 and their families by March 1, every year. Students must notify their school by May 30 if they want to participate in PSEO for the following school year. For current information about the PSEO program, visit the Minnesota Department of Education’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) webpage.

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