About St. Philip's College Early College High School
St. Philip's Early College High School a partnership between the San Antonio Independent School District and Alamo Colleges, opened in August 2014 on the campus of St. Philip’s College, providing students with a blended high school-college experience.
The
school helps SAISD students jump start their futures by providing
them the opportunity to earn up to 60 hours of college credit – that’s
two years’ worth of college – or to earn an associate degree, in
addition to earning their high school diploma. Students also have
the opportunity to obtain a certificate in a high-demand industry – all
at no cost to the students or their families.
The
school offers degrees in Associate of Arts, Associate of Science
and Associate of Applied Science, along with certifications in the
fields of information technology and automotive technology.
Students
are housed full time at St. Philip’s, where they take both high
school and college-level classes. This immersion in college culture
will help give students a seamless transition to a public 4-year college
or university to further their studies or into the workforce.
Students
learn in small classes and have support structures along the
way, including counseling, mentoring and tutoring, to ensure that they
graduate college- and are workforce-ready. And because students are both
SAISD and St. Philip’s College students, they will benefit from the
many resources, amenities and support that the college has to offer.
St. Philip's Early College High School is SAISD’s second early college high school, with Travis Early College High School having opened in 2008 in partnership with San Antonio College.
Early college high schools
are considered to be one of the most innovative high school programs in
the country, and today there are more than 240 of these specialized
schools across the nation.
This
school model is designed to make college accessible to student groups
that are underrepresented in higher education, giving students a jump start on college by allowing them to simultaneously earn a high
school diploma and an associate degree or up to two years of college
credit that will transfer to a public 4-year college or university.