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New Opportunity: Dual Enrollment

London Carter and Lisa-Marie Cante • May 21, 2025

Community College Daily

The image shows a man writing in chalk: “Dual Enrollment”.

Santa Rosa Academy has introduced an exciting new opportunity for students: dual enrollment. This program allows our high school students to take college courses on the high school campus. The school is partnering with Mt. San Jacinto College to allow our SRA teachers to be dual teachers for specific courses.

One of the biggest advantages of dual enrollment is the opportunity to earn both high school and college credits at the same time. Each course that students decide to take provides three college units and ten high school units. These credits are also weighted, which means they can have a bigger impact on student GPAs. Better yet, the ability to take these courses will decrease the number of courses a student would need to take in college, saving time and money in the future.

Another huge advantage of dual enrollment is that it helps promote the want and need for students to take classes with their fellow classmates and stay on campus. Over the past few years there has been a problem with students not being in person at the school. Which overall creates a problem with the community we want and need in Santa Rosa Academy. So with the new addition of in person college classes it helps unite students and helps them accomplish more.

What classes will SRA offer for dual enrollment? SRA will offer several courses through MSJC, including English 101/103, Spanish 101/102, and Art 100/101. All courses will be taught on the campus of SRA.

Each class happens for one semester providing students more time to enroll in multiple classes throughout high school. Some of the teachers that will be involved with and teach this program include Ms. Cairns, Ms. Wathall, Ms. Herrera, and Ms. Perez.

Overall, dual enrollment at Santa Rosa gives students the opportunity for students to start their college education early. It helps improve GPA, earn college credits. And gain essential skills for future academic success. It will also create a loving community with our SRA students, Those interested in this, can get in touch with you counselors to get more information.

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About the Contributors

London Carter, Social Media Manager

London Carter is a 16-year-old junior who has been attending Santa Rosa Academy since the 6th grade. Her little sister McKenna also attends SRA. She enjoys being creative by drawing and painting. She likes to pass the time by playing sports, especially basketball, with her dad, although she doesn’t enjoy sports. London is a major Taylor Swift enthusiast. She likes the teachers here at Santa Rosa but, believes Ms. Cairns is amazeballs. She believes that Santa Rosa Academy has a good community and allows great opportunities. London describes herself as bubbly and funny.

Lisa-Marie Cante, Staff Writer

Lisa-Marie Cante is a determined Junior who entered the journalism world this year. She has been at Santa Rosa Academy since freshman year and is a spirited student. Lisa-Marie is a softball player for the SRA team but also enjoys Disney+ and music with the occasional book slipped into her busy schedule. Her life goal is to go to school to become a Criminal Lawyer so that she can defend those who can’t. While she a very nice person with a bubbly personality, she has a big pet peeve for slow walkers. Her favorite holiday is of course her birthday but she also loves the other ones too. Outside of school, Lisa-Marie spends her time with family and friends, but softball tends to take most of her time.