Jr. Scholars / Scholars

• Jr. Scholars will:

  • engage in a very intense and rigorous pre-AP/IB curriculum to prepare them for high school & national and international universities

  • compete in regional, state, and national level academic competitions

  • work to achieve AP/IB qualifying scores and engage in peer tutoring to help other AP/IB students once in high school

  • be prepared to receive an IB Diploma/AP Capstone Diploma if all requirements are met

  • be well rounded students

  • be community leaders

  • be a the top of their class!

Are you a Jr. SCHOLAR?

• Maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher

• Complete 21 hours of community service/service learning

  • 7 hours per year

• Compete in at least 2 academic competitions:

  • Science and Engineering Fair

  • National History Day

  • Riverside County Programming Competition

  • Speech Meet

• Be involved in sports or clubs on campus

• Maintain outstanding attendance and citizenship

• Participate in presentations or demonstrations across California when invited

• Be a leader, a mentor, a SCHOLAR

• Jr. Scholars’ academic, behavior, and attendance progress & mastery will be reviewed every several weeks by the Jr. Scholar team of teachers, counselor and administrator
   

• Any struggling Jr. Scholar (student not meeting the expectations of the program) will be placed on probation for one quarter
   

• Failure to make progress in the deficient area(s) may result in dropping him/her from the program
   

• A student on the waiting list will be invited to take his/her place
   

• Parents/Guardians will be notified through email, phone calls, parent conferences, or other forms of communication and will have input to help the student succeed

• Academic preparation with 21st century skills to succeed in pre-AP/IB coursework
   

• Preparation to get accepted into the High School SCHOLARS Program
   

• Annual college tour field trips
   

• Global SCHOLARS spirit wear
   

• Certificate of accomplishment to be awarded each year
   

• Academic letter upon successful completion after Grade 10
   

• Academic medallion to wear at Commencement

6th Grade

• ELA 6 Pre-AP/IB

• Math 6 Pre-AP/IB

• Social Studies 6 Pre-AP/IB

• Integrated Science 6 Pre-AP/IB

• Rigorous Elective

• P.E./Health 6

7th Grade

• ELA 7 Pre-AP/IB

• Accelerated Math 7 

• Social Studies 7 Pre-AP/IB

• Integrated Science 7 Pre-AP/IB

• Rigorous Elective

• P.E./Health 7

8th Grade

• ELA 8 Pre-AP/IB

• Integrated Math 1 

• Social Studies 8 Pre-AP/IB

• Integrated Science 8 Pre-AP/IB

• Rigorous Elective

• P.E./Health 7

• Obtain a one page flier with all the necessary information from your school site

• Complete a digital application by the annual deadline

• Acquire two teacher Letters of Recommendation

• Acquire one mentor/community/advisor/coach Letter of Recommendation

• Upload any supporting documents to the digital application

Visit your school teacher/counselor/administrator for more information.

• Jr. Scholars will:

  • engage in a very intense and rigorous curriculum to prepare them for national and international universities

  • compete in regional, state, and national level academic competitions

  • work to achieve AP/IB qualifying scores and engage in peer tutoring to help other AP/IB students

  • be prepared to receive an IB Diploma/AP Capstone Diploma if all requirements are met

  • be well rounded students

  • be community leaders

  • be a the top of their class!

Are you a SCHOLAR?

• Maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher

• Complete 24 hours of community service/service learning

  • 12 hours per year

• Compete in at least 2 academic competitions:

  • Science and Engineering Fair

  • National History Day

  • Mock Trial

  • Academic Decathlon

  • Riverside County Programming Competition

• Be involved in sports or clubs on campus

• Maintain outstanding attendance and citizenship

• Participate in quarterly seminars designed to assist in attaining academic success

• Scholars’ academic, behavior, and attendance progress & mastery will be reviewed every several weeks by the 9th grade Scholar team of teachers, counselor and administrator
   

• Any struggling Jr. Scholar (student not meeting the expectations of the program) will be placed on probation for one quarter
   

• Failure to make progress in the deficient area(s) may result in dropping him/her from the program
   

• A student on the waiting list will be invited to take his/her place
   

• Parents/Guardians will be notified through email, phone calls, parent conferences, or other forms of communication and will have input to help the student succeed

• Academic preparation with 21st century skills to succeed in AP/IB coursework
   

• Preparation to meet entrance requirements for top colleges and universities
   

• Annual college tour field trips
   

• Global SCHOLARS spirit wear
   

• Certificate of accomplishment to be awarded each year
   

• Academic letter upon successful completion after Grade 10
   

• Academic medallion to wear at Commencement

9th Grade

• English 1 Honors

• Integrated Math II Honors

• Biology Honors

• AP Human Geography

• Elective (Spanish 2)

• Elective 

10th Grade

• English 2 Honors

• Integrated Math III Honors

• Chemistry Honors

• World History Honors

• Elective (Spanish 3)

• Elective (AP Computer Sci)

11th Grade

• AP Language

• AP Calculus AB

• AP Physics, AP Biology, or AP Chemistry

• AP US History

• Elective (AP Psych)

• Elective (AP Spanish Lang)

12th Grade

• AP Literature

• AP Calculus BC

• AP Physics, AP Biology, or AP Chemistry

• AP Gov and AP Econ

• Elective (AP Spanish Lit)

• Elective

• Obtain the one-page flier with all the necessary information from your school site

• Complete a digital application by the annual deadline

• Acquire two teacher Letters of Recommendation: These are submitted digitally

• Acquire one mentor/community/advisor/coach Letter of Recommendation

• Upload any supporting documents to the digital application

Visit your school teacher/counselor/administrator for more information.