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CCHS Course Information

CCHS Course Catalog

 

Signing Up For Classes

CCHS builds the student’s schedule of classes on the basis of APS curriculum requirements, the college and career pathway the student has selected, and available CNM classes. Our CNM Academic Coach will help students explore their interests and register them in CNM classes. CNM lists pre and corequisites in course descriptions, and students must meet these requirements in order to register. Students should choose courses carefully in consultation with our academic coach and school counselor. Students are expected to be available for CCHS and CNM classes during regular school hours (7:30am-3:35pm). Depending on a student’s program of study and course availability, CNM students may be required to take classes outside of regular school hours.

There are three registration periods every year, check the Calendar for beginning and ending dates:

Registration Periods
February Registration High School courses for the following year CNM summer term registration
May Registration CNM fall term
October Registration CNM spring term

High School Schedule

CCHS does not follow a traditional high school bell schedule. Expect a college experience: there are no bells announcing the beginning and end of class; the school day may be longer than at a traditional comprehensive high school; students may have evening or weekend classes; and as students move about campus to go from class to class, they will be unsupervised. The school day for a CCHS student mimics the college student’s school day, with classes taking place at various times of the day or evening.

Typically, in the fall and spring of the sophomore and junior year, two of the credits are high school courses and the other two are college courses; in the summer both credits are college courses. In the fall and spring of senior year, one credit is a high school course, the other three are college courses.

CCHS holds high school classes Monday - Friday 7:30am - 3:30pm. There are different schedules for different students. Some students may have high school classes in the morning and others may have high school classes in the afternoon. Students can always view their high school schedule through StudentVue.

College Schedule

A students college class schedule is wholly unique to the college academic program the student is studying and class offerings for the semester.

Students must meet with the CNM Academic Coach for each semester to register for CNM courses. Students cannot add or drop classes on their own. If a student would like to make a schedule change they will need to meet with the CNM Academic Coach.

Once a student is registered for classes they can log into their myCNM account to view their schedule.

Classification & Course Requirements

College & Career High School is operated through a partnership between Albuquerque Public Schools and Central New Mexico Community College. CCHS provides students with a unique opportunity to begin their college experience while in high school and earn college credits toward an associate degree, bachelor’s degree or certificate. All students are required to successfully pass CNM courses in addition to high school classes. CCHS does not have the capacity for students to repeat courses.

All CCHS students must meet the following requirements:

  1. Maintain a 2.0 GPA or above at CNM
  2. Maintain at least a 50% completion rate of courses at CNM
  3. Earn the required amount of credits based on their graduation standard year

If any student does not meet the above requirements, they will be placed on an academic contract. Failure to meet any requirements on the academic contract will result in disenrollment from CCHS.

Below is a list of classification and the minimum amount of credits required for each grade.

  • 9th Grade - less than 6 credits
  • 10th Grade - 6 - credits
  • 11th Grade - 13 credits
  • 12th Grade - 19 credits

A total of 25 credits are required for graduation.

INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES

CCHS follows CNM Main Campus closures and delays.

In the event that APS and CNM Main Campus differ, CCHS follows the CNM Main Campus delays and cancellations.

CCHS follows the inclement weather policy for CNM, not APS. If APS is on a two-hour delay, it does not necessarily mean that CCHS will also follow. Only if CNM is also on a two hour delay would CCHS be impacted. Inclement weather policy is as follows: CNM two-hour delay would mean a start time of 10:00am, if a student has CNM classes that begin at 10:00am or later they would attend CNM. All 9th grade students and high school classes will begin at 10:50/ 3rd period. Lunch served as normal, no breakfast available. Because CNM has a policy that no one can be on campus until sidewalks and stairs are salted and cleared, CCHS students may not be on campus until 10:00am.

Policies and Procedures for Inclement Weather for Both CCHS and CNM

If the CNM District is affected by snow or icy conditions in the weeks and months ahead, making travel dangerous, please remember the most timely ways to receive information on whether CNM has been closed or is on an abbreviated schedule is the “AttentionCNM” emergency text messaging system, the CNM weather line at 224-4SNO (4766) and the CNM website. The AttentionCNM emergency text system is the fastest way to receive notifications. Announcements related to weather will also be made on local television stations. For info on how an abbreviated schedule due to weather – such as a two-hour delay – affects classes go to cnm.edu/weather.

Ensure Your Contact Info Is Correct for Emergency Texts

Please make sure your contact information is correct by logging in to myCNM. On the Welcome page, look for the “AttentionCNM” logo in the lower right corner and click on “Please Update Your Cell Phone Number for Emergency Texts.” You can enter several cell phone numbers. Emails will also be sent to all CNM email accounts.

How a Two-Hour Delay Affects CCHS Classes

  • When a two-hour delay is announced for CNM and CCHS, the first CCHS class that will be held that day is 3rd period, which starts at 10:50am. Because CNM has a policy that no one can be on campus until sidewalks and stairs are salted and cleared, CCHS students may not be on campus until 10:00am.

How a Two-Hour Delay Affects CNM Main Campus Classes

  • When operating on a two-hour delay, CNM will be closed until 10:00am. All classes scheduled to end before the announced opening time will not meet. If the college is not opening until 10:00am, any class that ends before 10:00am will not meet.
  • Classes with a start time prior to 10:00am that conclude less than 45 minutes beyond 10:00am will not meet. So, any class scheduled to end at 10:45am or earlier will not meet.
  • Classes with start times before 10:00am that are normally scheduled to extend 45 minutes or more beyond the announced opening time will meet at 10:00am. and dismiss at the normally scheduled ending time. So, when the college opens at 10:00am, and a student had a class that began before 10:00am and ends later than 10:45am, the student should arrive for that class at 10:00am.
  • Classes that are scheduled to begin after 10:00am will meet as usual. For example, if a student has a class that begins at 11:00am, a student should attend the 11:00am class at the normal time. The syllabus for classes that are not held at CNM facilities (high schools, UNM, clinical sites) will provide guidance for dealing with weather at these sites.