Ramona Convent Secondary School Will Offer Additional College Courses in the Fall

Ramona has partnered with East Los Angeles City College (ELAC) this school year and piloted a new program, allowing a small group of 11th and 12th graders to enroll in ELAC courses virtually while in high school. This program was a huge success and they’ll expand the program for the 2023-2024 school year. Some of the courses offered to students this year through this program were Business Law, Chicano Studies, Communications, Sociology, Anthropology, Art, and Psychology. Students can chose one course each semester. These courses are taught by ELAC professors, and are virtual, and asynchronous (students can log in from home or school, at any time, to complete assignments at their own pace). Students can access their professor via email and attend virtual office hours for extra help or course content clarification. All assignments, papers, projects, and exams are assigned and graded by an ELAC professor.

This option will be open to all 11th and 12th graders next year that have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or greater, and it will be one of their seven classes of the block schedule. Since students work independently with the ELAC professor, it is important that students in this program demonstrate increased student independence, are ready to take on a high degree of responsibility. Students must also be prepared to meet all standards, requirements, and timelines placed on them by ELAC in order to complete and pass college courses. If you have any questions about this program, contact Mrs. Halina Szymanski, Associate Principal, at (626) 282-4151 or hszymanski@ramonaconvent.org.

Ramona Convent is a welcoming Catholic college-prep high school for young women committed to excellence in education. Ramona’s graduates are empowered, resilient, socially conscious leaders well prepared to meet the challenges of life as contributing members of the global community, with the strength of a legacy of more than 130 years of distinction.