The Middle College Option

• A joint program between SUHSD and Canada College, established in 1999
• A dual enrollment program in which all students attend three Middle College high school classes daily (12:30-3:05pm) on the college campus and additionally take a minimum of three college courses in the morning and/or evening
• Open to all qualified SUHSD juniors and seniors
  

• Earn college credits while still in high school
• Mature learning environment
• Access to courses not available at high school
  
• Increased individual attention
• Supported transition from high school to college
• Savings in time and money since they're earning college credit
• Students entering as juniors will earn at least a year's worth of transferable college credit by graduation
  
• Access to resources at both the college and home high school
• Middle College is FREE to students
  

• Sophomores and juniors
• Students demonstrating an ability level that would suggest they could succeed in college courses, regardless of GPA (strong test scores, positive teacher recs)
  
• Students who may not already be "tapped in" to special programs and services offered by their home high school (IB/AP, AVID, Academy, etc)
  
• Students who may not have the additional help and resources they need to understand their college opportunities (e.g. first generation students)
• Students who may be in ICAP/AS as sophomores, but not going onto IB/AP as a junior
• Students who may have stumbled academically in sophomore year and think all is lost in terms of A-G/college eligibility (we can sometimes work magic)
• Students who may be motivated by college course offerings not available at HS
• Students who can handle the responsibility and freedom of a college campus
  

• Check out our Website
  
• Come to an information meeting
  

• Talk with your high school counselor about Middle College
• Contact us directly to ask us questions: 306-3120
• Submit an application--once the application is complete, we will contact eligible candidates and conduct a personal interview with the potential student and a parent
  
• Students will also need to complete a college application
• Keep in mind that we will be accepting applications for fall 2020 through March 20th and then interviewing students/families in April
  
• Email us: Last names A-E petroelje@smccd.edu; Last names F-L holtm@smccd.edu; Last names M-R gleatonl@smccd.edu; Last names S-Z buchananj@smccd.edu

Application available Jan 1st-- click HERE

• Friday, March 20
• Students who have a complete application in by the deadline have priority over anyone with an incomplete or late application

• During the month of April--scheduled on an individual basis

• All students know acceptance status by the end of May

Lisa Gleaton--US History + College & Career Readiness

• Yes. All students must meet requirements of their home high school and will then receive a diploma from that home high school. However, since students are meeting some of these requirements through college coursework, they are also getting actual college credits.
  

• Yes. All students are able to participate in their home high school activities.
  

• All kinds. We have a wide variety of students who all work well together and come to know each other like a big family. Some come for academic reasons, others to be part of a smaller social environment.
  

• The homework load varies based on the types of classes a student takes. In general, there is more reading required and fewer written assignments. Often a course will consist of two midterms and a final, with few if any, smaller homework assignments.
  

Email: buchananj@smccd.edu
Website: http://www.canadacollege.edu/middlecollege/
Location: 4200 Farm Hill Boulevard, Redwood City, CA, United States
Phone: 650-306-3120
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadaMiddleCollege