Valhalla High School Students Recognized for Accelerated College Experience Program Achievements

By Valhalla School District

Seven Valhalla High School students were acknowledged for their work in the Accelerated College Experience Program.

Seniors Christina Gerbosi, Joe Brown, Amy Rice, Kira Stern and Brandi Coon, alongside juniors Lucas van Bramer and Brianna Walls, were recognized at a Board of Education meeting in early May.

“We are very proud of these students,” said VHS Principal Jon Thomas, who presented the students to the school board.

The ACE program gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to take college-level classes and earn college credits. If a student begins taking ACE courses as a junior at VHS, they could, in theory, enter college as a second-semester freshman credit-wise.

Valhalla High School currently offers 12 ACE classes. They are college research and writing, college accounting, college algebra, college business calculus, college statistics, college computer science (I and II), college environmental science, college Spanish, college Italian, college drawing, and college painting. Next year, the school will also begin offering college musicianship and college music theory.

“When our kids take college classes, they get the confidence like, ‘Hey, I can do this,’” said Superintendent Brenda Myers. “And that’s great for our School District.”

Photo: From left, Brianna Walls, Lucas van Bramer, Kira Stern, Amy Rice, Joe Brown, Christina Gerbosi, Principal Jon Thomas. Photo credit: Valhalla School District

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