The Early College at Guilford
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| School type | Public High School - Selective Admissions |
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| Established | 2002 |
| Principal | Charles Blanchard |
| Faculty | N/A |
| Students | 180 |
| Mascot | Phoenix |
| Location | Greensboro, North Carolina, 27410 |
| Information | (336)-316-2860 |
| Website | http://www.earlycollegeonline.org |
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[edit] About the school
The Early College at Guilford (ECG) is an advanced placement honors school with approximately 180 students. It is a public school in the Guilford County school system; however, it practices rigorous selection methods for admissions. To join, one must apply both to the Early College as well as Guilford College, and pass both admissions committees.
[edit] Campus
The Early College is located on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Students have access to almost all of the Guilford facilities, with the exception of dormitories. This environment provides a large amount of freedom, as well as constant level of social interaction with college students.
[edit] Academics
Education at ECG comes in two parts; underclassmen and upperclassmen have very different routines.
The underclassmen (freshmen and sophomores) take honors and AP Classes, compressing four years of "normal" high school credits into two years. Classes are taught on a modified block schedule designed to take Guilford's schedule into account. By careful manipulation of timing, underclassmen have limited contact with college students.
Upperclassmen have dual enrollment; they are enrolled in both Guilford College as freshmen (and then sophomores in their second year), and in the Guilford County school system as juniors (and then seniors). Juniors and seniors take Guilford College classes, which count towards their remaining high school credits, and can be transferred when continuing to higher education. If a student remains at Guilford College after graduating from high school, they can transfer up to 2 years of credit in college courses as well as save the $30,000 that it would normally cost to spend 2 years at Guilford College after completing a normal high school.
[edit] Culture and extracurricular activities
Due to the inherent discrepancy between the required "seat time" for a high school diploma in Guilford County and the actual time spent in class in a college setting, juniors and seniors must make up the difference with mandatory volunteer work. Volunteering is a required part of the Guilford College curriculum.
Both underclassmen and upperclassmen participate in Early College clubs, held after underclassmen classes. Clubs include a Harvard Model Congress team, a National Forensic League team, an Orchestra group, Intercultural club, a Science Olympiad team, an active FIRST Robotics team as well as many other arts and interest clubs.
The Early College at Guilford has a vital and active student legislative body and court. Students and faculty of ECG have received accolades for their leadership initiative and outstanding academic records.
The students of the Early College at Guilford enjoy a small class size, and the camaraderie it provides. Many students express relief at leaving "traditional" high school to be among gifted students like themselves. The physical integration of Early College and Guilford College class space leads to friendships with the more mature college students, providing slightly more adult peers than the average high school setting.
The Early College at Guilford does not have any traditional sports teams. There is, however, an unofficial ultimate frisbee team that occasionally plays other high schools in friendly matches.
[edit] Traditions
Guilford College is founded on Quaker principles, and encourages its professors and students to speak on a first-name basis. This is acknowledged by the administrators of Early College by allowing the students to address them by first name only when the eleventh grade has been reached, and they have become part of the Guilford College community.
It is traditional for graduating seniors to choose their own robe color.
[edit] Principals
Tony Lamair Burks II (2002-2006)
Charles Blanchard (2006-)
