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Townsend Harris HS
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In their fourth year at Townsend
Harris High School students are simultaneously high school seniors and
non-matriculated freshmen at Queens College. In this way, seniors can get a
real taste of college life while still participating in the high school.
The main goal of the Bridge Year is to ease the students' transition from
high school to college and to give them a head start on college work. It
provides students with the opportunity to adjust to the much greater
freedom that exists on college campuses and at the same time to learn the
responsibility necessary to handle that freedom.
The Senior Program
Course Requirements: Six courses will be taken each semester.
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Fall Semester
Humanities Colloquium
Participatory Democracy
Physical Education
Two high school electives
One additional course*
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Spring Semester
Humanities Colloquium
Economics
Physical Education
Two high school electives
One additional course*
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*The additional class
may be an appropriate college course or another high school elective as
determined in consultation with the student's guidance counselor. If a
student has not met the high school graduation requirements, these must be
fulfilled in the senior year in lieu of college or high school electives.
Please note:
- The school day for seniors is 7:30 A.M to
3:30 P.M. Students will have periods of free time during the school
day for studying.
- All programs at both Townsend Harris High
School and Queens College may be affected by budgetary constraints.
- Cutting a high school class (including the
Humanities Colloquium and the Senior Class Meeting) is reported to
parents/guardians and the Dean whenever it occurs. Students will incur
demerits. A student who has three or more cuts in the fall semester
will not be allowed to take any college electives in the spring
semester.
- All seniors except those with a scheduled
college class are required to attend the Senior Class
Meetings, held every Monday during Band 7 in the Townsend Harris
High School auditorium.
- At the end of the spring semester, a
student's complete record of grades for the senior year, including
grades for all Queens College courses, will be sent to the colleges
that students are planning to attend
Tuition-free enrollment in Queens College
courses is an integral part of the Townsend Harris High School Bridge Year.
It is also a privilege. To help ensure that students use this privilege
responsibly, the following policies are in effect:
- Students who receive a WU in a College
course in the fall semester will not be permitted to enroll in any
college course for the spring semester. WU (Withdrawal, Unofficial) is
the grade assigned when a student has stopped attending and submitting
work in a course without formally withdrawing. It counts as an F.
- Students who have excessive absences
without valid excuses, or cuts during the fall semester will not be
permitted to enroll in any College courses.
- Students are required to give permission
for the high school and parents to receive college course grades. At
the end of the fall term, a student's complete record of grades for
that term, including grades for all Queens College courses, will be
sent to the colleges to which the students are applying.
Download the Bridge Year Information Booklet
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