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A Northern Essex course designed to help students succeed in college is being offered to local students while they are still in high school.<\/p>\n

The college began offering its College Success Seminar at local high schools in the fall of 2011, and since then 453 high school students from across the Merrimack Valley have enrolled in the three-credit course, earning high school and college credits.<\/p>\n

\"Lawrence<\/a>

Lawrence High students attend a College Success Course at NECC taught by NECC Faculty member Shannon Leate-Varney<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOver 80 percent of our graduates are heading to college after graduation,\u201d says Juan Rodriguez, assistant headmaster\/personnel and school culture, Lawrence High School, which began offering the College Success Seminar last fall. \u201cCollege is a big investment for them, and we want to give them the tools they need to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taught by Northern Essex faculty, both in the high schools and to high school students who come to the college\u2019s campus, the College Success Seminar is designed to help students develop their academic skills and understand the behavioral expectations of college life.<\/p>\n

Each school system covers the cost of the course differently; funding sources include school budgets, family contributions, and grants.<\/p>\n

Shannon Leate-Varney, an attorney who first started teaching in the college\u2019s Paralegal Studies Program, has been teaching the College Success Seminar at local high schools since 2013. \u201cMy high school students can\u2019t wait to get to college, and they look at this course as the ticket to being successful in college,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s thrilling to see their excitement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching writing, reading, and oral presentation skills, Leate-Varney covers time management, organization, reading strategies, test-taking strategies, and note taking.<\/p>\n

As the word spreads, more and more high schools are partnering with the college to offer this course, and this fall three new high schools joined the 10 that were already on board<\/p>\n

Thirteen Area High Schools Now Offer NECC\u2019s College Success Seminar<\/p>\n

\u2022 Amesbury High School
\u2022 Haverhill High School
\u2022 High School Learning Center, Lawrence
\u2022 Lawrence High School
\u2022 *Methuen High School
\u2022 Newburyport High School
\u2022 Notre Dame Cristo Rey, Lawrence
\u2022 Pentucket Regional High School, West Newbury
\u2022 Phoenix Academy, Lawrence
\u2022 Sanborn Regional High School, Kingston, NH
\u2022 *Timberlane Regional High School, Plaistow, NH
\u2022 Triton Regional High School, Byfield
\u2022 *Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, Haverhill<\/p>\n

*New partnerships as of fall 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bringing the College Success Seminar to local high schools is just one way Northern Essex is partnering with high schools to prepare students for college. High school students are currently enrolled in a wide range of courses and programs at the college from individual courses to Early College Programs, which gives them the opportunity to earn at least 24 college credits while still in high school.<\/p>\n

\"Lawrence<\/a>

Lawrence High students attend a College Success Course at NECC taught by NECC Faculty member Shannon Leate-Varney<\/p><\/div>\n

According to a recent study by the American Institutes for Research, students who earn college credits while in high school are more likely than their peers to graduate, enroll in college, and earn an associate degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur partnerships with Northern Essex are helping our students to thrive,\u201d says Rodriguez. \u201cWe\u2019ve grown everything we\u2019ve done with Northern Essex, and we\u2019re talking about new initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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