County-wide CCR Pathways

The Advanced Placement Program (AP) gives students the chance to tackle college-level work while they're still in high school—whether they're learning online or in the classroom. And through taking AP Exams, students can earn college credit and placement. See the school specific CCR programs for what is available through your high school (linked below).

The Academy for the Fine Arts (AFA) is a half day college and career program at Gov. Thomas Johnson High school for students in grades 10-12 who are interested in an arts based pathway to their post-secondary experience. Students select a focus area in either dance, theatre, music, musical theatre, or visual art.

The Career & Technology Center provides intensive, career-specific training in more than 20 career pathways for FCPS students in 10th-12th grade. Courses are taught in half-day blocks at the Career & Technology Center. Students attend their high schools the other half of the day where they complete academic course requirements.

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs focus on inquiry-based learning that develop 21st century skills including communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving to prepare students for careers and post-secondary education. See the school specific CCR programs for what is available through your high school (linked below).

Dual Enrollment (DE) courses allow students to earn college credits before they graduate from high school. Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) offers a variety of dual enrollment options in partnership with Frederick Community College (FCC). Your goals determine which option is best for you. See the school specific CCR programs for what is available through your high school (linked below).

The Early College program at FCC offers students the opportunity to earn an associate degree while still completing high school by attending FCC full-time during their 11th and 12th grades. Similar to traditional full-time undergraduate students, Early College students follow the FCC academic calendar and have the option to take day, evening, online, and weekend courses. Schedules are developed with the Early College Coordinator.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Urbana is a rigorous, pre-university course of study that meets the needs of highly motivated secondary students. The program "encourage[s] students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners" (IBO Mission Statement) who are prepared to contribute positively in their local communities and the greater world.

The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program, hosted at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, was founded in 1916,hosts over 500,000 students in over 3,500 units across the country. Representing all branches of service, the mission is to instill the values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.