VALDOSTA — Valdosta High School is looking for students who may need to regain lost credits from any local high school, offering courses worth 1/2 credit each.

 VHS summer school is SACS accredited and Carnegie units will be awarded for passed courses. These units do not meet eligibility for NCAA Clearinghouse but do count for eligibility through recovery of credits.

Applications for summer school courses may be downloaded on the Valdosta High School website at www.vhs.gocats.org – click programs and summer school.

Registration will be held Friday, May 29 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at Valdosta High School. To register, students need a transcript or report card indicating the courses that are failed, the home school’s code, the registration form from the website and $300 cash per credit course or $150 per 1/2 credit course. (Students on block scheduling will have to take the entire course for 1 credit = $300 for the credit.)   No checks or credit cards will be accepted. Cash only. Attendance in summer classes is required and there will be no make up days. Students who miss days will fail. All courses which require a Georgia Milestone’s test, those tests will be administered June 15 and 26.

Summer school will consist of two sessions. Each session will last 10 days. The first session will start on Monday, June 1 and end Friday, June 12. The second session will begin Monday, June 15 and end Friday, June 26.  Classes begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. each day during the 10-day session.  Summer school will be housed on the campus of Valdosta High School.

A credit course in driver’s education will also be offered. Registration will be held May 29 with summer school. The course will be taught June 1 to June 18 Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The course earns each student an additional 1/2 elective credit which will be credited to the student’s home school. The course also meets the requirements for Joshua’s Law that allows the student to obtain a driver’s license by the age of 16. All students who enroll must have a learner’s permit by June 2. The cost for this credit course is $200. The course will be taught by a qualified, certified driver’s education teacher and will include module learning, driving range and road experience. Forms may be downloaded from the summer school website indicated above. The course is limited to the first 14 students to register.

The curriculum will be an online curriculum using A Plus and Odyssey Ware that is aligned with the CCGPS standards with a certified teacher facilitating.

Driver’s Education and summer school courses are on a first-come, first-served basis. For further questions call or email Brian Law, school counselor/summer coordinator at 671-6095, ext. 4004 or blaw@gocats.org.