2. San Diego Early/Middle College SDEMC is a San Diego Unified high school on the campus of San Diego City College It is an early college program that prepares students in the 9th and 10th grades to take a combination of high school and college courses in the 11th and 12th grades Students earn both high school and college credit for some college courses

3. SDEMC juniors in front of the San Diego City College sign

4. SDEMC students are academic achievers This year, San Diego Early/Middle College scored 804 on California’s Academic Performance Index (API). The API uses the CA State Standards Tests and the CA High School Exit Exam as measures. Only five other district high schools (out of 35) in San Diego Unified scored above 800.

5. High school and college courses Students take high school classes in the ninth and tenth grades In the 11th and 12th grades, students take two college courses and four high school courses

6. College Units In addition to a high school diploma, SDEMC students can earn up to one year of college credit, at no additional cost to the student San Diego City College does not require SDEMC to pay college fees The school district pays for college textbooks

7. The quad in between the art building and English building

8. Studying on the grass

9. Tenth Grade English

10. P.E. in the City College gym

11. College classes SDEMC students have taken Drawing, painting, drama, theater tech, costume design, music, dance Television production, photography Humanities, U.S. history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology French, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, American Sign Language Biology, astronomy, Physical education, health Trigonometry, pre-calculus Computer programming, intro to engineering

12. Tutoring SDEMC offers tutoring and tutorial groups before school and after school Students can get tutoring in both their high school and college courses

13. Balboa Park is in our backyard(Students rehearsing a scene from Romeo and Juliet at the park)

14. Student LeadershipASB

15. We are the SDEMC Dragons!

16. Halloween Dance

17. Valentine’s Dance (Next: all school Prom)

18. Science Club (building transistors)

19. Arts Partnership

20. The “Pioneering” Class of 2012 created a sign for the school

21. Poetry Bench

22. Chalk Table

23. Friends!

24. Graduation!

25. How Do Students Enroll? SDEMC is an alternative school of choice, so students must apply to the program. Applications are available: On the school website: www.sandi.net/earlymiddlecollege At the school At the San Diego Unified School District Enrollment Options Office