SmallvilleCollege
RegionalTechnicalTrainingCenter
May18,2017
ToWhomItMayConcern:
RegionalCenter(RC)isabranchcampusforSmallvilleCollege,Smallville, Kansas,andissituatedinNextdoor,Kansas.RCisaninstituteofhigherlearningprovidingcollegecredit coursesandtrainingtostudentsintheirpursuitofbachelordegrees.NextdoorIndependentSchoolDistrict isaffiliatedwithRC.
Asaninstituteofhigherlearning,RCpreparesstudentsfortheirfuturesbyofferingthemtheopportunitytoreceivecollegecreditswhileattendinghighschool.Classesarcconducted bothontheNextdoorHighSchoolcampusandtheRCcampus.Theseclassesare designatedas“concurrent”or “dual”creditclasses.Theinstructorsthatteachtheseparticular classesreceivetrainingandarerequiredtohaveobtainedaMasters'Degreeintheirparticular field
TheassociationbetweenRCandNextdoorIndependentSchoolDistricthasresultedinstudentsreceivingcollegecreditsforclassesinEnglish,Math.History,Government,Psychology,Arts,Spanish,andStudentSuccess. AstudentenrolledinAcademicDualCreditcoursescanearnasmanyas53credits,withthesecreditsbeingtransferabletoafour-yearuniversity. Thestudentsalsohavecoursesinnursing,criminaljustice,computers,business,andtheoilgasindustries availabletothem.
RChasbeenaccredited bytheCommissiononColleges,SouthernAssociation ofCollegesandSchools,providingacademic,nursing,technicalandjob-orientedcourses.SmallvilleCollege,andRC,havecateredtothevarioushighereducationalneedsoftheTidal Basin,pavingthewayforstudentstocompletetheirdegrees,providingtraining,also,tothosestudentsseekingjobsin, among other things, theoilandgasindustries.
RC'struepurposeistoprovidestudentswiththeeducationalfoundationneeded tosucceedprofessionally. Theestablished partnershipwithNextdoorIndependentSchoolDistricthasincreasedtheenrollmentofthecollegecoursesandhasallowedtheRCtoexpandthecoursesavailabletostudents.Shouldyourequiremoreinformation regardingouraffiliationwithNextdoorIndependent SchoolDistrict,pleasefeelfree tocontactme.
Attached hereto is a list of the Nextdoor Independent School District Students that are taking or have taken “concurrent” or “dual” credit courses.
Kent Clark
Director,RC
Nextdoor Independent School Districthad the following students take thefollowing “concurrent/dual” credit course during the respective semesters:
Spring 2016
Name of Student / Courses taken / Total CreditsAlex Tribeca
Bill Fence
Sheila Manasas
Fall 2017
Name of Student / Courses taken / Total CreditsMary Puddling
Shea Drake
Perry Tyler
Spring 2018
Name of Student / Courses taken / Total CreditsBill Fence
Shea Drake
Sheila Manasas