Isaac Bear Early College High School

Isaac Bear Early College High School, also called Isaac Bear, is a selective-enrollment School in Wilmington, North Carolina. The premises are situated on UNCW campus. New Hanover County Schools operates this school with the support of the local college, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and the Gates Foundation. Students must apply to attend this school; only 100 submissions are accepted per year. As of the 2008-2009 school year, only 50 students are being accepted.

UNCW

The high school curriculum lasts two years, after which most pupils become full-time UNCW students. As part of their studies, students do lab work at the university, attend lectures, and have access to the university's Randall Library. These courses give pupils both high school and university credits. Students are also required to complete a total of at least 50 hours of community service for the first two school years. The Sophomores are currently choosing available UNCW classes.

Admissions

To begin the admissions process, students first submit an initial application. The application consists of student information, parent surveys, an essay, and information for the school to fill out. After which, interviews are set up between the student and representatives of the school, which may be set up by the school of the student. Students are then expected to go through another essay. After the process the student may be accepted, denied, or placed on a waiting list until a final decision is reached.

Classes

For the freshman and sophomore years, the school currently offers English 1, 2, 3, and 4, Earth and Enviromental Science, Biology, Chemistry 1, and 2, World History, U.S. History, Civics and Economics, Algebra I, Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, Algrebra II, PreCalculus, Calculus, and Latin 1 and 2, all of which are honors classes; excluding the Calculus class of 08' which is an AP course.

We have some wonderful teachers working for us as well.

PRINCIPAL : TILLY GURLEY
UNCW LIAISON: DERON FORT
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: KEISHA BENNETT-SMITH
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT : RENEE THEOPHILOS
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR : DONNA HALL-BERRY
GUIDANCE ASSISTANT : THERESA PENEV
MATHEMATICS : KEVIN POPADINES; JENNY TYRPAK
SCIENCE : MIKE KELLY; BRYAN BISHOP
ENGLISH : SUZANNE MICALLEF; MARTHA GILROY
SOCIAL STUDIES : KAREN CHAPMAN; RICK RITTER
LATIN : JENNIFER GAGNER
TECHNOLOGY : SHEILA SOKOLINSKY
CAREER DEVELOPMENT : COLLEEN PATE

Daily Schedule

As Isaac Bear is no ordinary school, it also has an alternative schedule. On Mondays through Thursdays, school starts at 9:30 A.M., dismissing at 4:30. However, the weekend comes early for students on Friday, when school begins at 9:30 A.M., and dismisses at 1 P.M.But this year however freshmans will began with chem l and ll instead of the normal classes. On Tuesdays, the freshman students will be going over to Dobo Hall to use the Chemistry lab and the Sophomores will go on Fridays.

References

* [http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060712/NEWS/607120464/1004 Wilmington Star, Published July 12. 2006 3:30AM: Program helps high schoolers get a jump on college studies. By Sam Scott]

External links

* [http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/isaacbear/] Official site