Due to the addition of two new teachers, students at North Judson-San Pierre High School will have access to a dual credit business class and an Advanced Placement (AP) art course that wasn’t available in past school years.
NJ-SP Jr./Sr. High Principal Jim Polite told school board members Tuesday night that a dual credit business class will be offered to students both semester.
An intro to business is being offered in semester one and another, more advanced class will be offered in semester two. Polite discussed why students will be able to earn dual credit for those classes.
He explained, “Jeremy Somerville was who we hired as the business teacher, he also teaches government and econ. He has a master’s degree in business which allows us to offer dual credit classes, which we’re doing through Ivy Tech.”
In addition to that, the credentials of the corporation’s new art teacher will allow students to take advantage of a new AP opportunity.
Polite said, “Mr. Joe Eskridge is our new art teacher. He has AP training in his background so he’s able to offer some AP art classes. So we were able to tweak some schedules, move some things around where he’s able to identify some students that he has in his classes and offer them AP credit, if they elect to take the test.”
Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin added that the school corporation was already offering some AP and dual-credit classes prior to these hires but these additions just give students more options.
