Credit Options

The Colony High School provides opportunities for students to earn additional credits. For more information about these opportunities, please stop by the counseling office. 

• Correspondence Courses: Correspondence/on-line courses are offered through Texas Tech University Extended Studies Program and/or UT High School. Correspondence courses will be included in your student/s GPA calculation. Fees for these courses vary.
• Credit by Exam: Credit-by-exams are offered to students that need to repeat a course due to failure. See your counselor for more information about testing. Cost - $40 per exam.
• Night School: Earn credits at an accelerated pace. Courses are primarily geared for those students who may need junior or senior level course work. See your counselor for information and to apply. Free of charge.
• Credit Recovery: After school program in which students work at their own pace (within an 18 day timeframe) using APEX (computer program) to earn credit in a course for which they have previously attended but were unsuccessful in earning credit. The NCAA Eligibility Center will not accept credit recovery courses for college entrance and eligibility.
• Summer School: LISD summer school is for remediation only.
• Credit for Acceleration Exams: Offered to students to earn additional credit. A student must earn 80% or above to receive credit. See your counselor for more information.
• Collin College Dual Enrollment:  Junior and Senior Level Courses. Dual credit courses will be included in GPA calculation. See your counselor for course information.  

LISD Virtual Learning Academy Courses