College & Career

Teaching Lighthouse Connections Academy Students To Be Future-Ready

At Lighthouse Connections Academy, we believe there are many paths to success and strive to prepare our students with the skills, experiences, and connections they need with college prep, early career readiness offerings and beyond.

Here students have the opportunity to:

Hear from Pearson's Head of Career Solutions, Lorna Bryant, about how we prepare students for future career paths through partnerships with organizations like Coursera, HOSA, Home Depot Path to Pro, The SEMI Foundation, and more!

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Lighthouse Connections Academy Partnerships

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College Prep

Preparing Lighthouse Connections Academy Students for College

Dual Enrollment Opportunities*​

  • High school students may be eligible to earn college credits through our dual enrollment program!​
  • Students may be able to take college courses while still in high school, simultaneously earning high school and college credit. ​

  • High school students may be eligible to earn college credits—or even simultaneously earn their high school diploma and an Associate Degree in Business Management—with Cleary University (at no cost to them!).

*Dual enrollment opportunities are available to eligible high school students who have applied and been approved through the school.​

College Credit Opportunities

Earning Transferrable College Credits with Pearson Accelerated Pathways

Eligible eleventh and twelfth grade students can complete college-level coursework—and earn transferable college credit—with flexible, dual-enrollment courses from Pearson Accelerated Pathways.

  • 18 courses to choose from, including everything from English and statistics to criminal justice 
  • online, self-paced courses, with the ability to complete lessons and assessments on your student’s own schedule
  • free, individualized college counseling to help determine which courses best fit your student’s interests and future plans

To participate, students must meet minimum GPA requirements and receive preapproval from their school counselor. Eligible Lighthouse Connections Academy students are invited to take one Pearson Accelerated Pathways course per academic year free of charge to be completed in the enrolled term. Contact your school counselor for more details.

College Acceptance

Where Lighthouse Connections Academy Students Are Going

When students learn in a way that works best for them, they can continue on to college and thrive. Graduates of Lighthouse Connections Academy have used their online public school education to secure spots at top colleges across the U.S. and around the world. Below are just a few of the many colleges that have accepted Connections Academy students.

160+

Lighthouse Connections Academy graduates

Based on self-reported data by students in Connection’s Academy’s Class of 2024 report. 

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