ALC Films students attended a viewing of "Racing Extinction" recently at Sundance. Students were able to meet the director of this film, Louie Psihoyos, who also directed “The Cove” which was at Sundance a few years ago. What a great opportunity for our Film students.

Darrel Hammon, Senior Director of Community College Programs at UVU, announced last week just how much Concurrent Enrollment students saved over the 2013-2014 school year. By taking concurrent enrollment classes during high school, students saved 8.2 million dollars in college tuition costs. What a savings, what an opportunity! At $5 per credit hour, concurrent enrollment (college credit earned while in high school) courses save each student hundreds of dollars in college tuition. 

ALC Film students took a trip to the Rose Wagner Theatre to see two films as part of the Sundance Film Festival. The first film, "Dark Horse" is about a small town in Wales whose community members all pitched in to raise a race horse and watch it compete (and win) against other horses owned by billionaires. Then they saw "Most Likely to Succeed" which is about the current educational system in the U.S. and how some schools are trying to look to the future to train innovative thinkers and creators. It was directed by Greg Whitely, who has also directed "Mitt" and "New York Doll." Students were able to talk with him for about 15 minutes after the screening.

It's that time when classes are changing and students have the opportunity to receive college credit while taking classes here at ALC. Students enrolled in the ALC classes listed below can be concurrently enrolled (Concurrent Enrollment-CE) in these high school classes and UVU and thus receive college credit while receiving high school credit. This opportunity saves families hundreds of dollars in tuition.

Receiving college credit while in high school requires a two-step process. First, students must apply for admission to UVU. After admission, students register for the UVU course. This link http://www.uvu.edu/concurrent/ gives great instructions for this process.