{"id":2816,"date":"2024-05-16T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/?page_id=2816"},"modified":"2024-10-14T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T20:27:57","slug":"running-start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/counseling-center\/running-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Virtual evening sessions available at the colleges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcom.edu\/get-started\/running-start\">Whatcom Community College<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btc.edu\/FutureStudents\/HighSchoolPrograms\/RunningStart.html\">Bellingham Technical College<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set up a FULL schedule for next year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March&nbsp;<\/strong>Apply to the college of your choice online<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April&nbsp;<\/strong>Complete an Enrollment Verification Form (sign up in the Counseling Office)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May\/June&nbsp;<\/strong>Sign up for fall quarter classes.&nbsp; Email your counselor with any schedule changes needed at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, you can email your counselor at one of the email addresses below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsner: <a href=\"mailto:elsnerc@lynden.wednet.edu\">elsnerc@lynden.wednet.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaffer: <a href=\"mailto:shaffere@lynden.wednet.edu\">shaffere@lynden.wednet.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lynch: <a href=\"mailto:lynchc@lynden.wednet.edu\">lynchc@lynden.wednet.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>(New to Running Start)&nbsp;Steps for Enrolling to Running Start<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start with where you would like to do Running Start:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit\u00a0the\u00a0Running\u00a0Start\u00a0section of the college\u2019s\u00a0website that you would like to attend.\u00a0There are several resources for new Running Start students\u00a0on each website that we highly recommend looking through for common Q&amp;A\u2019s.\u00a0You can access the website and application here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcom.edu\/get-started\/running-start\">WCC Website<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/apply.ctc.edu\/enrollment\/WA210\">WCC Application<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btc.edu\/FutureStudents\/HighSchoolPrograms\/RunningStart.html\">BTC Website\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apply.ctc.edu\/user\">BTC Application<\/a>. Please be sure to\u00a0<strong>submit your application to the college\u00a0<\/strong>before moving forward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect\/Reach out to your&nbsp;counselor&nbsp;so that you can:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Figure out or share with them&nbsp;your&nbsp;plan to do&nbsp;Running&nbsp;Start<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determine&nbsp;your&nbsp;final schedule at LHS&nbsp;for the given semester\/quarter you would like to attend Running Start (LHS Semester 1 = WCC Fall Quarter, LHS Semester 2 = WCC Winter\/Spring Quarters). If you would like to add\/drop classes or make any changes to your LHS schedule, your counselor will be your go to person for this.&nbsp;<strong>Please be sure to have a&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>solidified final&nbsp;<\/strong>LHS schedule that has been adjusted to your plans to do Running Start (full time\/part time, even if your plan is to take 0 classes at LHS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once&nbsp;you&nbsp;have completed steps 1, 2,&nbsp;THEN&nbsp;you&nbsp;acquire your Enrollment Verification Form (EVF) from your counselor or Mrs. Wilde in the counseling office.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You, your counselor, and a parent\/guardian need to sign the completed EVF EVERY QUARTER before&nbsp;sending&nbsp;it over to your college&nbsp;advisors&nbsp;who will then help you navigate your next steps moving forward. Provide Mrs. Wilde with the EVF form and she will scan it and send it to the necessary college faculty.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WCC&nbsp;<\/strong>General&nbsp;Contact&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Rstart@whatcom.edu\">Rstart@whatcom.edu<\/a>&nbsp;| (360)383-3123<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BTC&nbsp;<\/strong>General Contact |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:RStart@btc.edu\">RStart@btc.edu<\/a>&nbsp;| (360)752-8345&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5 credits in Running Start are equal to 1.0 credits at LHS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have not taken Algebra 2, you must take it at LHS. You can choose to take it<br>through Running Start, but Running Start will not pay for it so you will have to pay<br>for it on your own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>(Returning) Running Start&nbsp;Stu<\/strong><strong>dents that need an EVF<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please skip to step 2 on the list above&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>UNLESS&nbsp;<\/strong>you already have a set\/adjusted schedule. If you know that your schedule doesn\u2019t need any changes\/adjustments,&nbsp;then you can go&nbsp;on&nbsp;to step 3&nbsp;from&nbsp;the list above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample Running Start Schedules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/image-2-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/image-2-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/image-2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/image-2-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/image-2.png 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual evening sessions available at the colleges Whatcom Community College&nbsp; Bellingham Technical College Set up a FULL schedule for next year March&nbsp;Apply to the college of your choice online April&nbsp;Complete&nbsp;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/counseling-center\/running-start\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":267,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2816","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Lynden High School","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2931,"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2816\/revisions\/2931"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynden.wednet.edu\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}