Choice Program

Cumberland International Early College High School

  • Employs a rigorous curriculum of honors and college-level courses

  • Focuses on completion of the future-ready core pathway with the opportunity to earn college-level courses

  • Provides instruction in a secondary language of strategic interest (Arabic, Mandarin, or Spanish)

  • Offers opportunities for global and cultural connections

  • Provides relevant and authentic project-based instruction that engages students in global issues

  • Offers a small personal learning setting

  • Provides elective courses at the college level

  • Requires participation in community service projects

  • Shuttle transportation to and from “home” high school transport zone when traditional schools are in session.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • First Generation college/Underrepresented populations

  • Interview (as needed)

  • Student Essay

  • C Average or higher in core academic classes

Cumberland International Early College High School Purpose

Accelerated Learning; College Credit Focus on Language, Culture, and Diplomacy.  At Cumberland International Early College High School (CIECHS) all students will graduate globally competent, prepared to communicate, collaborate, and compete locally, nationally, and internationally.  Our mission is to prepare students to be independent thinkers, self-advocates, globally aware citizens, have proficiency in a secondary language of strategic interest. CIECHS will provide global and cultural connections, relevant and authentic project-based instruction that engages students in global issues and college-level courses and experiences.  We will pursue a common purpose with dedication, discipline, and compassion.  We will create and maintain a culture of honor in which staff and students model integrity, honesty, and equity. We will empower each other to embrace learning opportunities through successes and failures and encourage each other to be the best versions of ourselves. We will build a community based on shared communication, nurtured by hope and support.

Admission Requirements

You will need to complete a Cumberland County School (CCS) Choice Program Application for the upcoming year.