Picking the pathway for rising juniors

Students who stay at the base school all day have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes. These classes are through the College Board and can help save money, earn college credits, and stand out to colleges when the time for applications comes. The tests vary by subject but usually consist of multiple choice questions and some free response or long answer questions as well. THS offers A...

When thinking about the next steps in life, it can get pretty confusing. Some students want to enter the trade world or service world. Pittsylvania Career and Technical Center is a perfect place for students who want to enter these types of fields. Pittsylvania Career and Technical Center, also known as PCTC, is a vocational-based school that prepares high school students to go into trade careers right out of h...

The Academy of Engineering and Technology, AET for short, is one of the many opportunities available to rising juniors. In order to attend AET, sophomores must take a placement? test on a Saturday afternoon near the end of the first semester (testing for Piedmonts Governor’s School happens simultaneously). Throughout the two years spent at AET, students will go through ten rigorous courses, tho...

There comes a time when many sophomores are offered the opportunity to spend their final two years of high school away from THS. Among these options, there is Gov School. Piedmont Governor’s School for Math, Science and Technology is a regional grant of academically rigorous courses by the surrounding counties and community colleges.  In Pittsylvania County and the adjacent city of Danville, Govern...