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Board approves Program of Studies addendum: ASL dual‑enrollment and additional dual‑credit options
Summary
The board approved an addendum to Emmaus High School’s Program of Studies adding American Sign Language 1 as an asynchronous dual‑enrollment option for juniors and seniors and dual‑credit designations for honors English courses in partnership with the local college (L Tri C/LCTI).
The East Penn board unanimously approved an addendum to Emmaus High School’s 2024–25 Program of Studies that adds four course options, including American Sign Language 1 as an asynchronous dual‑enrollment offering and dual‑credit designations for 11th- and 12th-grade honors English.
Administrators said the ASL course will be offered through a partnership with L Tri C and will be asynchronous but supported by an instructor reachable by email; “it is asynchronous… they’d have to email and wait for responses, but there is a human on the other line,” an administrator said. The course will be available to juniors and seniors as an option alongside existing world-language offerings.
The addendum also formalizes additional dual-enrollment opportunities developed in cooperation with L Tri C (the community college partner). Administration framed the additions as a way to expand college-level access without requiring high-school students to travel to the college campus.
Board members expressed interest in eventually expanding ASL to an in-person format if demand warrants and discussed the community service value of offering more language options. The measure passed by roll-call vote with recorded ayes.
