High School Distance Learning (HSDL)

It's high school credit only, not college credit or AP credit.

 

If you are:

- a high school student wanting college credits or dual enrollment, check out our career academies program.

- no longer an enrolled high school student, but needing to complete a diploma visit our High School Completion page.

- a college or university student wanting to fulfill program prerequisites like Physics of Spanish III find out more.

HSDL Can Assist Schools and Students in Many Ways

  • Needing recovery credit
  • Scheduling conflicts
  • Offering other courses
  • Wanting different instructional format options
  • Looking for advancement credit to graduate early
  • Requiring wider academic range
  • Needing a summer school option
  • Accredited
  • Asynchronous
    • They start any time of year (not fall-spring-summer semesters)
  • Courses can be completed at faster/slower pace as needed
  • Courses are either online or correspondence/packet format
  • Ask if desired course is not listed, contact us at hsdl@kirkwood.edu.
  • Are preloaded (not Zoom)
  • Activities are self-guided
  • Have a facilitator available to grade assignments, tests, or answer questions
  • List of HSDL online courses

 

  • Textbook, testing, and workbook materials provided
  • Low readability, high interest textbooks
  • Often used in alternative classrooms
  • Students can go at their own pace
  • Intentionally different than online
    • For instance, Earth Science packet doesn’t share textbook/assignments/tests with Earth Science online
  • List of HSDL packet courses
  • High school will register student for courses, not parent or student
  • This ensures correct course will be taken and will be accepted
  • Register for High School Distance Learning

Courses are $175 per course semester

  • The school pays when registering the student
  • If a school wants the parent to pay instead, that is negotiated between high school and the parent

 

Students have 4 months to complete a course after registration is processed

Upon successful completion, the high school will receive a certificate from HSDL

  • This certificate can be used as an official record for the student file and added to the student transcript

 

Email hsdl@kirkwood.edu if you have any questions

University Students Needing High School Credits

Call 319-784-1510 to register

  • Have credit card information ready
  • Tell them you are a University student
  • $175 per course semester

 

Physics and Spanish III courses are online only

  • It’s all preloaded, not Zoom

 

University students often need both Semester 1 and
Semester 2

  • Check with your University advisor if not certain

 

Courses have four months to complete

  • You can go at a faster pace than four months if beneficial

 

The four months begin at registration date

  • Not college Fall/Spring/Summer semester calendar
  • Wait to register until you are ready to begin course
  • It’s an online course, so won’t run out of “seats” for students

 

Don’t register for Semester 2 at the same time as
Semester 1

  • Both courses would have the same start/end date if you did
  • Registering at separate times allows S-2 to have a separate four months than S-1

 

Unit tests need to be proctored

  • University of Iowa Test Center is common
  • Alternative testing locations possible, but check

 

Email hsdl@kirkwood.edu if you have questions.

2024-2025 HSDL Packet Courses

Electives

• Health Science Careers

o New HSDL course

• Health Skills, S-1 and S-2

• Interpersonal Relationships

o New HSDL course

• Journalism

o New HSDL course

• Lifespan Development

o One semester option or split into two semesters, S-1 and S-2

• Nutrition and Wellness, S-1 and S-2

o New HSDL course

o Possible PE alternative

• Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, S-1 and S-2

o New HSDL course

• School to Career, S-1 and S-2

• Teaching

o New HSDL course

 

English Language and Literature

• American Literature, S-1 and S-2

o New HSDL course

o Uses AGS textbook

• Basic Composition

• English Grammar

• Exploring Literature, S-1 and S-2

• Professional Communication, S-1 and S-2

o One semester option or split i

2024-2025 High School Distance Learning Online Courses

Electives

• Art Appreciation

• College and Career Preparation I

• College and Career Preparation II

• Financial Literacy

• Health

• Music Appreciation, S-1 and S-2

 

English Language and Literature

• Creative Writing

• English 9, S-1 and S-2

• English 10, S-1 and S-2

• English 11, S-1 and S-2

• English 12, S-1 and S-2

• English Foundations I, S-1 and S-2

• English Foundations II, S-1 and S-2

• Media Literacy

• Personal Communication

• Reading Skills and Strategies

• Writing Skills and Strategies

 

Foreign Language

• French I, S-1 and S-2

• French II, S-1 and S-2

• Spanish I, S-1 and S-2

• Spanish II, S-1 and S-2

• Spanish III, S-1 and S-2

 

Math

• Algebra I, S-1 and S-2

• Algebra II, S-1 and S-2

• Fundamental Math, S-1 and S-2

• Geometry, S-1 and S-2

• Introductory Algebra, S-1 and S-2

• Math Foundations I, S-1 and S-2

• Math Foundations II, S-1 and S-2

• Mathematics of Personal Finance,

S-1 and S-2

• Precalculus, S-1 and S-2

• Probability and Statistics

 

Science

• Science Foundations, S-1 and S-2

• Biology, S-1 and S-2

• Chemistry, S-1 and S-2

• Earth Science, S-1 and S-2

• Environmental Science, S-1 and S-2

• Physical Science, S-1 and S-2

• Physics, S-1 and S-2

 

Social Science

• Economics

• Geography and World Cultures

• Multicultural Studies

• Psychology

• Sociology

• U.S. Government and Politics

• U.S. History, S-1 and S-2

• World History, S-1 and S-2