College and Career Readiness Programs
Joplin High School offers and extensive array of courses including Advanced Placement (AP) courses, College Dual Credit courses, Articulated Credit courses for some colleges, On-Line and Blended Courses, the Missouri Option diploma program, and a Flex Diploma Program (named Eagle Flex). In addition, Joplin High School works closely with Franklin Technology Center. Franklin Tech offers a wide variety of career programs for high school students and adults, adult basic education and GED preparation classes, and a comprehensive offering of Community Education classes. Vocational training has been available through Franklin Technology Center for over seventy years. FTC is a Southwest Missouri area vocational school managed by the Joplin R-VIII School District and accredited by the North Central Association on Accreditation and School Improvement and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation, an alliance of the premier American educational accrediting agencies.
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