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Youth Options

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Youth Options Program. This page has been designed to provide Wisconsin High School students information regarding the state's program to provide post-secondary credit to students while still in high school.

Please keep the following information in mind:

This process starts with your district.
- It is important that you meet with your school counselor in order to determine your district's process for qualifying for Youth Options, since every district is different.
Remember your deadlines.
- Your paperwork is due to your district no later than March 1st (for fall enrollment) or October 1st (for spring enrollment).
- You must present this paperwork every semester you plan to participate in the program.
Follow through.
- Remember to provide your UW-Parkside Youth Options Application along with your DPI Youth Options Application to your district. We will also need official high school transcripts. Talk to your school counselor about whether this will be your responsibility or if the district will take care of that for you.

Useful Links for Students and Parents:

Helpful YOP Tips! (PDF)
Course Schedule: Find out the days / times a class is being offered.
Course Catalog: Not sure what a class is about? Look at the Course Catalog to read course descriptions.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Youth Options Website

Kenosha Unified School District: Youth Options Information

Racine Unified School District: Youth Options Information

Questions regarding the Youth Options Program, please contact Cassie Vosters at (262) 595-2495.

Get started

Print and fill out the
DPI Youth Options Application

Print and fill out the
UW-Parkside Youth Options Application (PDF)

Turn your documents in to your school counselor for appropriate signatures and approvals

What's Next

How do you know if you have been approved?

1. Your district may send you letters in the mail stating whether you have been approved or denied to take the courses that you listed on your DPI Youth Options Application.

In ADDITION

2. UW-Parkside will also determine whether a student meets their criteria for participating in the program at the University. Typically students will have met the following requirements:

Minimum qualifications for the Youth Options Program require that students must:

Be in their junior or senior year of high school.

Rank in the upper 25% of their high school class.

Have approval from their high school.

Submit all appropriate and official applications and documentation as approved by their high school.

Once we have reviewed for at least the qualifications, we will mail students information regarding their status in participating in UW-Parkside's Youth Options Program.