Welcome to Orion High School's Credit Transfer Store
All courses that are in the Credit Transfer Courses Store are available for Credit Transfer. Credit Transfer courses are courses that students in other schools take, at our school, and then transfer the credit back to their home/campus/school. If you are new to credit transfer, this is how you enroll into credit transfer:
- Fist, locate the course you want to take, and add it to your cart.
- If you are ready to check out, then go check out.
- When you check out, you will use the student's email address (not the parent's) as the log in , and then you will create a password.
- When you complete the checkout, then you are logged in.
Parents: If you are purchasing and checking out for your child, you may use your email address; however, since there are many messages that come to the student, we highly recommend that you use the student's email address. Please do NOT use email accounts that are only internal to a school. We recommend a Gmail email address.
Summary of the Steps to Start
Special Programs Coming Up:
| Program/Special Session | Start Date | End Date | Recommended by Date for Enrollment | Program Description | Coupon for Program/Special Session? |
| Intensive Graduation Program | September 1, 2024 | January 1, 2025 | Students enrolling into the IGP Program should enroll in August in order to complete Orientation in a Timely Manner prior to the program start date. | The Intensive Graduation Program is for stduents who lack 3-8 credits to graduate from high school. Those students may participate in our IGP, and upon successfull completion of all the requirements will graduate on January 1, 2025. | There is an early registration price. |
| End of Summer 1 | August 1, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | July 20, 2024 | Students from other schools may take any credit transfer course with us. The course begins on August 1, and ends on September 30 | 20% off your cart, by entering the coupon: EOS1 |
How Does it Work?
Once you have checked out with your credit transfer course purchase, you will then be logged in. If this is your first time at our school, taking credit transfer, OR if you have not been at our school in over 6 months, you will then need to enroll in Orientation. These are the start dates and end dates for courses:
- Courses begin on the 1st day of the month following the completion of Orientation.
- Courses end on the last day of the second month.
- If a student will not be successful in completing the credit transfer course by the end of the second month, he may request an extension. An extension lasts until the 27th day of the third month, and there is a required fee for extension.
Note: We do not allow students to begin courses late because of the two month period. Please complete Orientation in a timely manner, and then you will begin your course on the 1st day of the month following enrollment.
Credit Transfer Course Types:
- Full Credit Courses - these are courses taken for the first time, and are awarded 1 full credit by Orion High School.
- Semester A or Semester B Courses - These are 1/2 credit courses that a student may have taken and failed in the past.
- Advanced Placement - These are College Board approved AP courses, and are three months long. AP Courses are awarded 1 credit and the GPA is weighted because of the rigor of the course.
- Credit Recovery - Credit Recovery Courses are the same as Semester A or Semester B Above
- World Languages - World Languages courses are not offered as Credit Recovery, only full credit.
- AS and A Level - These are three month courses, and are treated similarly to AP Courses at Orion. These are Internationally aligned courses, which allow students to take and qualify for exams in their jurisdiction.
- Career and Technical Education Courses - These are full credit CTE courses.
- Dual Credit Courses - These courses are the high school course, but taken with one of our university partners for dual credit.
A Note About World Languages
World Languages courses may not be taken simultaneously. Each course lasts two months, and we do not allow the second course to start until after the end of the second month. For example: Spanish 1- January 1/February 28; Spanish 2-March 1-April 30.
Grades 6-7-8
While we typically do not offer courses for these grade levels, we can offer them. Parents who have students in these grade levels should contact Orion for any requests, such as 6-7-8 Health, PE, or any core courses.
Refund Policy
Orion High School acknowledges that online learning is not for everyone and that there are cases when a student may wish to withdraw from a course. Orion High School offers a full refund if the course is dropped within 5 days of purchase/start of Orientation. There are no refunds after 5 days of purchase.
Credit Recovery Courses
Credit Recovery courses ("CR courses") allow students the ability to earn credit for a course they previously attempted but did not earn credit. Credit Recovery Courses require proctoring for all assessments that are taken.
Core, Elective, and AP® Courses
Orion's Course Catalog includes core, elective, and Advanced Placement® ("AP®") courses that can be completed in as little as one month during the summer at Orion High School. Here are two possible scenarios where these courses would be useful:
Jeanne recently moved from El Paso, Texas to Midland, Texas and learned that the school does not have Psychology that Jeanne wants to take for her Arts and Humanities Social Studies Endorsement. It is too late for Jeanne to pursue another endorsement, and Jeanne's new school requires and endorsement be earned for graduation to be able to walk the stage.
In this case, Jeanne would be able to take Psychology at Orion High School during any summer session and would be able to earn her endorsement.
Daniel's school offer's a local series of courses in aviation where students operate drones for various tasks. Daniel wants to free up next year's schedule so that he can take two of these courses rather than Geometry and English II.
In this case, Daniel could take Geometry in the June Session and English II in the July Session during the summer at Orion High School to earn these credits for the upcoming school year and be able to pursue his interest in aviation.
Transferring Credit
For students in Texas, Orion High School will transfer the records through the Texas Records Exchange, automatically upon completion.
Orion High School has worked with schools across the nation to transfer course credit for courses completed by students over the summer. As an accredited private school, Orion High School has access to the same electronic systems public schools use and codes courses to avoid confusion during the transfer. When a student enrolls for a summer session at Orion High School, we simply collect the information about the school they wish for us to send the credit to. When the course is completed, we enter the information onto a transcript and send the record to the student's school. If the school has any questions or concerns, our experienced staff will work with the school to ensure the credit is successfully transferred and applied.
Although we are an accredited private school and align our courses to rigorous standards, schools may sometimes not understand summer coursework completed at other schools. We strongly suggest you speak to your counselor before you commit to taking any online courses with any school or program.