Lowell High School was recognized at the Indiana Statehouse in the North Atrium on Monday November 6, 2017 by Dr. Jennifer McCormick, State Superintendent of Education, during a ceremony for Dual Credit Course success. The ceremony recognized schools that achieved a minimum of 30% success rate in providing students with access to and success in dual credit courses during the 2015-2016 school year. Mrs. Lori Pavell, Principal of Lowell High School attended the ceremony along with Ms. Shannon Richards, Assistant Principal of Lowell High School as Lowell High School students met the bronze standard with over 40% participation.
Dual credit is the term given to courses in which high school students have the opportunity to earn both high school and college credits in the same course. Dual credit courses are taught by high school faculty, college faculty, or adjunct college faculty either at the high school, at the college or university, or sometimes through online courses or distance education. In Indiana, dual credit programs are established through a formal agreement between a school corporation and a postsecondary institution. Students must achieve at least the equivalent of a 2.0 on a 4.0 unweighted grading scale in order for the student to enroll in subsequent related dual credit course work in the same subject area.