Advanced Placement, Honors, and Dual Enrollment Courses are offered in the following areas:

English

• AP Language, AP Literature and Composition
• Honors English 9, 10
• SUNY Reading Lit, Exploring Teaching as a Profession, Speech Comp and Presentation, Intro to Creative
• Writing, Foundations in Journalism, Intro to Reporting and News Writing, Novels, Screenplays and Film.

Mathematics

• AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC
• SUNY Pre-Calculus, Elementary Statistics, Topics in Contemporary Math, Personal Finance

Science

• AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C
• Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Introduction to Pharmaceutical Science
• Siena College Astronomy
• SUNY Contemporary Issues in Life Sciences, Marine Biology

Social Studies

• Pre-AP World History, AP World History, AP US History, AP European History, AP Government
• SUNY Psychology, Sociology, Macroeconomics, Intro to Criminal Justice Process

Art, Music, Business, Technology 

• AP Computer Science Principles
• HVCC CISCO Networking I/II, Survey of Art History, Design Drawing for Production, Business Communication, Principles of Marketing, Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Siena College Financial Accounting
• SUNY Adirondack Graphic Arts I/II, Digital Photography I/II,
• SUNY Information for the 21st Century, ESports and Digital Gaming, Computer Security Basics, Program for
• Problem Solving, Rudiments of Music
• RIT (Project Lead the Way) Design and Drawing for Production, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Computer Integrated Manufacturing

World Languages

• SCCC Elementary Spanish, Elementary French II
• SUNY Intermediate Spanish 1, Intermediate French 1
• College of St. Rose Spanish Conversation and Cultures
• HVCC Italian Language and Culture I/II, French Language and Culture II/III, Spanish Language and Culture II/III, Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition, Foundations of Education in America

Global perspectives in the classroom: Colonie’s ELL program

Colonie High School’s English Language Learner (ELL) population hails from countries around the world including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea, Italy, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, US territory Puerto Rico, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Vietnam. The student’s have language backgrounds in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Farsi, French, German, Greek, Italian, Pashto, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Colonie students give back

Colonie Students are S.M.A.R.T (Students Making a Responsible Tomorrow). Each year, Colonie High School Students donate thousands of hours volunteering and fundraising for community programs like Northern Rivers, The Capital Region Food Bank, Blue Star Mothers, Proctors and more through our regionally recognized I-CARE character education program. Service is an integral part of our Key Club, and both our National Honor Society selection process, as well as our NHS member responsibilities, include a 30-hour service component.

Best community for music education

For the 12th time, the South Colonie School District was recognized as a 2024 Best Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation. South Colonie students participated in the Area All-State Music Festival, Suburban Council Music Festival, Empire State Youth Orchestra, Melodies of Christmas televised concert, and Albany Pro-Musica winter choral festival.

Colonie athletes shine on regional, state, and national stages

The Colonie High School Athletic Program offers over 30 varsity level sports that compete in the Suburban Council. Our athletes have been recognized on regional, state and national levels as well as earning NYS scholar athlete team “school of excellence” recognition. Approximately 65 percent of the Class of 2024 was involved in athletics.

Preparing Colonie students for engineering careers

Curricula in general engineering and biomedical engineering are offered through the nationally recognized pre-engineering program, Project Lead the Way.

Colonie students Gain real-world experience through internships

Ninety Colonie High School seniors participated in internship opportunities like the Career Exploration Internship Program, a 54-hour internship with industry professionals in the Capital District.

Preparing future teachers

Students in Colonie High School’s Teaching Academy have the opportunity to participate in the NYS Teaching Assistant Preparatory Program. In 2024, 14 students participated in this program which resulted in 9 students employed by the district as Teaching Assistants.

Over the last three years, CCHS students have enrolled at the following colleges/universities: 

• Adelphi University

• Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

• Alfred State College

• Alfred University

• American International College

• Bentley University

• Binghamton University

• Boston University

• Bryant & Stratton College - Albany

• Bryant University

• Bunker Hill Community College

• Caldwell University

• Case Western Reserve University

• Castleton University

• Clark University

• Clarkson University

• Clemson University

• Coastal Carolina University

• Colgate University

• College of Saint Rose

• Columbia University

• Columbia-Greene Community College

• Cornell University

• CUNY Baruch College

• CUNY Hunter College

• CUNY Queens College

• D'Youville University

• Elmira College

• Elon University

• Endicott College

• Fairfield University

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

• Fashion Institute of Technology

• Florida Tech

• Framingham State University

• Full Sail University

• Fulton-Montgomery Community College

• Hamilton College

• Hartwick College

• Hawaii Pacific University

• Herkimer County Community College

• High Point University

• Hudson Valley Community College

• Iona University

• Ithaca College

• Lasell University

• Le Moyne College

• Lehigh University

• Lesley University

• Lincoln Tech

• Long Island University - Post

• Maria College

• Marist University

• Marywood University

• Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

• Mercy University

• Michigan State University

• Monmouth University

• Moravian University

• Mount Saint Mary College

• NASCAR Technical Institute

• Nassau Community College

• New England Institute of Technology

• New York University

• Northeastern University

• Nova Southeastern University

• Onondaga Community College

• Pennsylvania State University

• Quinnipiac University

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Rivier University

• Rochester Institute of Technology

• Roger Williams University

• Russell Sage College

• Rutgers University

• Saint Anselm College

• Saint Michael's College

• Salve Regina University

• Schenectady County Community College

• Siena University

• Southern New Hampshire University

• St. Bonaventure University

• St. John Fisher University

• St. Lawrence University

• Stony Brook University

• SUNY Brockport

• SUNY Buffalo State

• SUNY Canton

• SUNY Cobleskill

• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

• SUNY Cortland

• SUNY Delhi

• SUNY Fredonia

• SUNY Geneseo

• SUNY Morrisville

• SUNY New Paltz

• SUNY Oneonta

• SUNY Oswego

• SUNY Plattsburgh

• SUNY Polytechnic Institute

• SUNY Potsdam

• Syracuse University

• Temple University

• The College of Saint Rose

• The University of Tampa

• The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• The University of Texas at Dallas

• Union College (NY)

• Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Gurabo Campus

• University at Albany, SUNY

• University at Buffalo

• University of Bridgeport

• University of Connecticut

• University of Dayton

• University of Delaware

• University of Hartford

• University of Kentucky

• University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

• University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

• University of New Haven

• University of North Carolina Wilmington

• University of Rhode Island

• University of South Carolina - Columbia

• University of Vermont

• Utica University

• Vermont State University (All Campuses)

• Virginia Wesleyan University

• Wells College

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

• Western Connecticut State University

• Western New England University

• Westfield State University

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• York College of Pennsylvania

• Averages are unweighted and rank is not being calculated at Colonie Central High School.
• In May 2024, 264 students completed 423 AP exams — 79% of exams taken were a score of three or higher.
• 53% of the Class of 2024 earned an Advanced Regents Diploma, 39 of these students earned an honors designation.
• 136 students earned the NYS Seal of Civic Readiness in 2024. 
• 36 students earned the NYS Seal of Biliteracy in 2024.