The OSSM - Chickasha Regional Center is the 16th Regional Center to open.
The Regional Centers are vastly different from the downtown OKC campus. At the regional centers only AP Calculus BC and Physics C are taught. The students come to the regional center for half a day, then go to their regular high school for the rest of the day. This allows the students to stay involved in sports and extracurriculars while learning physics and calculus at the college level. All of our regional centers have labs that far surpass the local high schools and even some colleges. The education they receive here prepares them for a rigorous university curriculum in a way that a regular high school cannot.
Other regional centers are located in Afton, Ardmore, Drumright, Enid, Kansas, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Ponca City, Poteau, Pryor, Shawnee, Stilwell, Sallisaw, Tahlaquah, and Wayne.
As of this year the regional centers have graduated more students than the downtown campus. By having regional centers all across the state, more students are able to take advantage of the OSSM curriculum, with the added bonus of being able to live at home and stay involved in sports, band, or other extracurriculars.