Redondo Union High School added three courses for the 2026-27 school year: AP Cybersecurity, AP Spanish Literature, and a business entrepreneurship capstone.

The Redondo Beach school's new lineup expands options for its 2,921 students in tech, language and business, High Tide reported Sept. 24. The additions come as the campus also became the first high school in Los Angeles County to offer the Cambridge Advanced Program, which the Daily Breeze reported in July.

AP Cybersecurity is a national launch. The College Board and Cisco developed the course together, and any school can offer it through the standard AP Course Audit process. Students learn how attackers infiltrate systems and how to defend against them using techniques like cryptography. No prior computer science experience is required.

Sophomore Marine Schott, who took Computer Science Principles as a freshman, said her counselor pointed her toward the new class. "It was a new class, and it's an AP, so I wanted to take it," Schott told High Tide.

Schott said the two courses differ: Computer Science Principles focuses on coding, while Cybersecurity centers on protecting systems from attacks. The first national AP Cybersecurity Exam is scheduled for May 2027. Students who earn qualifying scores can receive college credit, an AP Cybersecurity Credential, and a CompTIA exam voucher valued at up to $350, according to apcsexamprep.com.

The entrepreneurship capstone takes a different approach. In CTE Business Entrepreneurship 2, the entire class operates as a single company. Students fill roles including CEO, COO, vice presidents, and department heads covering sales and human resources.

Senior Joni Nemiroff, who entered the entrepreneurship pathway without prior business experience, said the class is in its early stages. The students are working through an ideation process to develop a product they will pitch at competitions run by Virtual Enterprises International (VEI), a national nonprofit.

VEI's annual Youth Business Summit drew more than 4,000 student entrepreneurs from 13 states and seven countries in April 2026, according to VEI. Competitions ranged from business plan and finance challenges to an AI challenge and sales pitch contest.

Nemiroff said she originally signed up because she had an open spot in her schedule and wanted to explore something new. She said the expanding course list helps students discover interests they did not know they had.

Redondo Beach Unified Superintendent Nicole Wesley said in a July statement about the Cambridge program that teachers continue to expand opportunities preparing students for college, careers and beyond. RUHS entrepreneurship students will compete at VEI events during the school year, with the national Youth Business Summit returning in spring 2027.