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CAREER ACADEMY CONCEPT


Career Academies are designed to prepare students for both college and careers.  They are schools within schools that link students with peers, teachers and community partners in a structured environment that fosters academic success. They include three key elements:

- Small learning community
- College preparatory sequential curriculum with a career theme
- Advisory Board that forges partnerships with employers, higher education, and the community

 

RIGOROUS, CAREER-CONNECTED CURRICULUM


- Transformation to Wall to Wall Academy Model with 7 academies with 19 pathways
- Greater access to advanced course opportunities across all academies
- Focused electives and pathways that lead to industry-recognized credentials for both career and college readiness
- Hands-on Project-Based Learning, and authentic opportunities to learn and practice Portrait of the Graduate
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- Courses culminate in an industry-recognized certificate
- Positions students to earn a certificate of completion of an apprenticeship