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Business,
Retailing, and Hospitality
Career Academy |
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| Strands offered: Retailing/Business Communication Strand, Marketing
and E-Commerce Strand, and Restaurant and Hotel Management. |
| The Retailing/Business Communications Strand is
designed to prepare students for a successful career in the retailing
industry, business office environment or service industry. Students
will learn the skills needed to become store associates, supervisors,
managers, and business owners in the retailing and restaurant
trades. Students will enter industry with supervisory knowledge
and experience. They will be prepared, if they choose to enter
post-secondary education. The Restaurant/Hotel Management strands
based on the Prostart Curriculum offered by the Massachusetts
Restaurant Association. Students may earn state and national industry
based certification and articulated credit with local two-year
and four-year colleges. |
| Health
and Human Services Career Academy |
| Strands offered: Health Services, Human Services. |
| The Health and Human Services Academy is designed
to introduce students to early childhood education or health care
occupations. Students in the Human Services Strand will work with
young children in our on-site early childhood center. Health Strand
students will work with people of all ages in healthcare facilities.
Students may qualify for certification under various state and
industry programs. Summer internships are available for students
interested in careers in the health industry. |
| Science
and Technology Career Academy |
| Strands offered: Environmental and Natural Resources, Networking
Technologies, Advanced Study in Science and Math Cobb Academy. |
| The environmental and Natural Resources Strand
allows students to prepare for exciting and diverse careers in
environment management, advanced scientific research, land management,
and environmental protection. Students may participate in local
land, animal, water management research projects. Summer student
internships are available in a variety of fields. The Networking
Technologies Strand will teach students about the set-up, operation,
and maintenance of personal computers and related technologies.
Students will work on computers, printers, monitors, keyboards
and other hardware. Students will also learn about software, operating
systems, networking and the Internet. Students choosing a post-secondary
education with this technological experience will be qualified
to a pursue a multitude of careers at the university level. The
Advanced Science and Math Academy is open to students who qualify
for the Cobb Academy Program in Grade 8. This program is offered
to academically advanced students with an interest in science
or math. |
| Visual
Arts and Applied Technology Career Academy |
| Strands offered: Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Ceramics, Arts and Cartooning, Construction Technology,
Engineering. |
| The Visual Arts Career Academy will give students
the in-class opportunity to begin and develop a competitive portfolio
for college acceptance or job employment. During this process,
students may apprentice with a professional artist and learn business-related
skills. Each student will gain the artistic skills and confidence
necessary to pursue a career in the visual arts. The Applied Technology
Academy helps students develop the relevant knowledge, practical
skills and appropriate attitudes and work ethic necessary to pursue
meaningful and productive lives in construction and engineering
technologies. All sequences can prepare a student for post-secondary
education. |
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