ACADEMY OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Team Leaders: Brian Damrom, Michael D’Anna
Pathways: Performing Arts (Theater, Dance, Music
Education/Performance/Industry);
Visual Arts (Studio
Art/Ceramics/Photography/Fashion);
Media (Video Production/
Digital Arts)
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The
Performing Arts Pathway develops performance skills and provides opportunities
for creative production.
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The
Visual Arts Pathway provides fine arts skills and opportunities for creative
expression through portfolio projects.
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The
Media Arts Pathway focuses on design, media, and graphics, for careers in
graphic communications and media industries, including news production. The Pathway focuses on creative production
and technical skills.
SAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS
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performing
artist, journalist/reporter actor,
fine artist, photographer photojournalist,
fashion designer |
writer,
musician, animator, editor graphic
designer, cartoonist radio/TV
announcer / anchor |
dancer,
composer, actor, theatre manager set
designer, choreographer media
producer, fashion illustrator |
Pathways: Business Management and Finance; Information
Technology;
Hospitality and Tourism
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The
Business Management and Finance Pathway focuses on finance and business
management; accounting, consumer behavior, and economic trends. It emphasizes
leadership, management, critical thinking, and effective communication,
introduces students to careers in programming, information resource design,
game design and development, and
networking hardware management and prepares students for technical
industry certifications.
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The
Hospitality and Tourism Pathway focuses on hotel or food service operations and
management, tourism, and travel.
SAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS
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accountant
(CPA), chief financial office insurance
or real estate manager E-services manager, public relations information
systems technician human
resources, computer programmer systems
analyst, information systems |
website
developer, webmaster event
planner, caterer, travel agent tour
guide, hotel manager guest services,
reservations manager banquet,
resort, or restaurant manager |
video game
designer, auditor, loan officer investment
banker, budget analyst sales
representative, insurance agent PC
tech, network engineer computer
programmer, database developer |
ACADEMY OF HUMANITIES AND PUBLIC
SERVICE
Team Leaders: David Heller, Laura
Parsons
Pathways:
Humanities (Social Studies/English/Foreign Language); Justice, Law and
Society; Education; Child Studies
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Humanities
Pathway’s focus: history, literature, writing, psychology, sociology, film
studies, and foreign language.
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Public
Service Pathway’s focus: further education and careers in law, law enforcement,
emergency services, community services, government, public policy, and
international relations.
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Education
and Child Studies Pathway’s focus: K-16 teaching, teaching assistants,
instructional coordinators, employee trainers and work performance specialists.
SAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS
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Psychologist,
counselor, teacher school
administrator corporate
trainer, lawyer government
or public administrator |
art
historian, museum curator law
enforcement officer community
organizer security
officer, security manager |
day care
provider, social worker librarian,
mediator, paralegal admissions
counselor law clerk,
job coach |
Pathways: Science (Medical Science; Geophysics;
Biotechnology)
Engineering and Technology (Engineering
Science; Engineering Technology)
Mathematics
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Science
Pathways prepare students for further study toward careers in the healthcare
industry, biosciences and biomedical technology.
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Engineering
and Technology Pathways prepare students for a technical career or a career in
engineering, manufacturing, transportation, or the aerospace industry.
SAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS
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biologist
or ecologist, environmentalist doctor,
nurse, physician’s assistant sports
trainer, physical therapist laboratory
technician paleontologist,
astronomer, anthropologist nuclear
technician hazardous
material technician forensic
specialist, forestry technician air-traffic
controller, industrial (CAD) designer |
broadband
technician, statistician, mathematician meteorologist,
naturalist, geologist, science teacher chemist or
toxicologist, physicist, sound tech urban
planner, land surveyor engineers
(biotechnology, civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, materials,
mechanical, nuclear, optical, chemical, safety,
transportation, or systems) |