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By
Vicky Wheeler
School-to-Career
Coordinator/Academy Director for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
For
Carver High School Academy of Information Technology and North Forsyth High
School Academy of Health Sciences, the students are not the only ones
graduating this year. Both schools were recognized as having graduated the
National Academy Foundation (NAF) rigorous Year of Planning (YOP) and are ready
to enter their launch year with students in August. Both academies were
recognized at NAF Next 2017, the network’s premier professional development
involving educators and corporate partners across the United States.
The
Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) at Carver High School prepares students for career opportunities
in programming, web design and administration, digital networks, and other
areas in the expanding digital workplace. Elerod Morris, is the Career &
Technical Education academy coordinator.
North
Forsyth High School’s Academy of Health Sciences (AOHS) addresses the critical achievement
gap in STEM fields and develops a pipeline of students prepared to pursue
health-related degrees and professions in one of the fastest growing sectors of
the economy, including biotechnology, genetics, nursing, therapeutics, and
diagnostics.
The
two additional academies increase the district’s number of academies to eight.
Six are NAF academies and include Carver High School Academy of
Hospitality/Tourism, East Forsyth High School and West Forsyth High Schools’
Academies of Finance, and the Mount Tabor High School Academy of Sports
Management and Tourism.
The
district also offers other academies at Atkins High School in the areas of
engineering, scientific visualization and biomedical technology, Kennedy High
Schools’ Construction and Design, ProStart and Pharmacy Technology academies
and finally Walkertown Public Safety Academy which includes fire fighter and
the newly approved EMT offering.
Additionally,
Carver High School Academy of Hospitality/Tourism and East Forsyth High School
Academy of Finance were recognized as achieving Model status. They were among more than 100 academies
earning this recognition nationwide.
Both
Carver High School AOIT and North Forsyth High School AOHS will join NAF’s
network of over 600 academies across 36 states, including DC and the U.S.
Virgin Islands. NAF provides high school students with career-themed
instruction and hands on experiences in viable industries including finance,
hospitality & tourism, information technology, engineering, and health
sciences. To start a NAF academy, interested schools must apply and then be
chosen through a selective process. They then begin the eighteen month “Year of
Planning” program aimed at ensuring that the new academies will fulfill their
promise to students and the community. For more information, please visit National Academy Foundation.
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