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Palmdale High School students practice techniques while
working on their injection certification to be eligible for the n
Students in Highland High School’s Public Service Academy Students working on simple robots in the Multimedia & state Medical Assisting certification exam.
learn about life-saving interventions Engineering Academy at Lancaster High School
prepare students to succeed in instructions
public service professions. It uses science, of higher learning. Key academic classes that
technology, engineering and math in various presentations for students at Palmdale High meet eligibility requirements for admission
capacities to achieve this objective. In the School’s Engineering Academy. Professionals to the state’s colleges and universities are
health care and science-based courses, ranging from fighter pilots to air traffic integrated with relevant applications in the
where understanding the human body’s controllers provided students with first-hand health industry and health professions.
structural and physiological components information on their careers, how to obtain
is essential, students are provided with the them and even some hands-on training for Quartz Hill High School’s TV and Video
capabilities to use technologies — including what people in those jobs do on a daily basis. Academy The Quartz Hill Television and
augmented reality and diagnostic equipment Representatives of NASA have discussed Video Academy provides an opportunity
— to appreciate and understand the human partnering and offering paid internships for students to learn all aspects of
form. To prepare for their future careers, to students after they graduate from high video production, broadcasting and
students are placed in highly-stressful school and enter college. NASA personnel cmmunications. QHTV features STEM
and highly-immersive situations that best were highly impressed with the academy’s components throughout its curriculum
represent and mirror real-world applications drone racing and solar car teams and hope to and instruction while engaging a diverse
of emergency healthcare response. Students community of learners with higher learning
apply their critical thinking and problem- through a heavy project-based learning
solving capabilities during these immersive environment. In addition to preparing
scenarios while using evidence-based students for careers in the communications
practices and technologies to mitigate the and entertainment field, the program
situation appropriately. focuses on aspects of leadership and group
cooperation and equipment responsibility
Lancaster High School’s Multimedia & and utilization that will continue to be of
Engineering Academy The Gold Certified use to the students, no matter which career
Linked Learning Academy at Lancaster they enter. Students use technologies and
High School offers a unique opportunity Palmdale High School students create paper rockets at an work their way toward an on-site internship
for students to engage and learn through air show. opportunity their senior year. Internships are
integrated lessons, apply knowledge through in partnership with Odyssey TV and NTXD-TV
project-based learning, and develop career work with our students to help them bridge in Victorville and Dallas, Texas, respectively.
skills while still in high school. Students select the gap between college and career. These Many industry partners also work with
a pathway that interests them (multimedia or two programs are making great progress the academy including Disney, ABC, USC,
engineering), then follow a carefully designed as the academy prepares for another year and Columbia College Hollywood. Best
curriculum that develops their critical of competition to again show that PHS is a practices are applied to prepare students
thinking, problem solving, and technical skills. nationwide contender for both. Even more is for real-life situations. Students apply critical
Academy teachers work together to support planned as students move through the 2022- thinking and problem-solving capabilities
the lessons in each classroom, so students 2023 school year. A number of field trips are during immersive live broadcasts and field
expand their learning across all classes, and planned including visits to Cal Poly Pomona, production shoots while using evidence-
Cal Tech, USC, and Northridge — in addition based practices and technologies to navigate
to visits to industry partners. The academy the situations appropriately. The QHTV
also strives to provide students with a chance Academy takes pride in providing an inclusive
to learn coding, fabrication and design and so
much more.
Palmdale High School’s Health Careers
Academy Established in 2006, the Palmdale
Lancaster High School’s Multimedia & Engineering Academy
students visited the Museum of the Holocaust and were High School Health Careers Academy is a
able to speak to a survivor comprehensive four-year program serving
apply their skills in the community. Students about 500 students that combines academic
master the use of 21st century technology, courses with clinical instruction. More
innovate creative solutions for modern specifically, the program integrates medicine
problems, develop real-world job skills, and and technology into common core subjects
become the leaders of tomorrow. This year such as English, science, and social studies
the academy continues to expand students’ while involving students in service learning
knowledge through rigorous coursework, projects, job shadowing, and internships
real life applications, guest speakers and field in the community. The Health Careers Hands-on experience helps students learn about TV and
video production at Quartz Hill High School.
trips. Academy has two primary goals: To provide
Palmdale High School’s Engineering all Academy students with an academically environment and opportunities for our
rigorous and experientially relevant
Academy Thanks to AviNation, in the last educational program so they are exposed students to prepare them to become leaders
few months of the 2022-2023 school year, to and prepared for high-skill, high-wage and problem solvers.programs, contact
instructors were able to bring in about a careers in the healthcare industry. And to Duane Robertson at drobertson@avhsd.org,
dozen aviation experts to hold small group or Betsy McKinstry at bmckinstry@avhsd.org.
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