1. A Look Down the Road at Hanahan High

2. What is an Academy?
Students are organized into Small Learning Communities
Focused on Career Majors
School within a School Concept
Goal: Students will graduate from high school ready for college, careers and life.

3. Structure: Three Pillars
Transforming teaching and learning – Interdisciplinary PLCs
Sustained change through business and civic engagement
High school redesign
Content
Academy

4. Why?
Studies show that students enrolled in career academies consistently show…
Lower dropout rates
Improved attendance
Increased graduation rates
Increased participation in volunteer and
extracurricular activities
Higher post-secondary enrollment
Higher earnings after graduation

6. Business Agencies Supporting Implementation
Education Foundation
TIP Councils
Trident Industry Partnership
AAIS American Alliance for Innovative Schools
Business Oversight Committee
Local Business and Civic Engagement
New Carolina / Transform SC

7. Academy Completers In SC a completer is a student
who has completed a 4-credit course of study
in a particular Major.
Ex. – Health Science I, Health Science II, Gerontology
(worth 1 credit) (worth 1 credit) (worth 2 credits)
Ex. – Intro. Eng., Prin. Eng., CIM, CSE
(each worth 1 credit)
Ex. – Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4
(each worth 1 credits)

8. Academy Completers
Due to the need to earn 4 credits to complete a major, students will have one chance to change majors at the end of the tenth grade year.

9. Freshman Academy
Students are housed with common English, math, science, and social studies teachers in one area of the building.
Students interact with the school population at large for their four global (elective) classes.
Academy teams serve as a transition from middle school to the relative freedom of high school.
Students select their 1st and 2nd choice of Academy in the 9th grade IGP conference.

10. Arts & Humanities Academy
AP/IB/Dual Credit
Band/Strings
Choral Music
Voice
Creative Writing
Drama
English
Graphics Communications
Journalism/Mass Communications
Media Technology
Visual Arts
World Language
Teaching and Training
Customize per school.

11. STEM, Business Management, & Information Systems Academy
Math
Pre-Engineering
Science
Automotive Technology
Business Information Management
General Management
Accounting

12. Health Science, Human Service, & Public Service Academy
Social Science
Health Informatics
Medical Science & Research
Therapeutic Services
Law Enforcement Services
Law & Legal Services
Military Science