Academic Information for 2010-2011 School Year

by Emily Snyder

HLA Employability Curriculum
The employability curriculum and the on-the-job training classes form the basic character of the HLA. In order to prepare students to adequately address the employability challenges they will receive training both characteristics of desirable employees and in the development of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as necessary to prepare for the emerging modern job markets.

These 21st Century Skills include: Global Awareness, Civic Engagement (including required community service hours), Economic/Financial Literacy, Information and Communication Technology Literacy, Thinking and Problem Solving, Interpersonal and Self Directional Literacy. Students enrolled will be required to take employability classes focusing on career exploration and self-assessment from the Kansas Career Pipeline and other resources.

Students will participate in field trips to a variety of job sites and interact with in-class speakers who will introduce their own job and career experiences. Students will be required to declare a Program of Study, identifying one career pathway they are most interested in pursuing. HLA’s Program of Study will come from one of the eight career clusters:

1. Finance
2. Hospitality and Tourism
3. Law, Public Safety and Security
4. Human Services
5. Health Sciences
6. Architecture and Construction
7. Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communication
8. Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

A student’s Program of Study can be altered as necessary each semester up to the student’s senior year. Do to the nature of the program and the graduation requirements it is essential that students have legal documentation indicating they are eligible to work in the United States.

Go EduStar/E2020
Go EduStar is a computer system whereby the parents/guardians of a student may make application on the computer through the HLA website. This system will allow the parents/guardians the privilege of checking on their student’s attendance, behavior and grades.

E2020 is our curriculum component of the students course work. Parent email address will be required upon enrollment (if possible) and weekly academic progress will be automatically sent to the parent/guardian.

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