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| Headlines | Academies in the Spotlight |
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NAF Celebrates 30 Years NAF’s 30th anniversary is right around the corner! We look forward to highlighting the milestones we have reached and surpassed on the road to college and career success. Stay tuned for events and news surrounding the 30th celebration. |
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NAF Featured in Black Enterprise The National Academy Foundation and the Academy of Insurance and Finance at High School Inc., in Hartford, Connecticut, are featured in the December issue of Black Enterprise as a model for successful high school reform with proven results. Read the full article here. |
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Global Industry Validation NAF’s Academy of Hospitality & Tourism curriculum has received industry validation from the Global Travel & Tourism Partnership (GTTP). GTTP’s recognition of the NAF AOHT curriculum is part of NAF's ongoing efforts to ensure it's curriculum meets the highest professional standards and adds value to the credentials earned by NAF students. Read the press release here. |
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Oklahoma City School District Launches Wide-Scale Business Partner Recruitment In preparation for opening five more NAF academies in the fall, Oklahoma City School District held a recruitment event with NAF’s President, JD Hoye on-site to support the effort. Read more here. |
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Student-Run Travel Agency Receives Attention Academy of Hospitality & Tourism students at East High School in Rochester, New York, were featured in the latest issue of Travel Agent magazine. The school runs an all-inclusive online travel agency with 52 students booking travel, transportation and vacation needs for customers in the community. Check out the article here. |
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Alumni Use Social Media to Combat HIV/AIDS Khalia Braswell (’08) and KaMar Galloway (’08), alumni from Phillip O. Berry High School Academy of Information Technology in Charlotte, North Carolina, have taken their interests in IT to North Carolina State University. The two computer science majors are working together on a National Science Foundation funded research project using social media to disseminate HIV/AIDS preventive education, and mentor low-income middle schoolers on using technology. Read their story here. |
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Students Get an Inside Look at Cybersecurity Students at Gaithersburg High School’s Academy of Information Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, visited Patriot Technologies to learn how the cybersecurity firm finds innovative ways to use technology and how the students’ career-focused education is a stepping stone to opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Read more here. |
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City Poly Students Explore STEM Careers Twenty-five Students from City Polytechnic High School in Brooklyn, New York, participated in a job shadow at Verizon’s operation center in Baskin Ridge, New Jersey. The visit included a tour of the high-tech 1.3 million-square-foot complex as well as an executive-led panel discussion about career opportunities in STEM, the importance of core academic subjects, and 21st century employability skills. Read more here. |
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Charlotte AOE’s Receive $63,000 grant Congratulations to the five Academies of Engineering in the Charlotte-Mecklenberg school district in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Academies of Engineering are the latest recipients of the Jimmie Johnson Foundation’s Champions Grant. The schools will split a grant of $63,000 to help strengthen their engineering program. For more information on the Jimmie Johnson Foundation, visit their website. |
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