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Student-edited paper of McKinley High School Vol. 92 No. 7
Honolulu, Hawaii
May 2014
New academies emerge, career preparation begins Business, Arts & Commnication
Health, Human & Public Services
Industrial, Engineering & Natural Resources Technology
Main Career Houses by Lin Song, reporter Next year, students can learn more about their future career from 12 new academies. The academies will live within three career houses. Each house will have four, three and five academies. The Math, Language Arts and PE & Health departments are in charge of these academies. Students can join the academies by taking required courses. For instance, students who want to join the Engineering & Technology Academy should take Design Tech and Engineering Tech classes. Students interested in the Academy of Finance are supposed to take Management and Business Core classes in sophomore year, Accounting in junior year and Directed Studies in senior year. Sophomore Yongyi Zheng, is going to join the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism next year.
“Hawaii is a place where people from all over the world come. I want to learn about tourism and AOHT can help me learn a lot,” she said. Even if students have no clear ideas of interested academies or jobs, teacher
“What we hope to bring students is the relevance between school life and future career. --- Kyle Hiranaga
Cami Yoshioka said, “Go to try out these academies. If you don’t like it, we have career assessments and other things to help you figure out what you need exactly.” Specific information about career
courses is in the yellow booklet “Career Technical Education & Career Pathways 2014-2015,” which was given during Advisory. Students can ask counselors about planning schedules next year and get more career information from Yoshioka in the College & Career Center. Schedules for next school year can still be changed at the Registration Office. “What we hope to bring students is the relevance between the school life and future career,” Kyle Hiranaga, the teacher responsible for new academies, said. “These classes provide context about various jobs. Through deep learning about the career, students can draw out a big picture of what they will confront and deal with.” The school will also provide support such as community opportunities and alumni speeches.