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Mission High School
Business & Finance Academy
Program Description:
The Business & Finance Academy is a 2-year program beginning in the 11th grade. It includes elective classes and two core classes, summer internships, mentor program and various workshops and job shadow experiences.
Successes:
All aspects are working well at this point. This is our first year and we have limited data for evaluation purposes.
Issues:
N/A
Courses & Sequence:
Eleventh Grade:
- Intro to Finance
- U.S. History
- American Literature
Twelfth Grade:
- Statistics
- European Literature
- American Democracy/Economics
Classes are cored:
Yes
Schedule Type:
[ ] Traditional
[ X ] AB Block
(extended classes that meet on alternating days)
[ ] Year Block
(fewer extended classes meet daily)
[ ] Modified Block
(traditional/block hybrid)
Work-based Learning:
[ X ] Guest speakers
[ X ] Mentors
[ X ] Job shadows
[ X ] Internships
[ X ] Advisory board
Funding:
[ X ] California Partnership Academy Grant
[ ] District
[ ] SIP or other site funds
[ X ] Business partnerships
[ ] Other:
Affiliations:
[ X ] NAF (Academy of Finance)
[ X ] Local STC Partnership:
SF STC Partnership
[ ] Other:
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