Oak Grove High School
Academy of Business & Finance

Program Description:

The Academy is a four-year program and consists of an integrated team of teachers representing the disciplines of business, math, English, social studies, economics, and foreign language. The goal is to introduce students to unique academic, business, and leadership opportunities not available in the traditional comprehensive high school setting.

Successes:

• Sequenced instruction
• Collaborative projects
• Articulation agreements with post-secondary institutions
• Career portfolios
• Paid summer internships
• Job shadowing
• Mentoring

Issues:

• Investment club
• Follow-up counseling
• Increased graduation requirements effecting courses and sequencing

Courses & Sequence:

Ninth Grade:

• Beginning Bus. Skills/Comp. Apps.
• English I
• Algebra I

Tenth Grade:

• World History
• English II
• Geometry

Eleventh Grade:

• Accounting I
• English III
• U.S. History

Twelfth Grade:

• Accounting II
• Gov't & Economics
• English IV

Classes are cored:

Yes

Schedule Type:

[   ] Traditional
[   ] AB Block
      (extended classes that meet on alternating days)
[   ] Year Block
      (fewer extended classes meet daily)
[ X ] Modified Block
      (traditional/block hybrid)

Work-based Learning:

[ X ] Guest speakers
[ X ] Mentors
[ X ] Job shadows
[ X ] Internships
[ X ] Advisory board

Funding:

[   ] California Partnership Academy Grant
[ X ] District
[ X ] SIP or other site funds
[ X ] Business partnerships
[ X ] Other:  

Affiliations:

[ X ] NAF (Academy of Finance)
[ X ] Local STC Partnership:
      Workforce Silicon Valley
[   ] Other:
      

Dan Passalacqua
Academy Coordinator
Academy of Business & Finance
(408) 224-5471

Oak Grove High School
285 Blossom Hill Road
San Jose, CA 95123
(408) 225-9332 (phone)
(408) 578-6824 (fax)
School Web site

East Side Union High School District
Santa Clara County