Academic Information
Academy Certificate (Click for complete listing of Academies)
To earn an Academy Certificate, students must earn 6 credits within their chosen career academy. All students enter one of four academies at the beginning of their sophomore year. Classes put towards the Academy Certificate cannot be used towards their graduation requirements, meaning that academy certificate holders exceed graduation requirements in some areas. The four career academies are:
AHC: Arts, Humanities and Communication Academy
BIM: Business and Information Management Academy
HHSS: Health, Human, and Social Sciences Academy
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Academy
Pathways Book: (see Page 22 of the Program of Studies for a complete listing of all completer and major programs - link is above.)
One of the values here at Century High School is the emphasis on career exploration. The Career Pathways book is the tool students use to help them complete requirements which would help them to gain an “Academy Certificate.” There are four academies here at Century: Arts, Humanities, and Communications (AHC), Business and Information Management (BIM), Health, Human, and Social Sciences (HHSS), and Math, Science, and Technology (MST).
Four Mod Day
Century operates on a semester / block schedule (80 min. class periods), allowing four classes per day. Half credit classes are completed in nine weeks and one credit classes in eighteen weeks. Select classes may also run all year on an alternating, every-other-day schedule.
Graduation Requirements (See page 10 of the Program of Studies for complete listing of requirements.)
Also required for graduation are participation in high school assessment testing and the completion of 75 service learning hours. Beginning with the Class of 2009, students must also meet minimum state scoring standards on all high school assessments to graduate.
Advisory Program
Advisory is a small learning community within our school that allows students to have an adult advocate in an academic setting. The success of the student is a key goal, but just as important is developing their sense of belonging, mutual respect and skills that improve communication with peers. Because students remain in the same Advisory class all four years, it becomes an ideal environment in which to help students become dynamic, self-directed learners, responsible citizens and active participants in both the school and its community.
