High school for Health Professions and Human Services
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High school
for students interested in exploring and preparing for careers in the health science and human services fields. Parental involvement including an active PTA
and a School Leadership Team contributes to the design and support of a rigorous curriculum
. Developed in collaboration with colleges, universities, medical facilities, and human services agencies, the curriculum emphasizes the rigorous and diverse preparation necessary to promote the academic, social and personal qualifications needed to enter these fields. In accordance with this our program requires students to take a fourth year of math
and science
. Elective programs in research and college level courses, in both the sciences and the humanities, prepare students for the post-secondary education required for entry into the health and human services fields.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
for students interested in exploring and preparing for careers in the health science and human services fields. Parental involvement including an active PTA
Parent-Teacher Association
In the U.S. a parent-teacher association or Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school. Most public and private K-8 schools in the U.S. have a PTA, a...
and a School Leadership Team contributes to the design and support of a rigorous curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
. Developed in collaboration with colleges, universities, medical facilities, and human services agencies, the curriculum emphasizes the rigorous and diverse preparation necessary to promote the academic, social and personal qualifications needed to enter these fields. In accordance with this our program requires students to take a fourth year of math
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
. Elective programs in research and college level courses, in both the sciences and the humanities, prepare students for the post-secondary education required for entry into the health and human services fields.