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School name	Wayne School of Engineering
Principal	Gary Hales
School type	Public
Location	700 N. Herman St. Goldsboro Goldsboro, North Carolina Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 37,597 at the 2008 census estimate. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787 and Goldsboro was... , North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	160 (2008–2009)
School mascot	Titans

Wayne School of Engineering is an "innovative high school" in Goldsboro

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 37,597 at the 2008 census estimate. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787 and Goldsboro was...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, USA. WSE currently serves grades 9–12, but plans to have grades 9–13 when fully developed. The school day starts at 10:30 and ends at 4:30. Wayne School of Engineering is housed at Goldsboro High School

Goldsboro High School

Goldsboro High School is a public high school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Goldsboro High School was classified as a 2-A school with an enrollment of 858 students , but now is classified as a 1-A school....

 and selects students through an application process which all rising freshmen in Wayne County are eligible for. The school opened August 8, 2007.

Wayne School of Engineering's mission statement is:
Wayne School of Engineering will provide a caring, supportive environment with rigorous inquiry based academics, focusing on real-world applications to produce citizens ready to achieve success in the 21st century.The school also has a garden in the front to promote awareness of world famine.

Curriculum

Wayne School of Engineering's curriculum is based on collaboration, self-management, and relevance. Students are required to complete 15 hours of college credit and an internship. The 2007 school year started with A/B scheduling, but in 2008 has switched to 4×4 block scheduling

Block scheduling

Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...

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For the 2008–2009 academic year, Wayne School of Engineering offered the following courses:

Wayne School of Engineering offers the following courses:

English I Honors

English II Honors

English III Honors

English IV Honors

Advanced Composition Honors

Speech and Debate Honors

World History Honors

Civics and Economics Honors

United States History Honors

Engineering the Future Honors

Applications of Science Honors

Earth/Environmental Science Honors

Biology Honors

Chemistry Honors

Physics Honors

Integrated Math I-S (Block and year-long)

Integrated Math II Honors (Block and year-long)

Integrated Math III Honors (Block and year-long)

Pre-Calculus Honors

Drafting I Standard

Drafting Engineering II Honors

Drafting Engineering III Honors

Students may take courses with NCVPS and Learn and Earn (Online college courses). As of the 2011-2012 school year, students can also take online or face-to-face classes at Wayne Community College or just online with Lenoir Community College. The most popular online courses are Foreign language

Foreign language

A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...

, Journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

, Civics and Economics Honors, and higher-level mathematics, science and other language classes online.