Networking Academy Profiles
We wish to thank the following organizations for sharing their
Networking Academy success strategies.
Alameda County Office of Education, California
Borough of Manhattan Community (CUNY), New York
Chantilly Academy, Virginia
Chicago Public Schools, Illinois
Clear Lake Community College, California
Communities In Schools, Michigan
Eastern Technical High School, Maryland
Focus: HOPE, Michigan
Gainesville State School, Texas
Henry Ford Community College, Michigan
Mission High School, California
Monmouth County Vocational School District, New Jersey
Phoenix Job Corps, Arizona
Reach Across Houston, Texas
San Jose Emergency Housing Consortium, California
Alameda County Office
of Education
ACOE provides services and supports 17 K-12 unified school
districts, one K-8 district, three community college districts,
and alternative education programs with total enrollment of
265,000 students. They created a Local Networking Academy
Program at Camp Wilmont Sweeney Education Center in San Leandro,
California, a juvenile court alternative education facility.
Borough
of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) enrolls
22,000 credit and non-credit students (90 percent minority).
The Local Networking Academy program serves residents of Washington
Heights and Harlem, an Empowerment Zone.
Chantilly
Academy
The mission of the Chantilly Networking Academy, a specialized
engineering and science program within Chantilly High School
in Fairfax County, Virginia, is to "educate all students
to meet the challenges of the 21st century by integrating
academic, professional, and technical standards." As
a Local Networking Academy, they offer training to 11th and
12th grade students.
Chicago
Public School System
The Chicago Public Schools is the nation's third-largest school
district. The system operates 601 schools with more than 43,000
employees and serves 435,000 students. As part of their Academy
Program, students participate in a summer internship program
and take the CCNA exam.
Clear Lake Community College
Clear Lake Community College is part of the Yuba Community
College District which serves over 10,000 students. Clear
Lake offers a variety of vocational program offerings and
for the past two years has hosted the SillsUSA-VICA Regional
Competitions.
Communities
in Schools
Communities In Schools, Inc. provides leadership and support
to connect community resources with schools. They work with
five Detroit Empowerment Zone High School Networking Academies
to help young people learn, stay in school and prepare for
life. They also support two Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Networking Academies for adults.
Eastern
Technical High School
A magnet school in Baltimore, Maryland, Eastern Technical
High School offers the Networking Academy Program to students
as an Information Technology major.
Focus:
Hope
A civil and human rights organization founded in 1968 by Father
William Cunningham and Eleanor M. Jesuitism after the 1967
Detroit riots, Focus: Hope unites people in a common effort
to empower and provide opportunities for success. They operate
a Local Networking Academy as part of their Information Technology
Program.
Gainesville
State School
A maximum-security high school facility in Texas for juvenile
offenders between the ages of 16 to 19, Gainesville State
School offers a Local Networking Academy Program for qualified
students.
Henry
Ford Community College
Located in Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford Community College
is a Regional Networking Academy working with high schools
and community-based organizations. They work with Communities
in Schools, Inc. to provide support services for underserved
populations.
Mission
High School
Mission High School is part of the San Francisco Unified School
District. The Cisco Networking Academy is one of the offerings
in their Information Technology Networking Academy. The goals
of Mission High School's Information Technology Networking
Academy are to encourage students to seek post secondary studies,
to recruit young women and to stay current with new technology.
Monmouth
County Vocational School District
In the Monmouth County Vocational School District the High
School of Technology offers the Cisco Networking Academy Program.
High Technology High School is a specialized school concentrating
on the disciplines of science, mathematics, and technology.
The school is culturally diverse, as well as gender and racially
balanced. The cooperative effort of the School District, College,
and local science and technology firms has established a program
that enriches the learning experience and motivates students
to academic excellence.
Phoenix
Job Corps
Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential
education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages
16 through 24. Piloted in 1999, Phoenix Job Corps' Local Academy
has served as a model for Job Corps Networking Academies
in other parts of the country.
Reach
Across Houston
A faith-based organization, Reach Across Houston's mission
is to encourage, support and provide academic, social and
financial empowerment, and spiritual awareness through supportive
training and technical assistance to the Greater Houston community.
Their Regional Networking Academy supports with seven Local
Academies in Empowerment Zones.
San
Jose Emergency Housing Consortium
This California homeless shelter implemented the Networking
Academy Program to serve its unemployed and underemployed
residents, offering both day and evening classes.
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