CAST Tech Is a Career-Themed High School Focused on Coding, Cyber Security, Gaming, Entrepreneurship, Business and More

Introducing a RADICALLY DIFFERENT high school experience.

CAST Tech is a career-themed high school focused on coding, cyber security, gaming, entrepreneurship, business and more. Located downtown in renovated buildings on the Fox Tech campus, the school will work hand-in-hand with industry partners to prepare students for careers in technology and business, where the demand is high for talented workers. The school will open in Fall 2017 with 150 9th graders.

Fast Facts About CAST Tech:

• Students’ needs and interests drive learning. • Students begin BUILDING RESUMES as early as • REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE through company- 9th grade through project roles. generated projects, job shadowing, mentorships and • Students can earn 30 HOURS OF COLLEGE CREDIT internships. Projects posed by business partners allow and industry certiﬁ cations through college/university students to be creative thinkers and apply what they are partners. learning to real-world challenges. • BLENDED LEARNING environments include • DIRECT LINK TO INDUSTRY through advisory group digital and face-to-face instruction. that includes H-E-B, Rackspace, Geekdom, Open Cloud • Students can participate in ATHLETICS Academy, CodeUp, USAA, Frost Bank, Firstmark Credit AND FINE ARTS through Fox Tech. Union, University Health System and Tech Bloc. • Students will be able to create • Location in downtown SAN ANTONIO TECH DISTRICT their own CLUBS AND will allow students to walk to work-based learning ORGANIZATIONS. opportunities. • FOCUS ON TEAMWORK and technology to build skills in entrepreneurism, project management, and problem-solving. CASTschools.com • FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES allow virtual and in-person connections to mentors, educators and national projects. @CASTtechschool Is CAST Tech a good ﬁ t?

The ideal CAST Tech student is: • Comfortable using technology regularly throughout the day, from completing assignments and tests on an iPad to using collaboration software. • Enjoys a more ﬂ exible school structure with classrooms that are set up with multiple learning stations. • Goal-oriented and responsible, taking ownership over how to best reach goals within a given timeframe. • Eager for an academic challenge and willing to take on college- level courses, with plenty of support from teachers at the school. • Committed to real-world experiences, including summer internships that could help jumpstart their careers.

INFORMATION SESSION DATES: Thursday, Feb. 2 @ 6:30 PM Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ 6:30 PM Monday, Feb. 27 @ 6:30 PM Apply Now for 2017-18 All will be held at Fox Tech High School, 637 N. Main Ave.

For more information: 210-554-2700 or [email protected]