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Tolland Middle School Which one is Guidance Department (860) 870-6864 RIGHT Compiled by Mrs. Alicia Miller Updated by Ms. Jessica Johnson for YOU?
20 NOTES WEBSITES AND OPEN HOUSE DATES
ACADEMY OF AEROSPACE & ENGINEERING http://www.crecschools.org/our-schools/academy-of-aerospace-engineering
CAPITAL PREPRATORY MAGENT SCHOOL http://www.capitalprep.org/ Tours can be scheduled by calling 860-695-9876.
CHENEY TECHNICAL SCHOOL http://www.cttech.org/CHENEY/index.htm Open House: Wednesday 10/29/14 at 6pm
CLASSICAL MAGNET http://www.classicalmagnet.org/ Open House: Saturday 12/13/14, 10am-12pm and Thursday 1/22/15, 6-8pm
CT International Baccalaureate Academy
http://www.cibanet.org/page.cfm?p=4136
Open House: 10/21/14, 11/12/14, 12/4/14, and 1/13/15 at 6:30pm
EASTCONN ACT http://www.eastconn.org/index.php/act-home Interested applicants may schedule a "Shadow Day" at 860-465-5636.
GREAT PATH ACADEMY http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/great-path-academy/ Open House: 11/18/14, 12/10/14, 1/14/15, and 2/12/15 from 5-7pm
GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS http://www.crecschools.org/our-schools/greater-hartford-academy-of-the-arts Open House: 11/13/14, 12/3/14, 1/20/15 at 6pm, and Saturday 2/21/15, 10am
2 19 III. Private and Parochial Schools GREATER HARTFORD PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY http://www.crecschools.org/our-schools/public-safety-academy There are several private schools in the area which RSCO Fair at this location: Saturday, 1/10/15, 11am-2pm parents and students may wish to investigate. Listed below are some of the schools Tolland students have attended. For further HARTFORD JOURNALISM & MEDIA ACADEMY information, contact the Middle School Counseling Office or call MAGNET SCHOOL these schools directly. http://jma.hartfordschools.org/ Open House: Saturday, 10/25/14 from 9-11am Local Private & Parochial Schools: and Wednesday, 1/21/15 from 6-8pm
Choate Rosemary Hall HARTFORD MAGNET AT TRINITY COLLEGE Wallingford, CT (203) 697-2000 ACADEMY
*East Catholic http://hmtca.hartfordschools.org/ Manchester, CT (860) 649-5336 METROPOLITAN LEARNING CENTER Kingswood-Oxford School http://www.crecschools.org/our-schools/metropolitan-learning-center West Hartford, CT (860) 233-9631 PATHWAYS TO TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL Loomis Chaffee School www.pathwaystotechnology.com/ Windsor, CT (860) 687-6000 School tours by appointment only, call 860-695-9450
*The Master’s School ROCKVILLE REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL West Simsbury, CT (860) 651-9361 EDUCATION CENTER
http://www.rockvilleag.info/ Pomfret School Pomfret, CT (860) 963-6100 Open House: 10/29/14 from 6-8pm
Suffield Academy THE SPORT AND MEDICAL SCIENCES ACADEMY Suffield, CT (860) 668-7315 sportandmedicalsciences.org/ Open House: Thursday, 11/20/14 at 6pm and Saturday, 1/31/15 at 9am Watkinson School Hartford, CT (860) 236-5618 UNIVERSITY HIGH FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING http://uhsse.org/ *Parochial Schools Open House: Saturday 12/13/14, 10am-12pm and Saturday, 1/31/15 10am-12pm
WINDHAM TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL http://cttech.org/windham/ Open House: November 7 from 6-8pm
18 3 Great Path Academy HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS: 60 Bidwell Street WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Manchester, CT 06045
Description: Embedded in the Manchester Community College (MCC) A Look at Schools Available to Tolland campus, Great Path encourages college-ready high school students to Students After Eighth Grade become immersed in the college environment and coursework. Educators provide personalized, innovative learning opportunities. Types of Secondary Schools: High standards encourage students to challenge themselves and direct Which is right for you? their own educational goals. Students gain confidence in their ability to write, research, and think analytically as they prepare to apply to Secondary schools may be divided into three colleges and universities. The curriculum of Great Path was developed with the focus of liberal arts and science, to promote a traditional types: comprehensive, specialized, and private/ educational foundation. parochial. A comprehensive high school, such as Tolland High School offers a broad curriculum Students earn up to 30 college credits while taking advantage of resources the campus has to offer – from theatrical performances and consisting of coursework in a variety of academic state-of-the-art research laboratories to tutoring programs and career and non-academic areas. Specialized secondary counseling. schools, such as technical, agricultural, or Program: performing arts schools, offer programs narrower in Tuition-free college courses in a personalized learning community scope but often greater in concentration and which Emphasis on leadership, community service, and mentoring Articulated courses aligned with the college course standards offer prepare the individual to enter a field of specialty, opportunity to earn college credit in high school at no charge to the be it a particular trade or vocation, or college. The family private or parochial schools also have a narrower Middle College High School with a full range of Manchester Community College Courses available scope of course offerings with the primary purpose Project-based learning with real-world application of preparing students for college. Released Responsibility of Learning teaching model applied in all lessons and curriculum Student-centered art shows and musical performances throughout the school year Summer orientation opportunities with a focus on team-building for incoming students Wide variety of enrichment clubs and extracurricular activities to support a spectrum of interests
Special Features: Partnership with Manchester Community College Internships and service learning opportunities Full immersion in the college campus allows for a unique educational and social experience State-of-the-art computer and science labs
4 17 . Magnet Education of Greater Hartford (Cont.) I. Comprehensive High Schools:
Hartford Journalism & Media Magnet School 150 Tower Avenue Tolland High School – THS offers each of its Hartford, CT 06120 students a comprehensive and challenging program of studies. In most curriculum areas, Description: JMA is a newly built state of the art building with the newest technology on Tower Avenue. There is onsite television and courses range in difficulty from the most basic radio stations in the building. instruction to the challenges of honors and advanced placement courses. Elective courses are The theme courses include: Graphic arts also offered. The program of studies includes TV broadcasting courses in the following areas: Online media Web design Digital photography Business Mathematics Media technology Technology Education Fine Arts Digital storytelling Computer Science Physical Education Writing for media Radio English Science Social Studies World Language JMA offers all high school required classes for graduation, Family and Consumer Science including honors courses . JMA has partnerships with Goodwin College, Capital Community, UConn, and University of Hartford. Students can earn college credits while taking their high school required courses. In addition, a few THS students take courses Juniors and seniors have opportunities for internships, some that are paying opportunities. JMA also has a partnership with the at local colleges for credit or select courses offered Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN). CPBN has at Tolland High School for which they may receive renovated two floors in their building, the 4th and 5th floors for the JMA college credit. seniors. The seniors will get onsite lab experience at a working television and radio facility. JMA athletic teams include: baseball, softball, track, tennis, volleyball, football, basketball, wrestling, and soccer.
16 5 II. Specialized High Schools Magnet Education of Greater Hartford (Cont.)
Howell Cheney Regional Vocational-Technical School 791 W. Middle Turnpike Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy (HMTCA) Manchester, CT 06040 53 Vernon Street (860) 649-5396 Hartford, CT 06106
Windham Regional Vocational-Technical School Description: HMTCA is a college preparatory model for 400 students in 210 Birch Street grades 9-12, who wish to pursue a course of study in science and arts. Willimantic, CT 06226 HMTCA was proposed to open in August of 2011 for 9th graders and (860) 456-3879 will expand by one grade each year. Students have the opportunity to spend their senior year on the Trinity College campus.
Description: Program: Personalized Learning Plans are developed for all students The purpose of the Vocational-Technical School is two- that may include college level courses, Capstone Projects, professional internships, and studies abroad. Students in the 12th grade meeting fold. While the primary objective of the school is to train Trinity College’s criteria have the opportunity to enroll and receive dual students to become skilled trades people, students also credit. The early college experience is a blend of high school and receive instruction in academic subjects, both general and college in an rigorous and fully supportive program, compressing the trade related in nature. Upon completion of the high school time it takes to complete a high school diploma and the first year of program students receive a regular high school diploma college. issued by the State Board of Education. Students then have the credentials and background to either enter the skilled field University High of Science and Engineering (UHSSE) for which they have been trained or further their education in 351 Mark Twain Drive Hartford, CT 06112 an institution of higher learning.
Description: The primary focus of the University High School of Program: Science and Engineering is to effectively prepare graduates for The school program is primarily designed not only to pursuing further education and careers in a range of scientific, furnish the student with the skill and knowledge needed to engineering, and technological fields. UHSSE challenges students enter the trade as an advanced apprentice, but also a high intellectually and socially, by supporting students in reaching their school diploma. personal goals and in accelerating their level of educational achievement. Through its location on the University of Hartford campus, The schedule includes rotating weeks of study: one the University High School is able to infuse the expectations of being in shop studying the specific trade area; the other spent collegiate education into the high school experience. UHSSE also has a in classes studying general and related education subjects. mentoring program for students established with scientists and All ninth grade students participate in an Exploratory engineers and with the University of Program in which they spend one week in each trade area Hartford. offered at the school. At the end of the Exploratory Program, students decide which trade area they wish to specialize in for the remaining three years. Students completing the four-year program are awarded secondary school diplomas by the State Board of Education.
6 15 (Sport and Medical Sciences Academy cont.) Cheney/Windham Application and Admission Requirements: Any individual who wishes to be considered for admission During 9th and 10th grade, all students must complete service learning th must file an application on forms provided by the appropriate hours during non-school hours. During 11 grade, students complete a school during the eighth grade year. Applications may be maximum of 3 job shadow experiences. During the 12th grade, all obtained at Cheney or Windham Tech, or in the Middle School students must complete a 50 hour internship with any company. Students also have the opportunity to earn up to 30 free college Counseling Office, or on the technical schools websites. credits through either the University of Connecticut-Early College Admission requirements are: satisfactory completion of Experience Model or Capital Community College. the eighth grade and the ability to satisfactorily complete the program. Admission criteria taken into consideration are: seventh and eighth grade marks, attendance, and Admissions Test scores. Students who best meet admission criteria are usually Capital Preparatory Magnet accepted, while lesser qualified students are placed on waiting 1304 Main Street lists for these schools. Normally entry is allowed only at the start Hartford, CT 06103 of 9th Grade. Tuition: Description: Capital Prep is a college preparatory school with a There are no tuition charges for students who are rigorous curriculum. Students at Capital Prep should expect to be residents of Connecticut, and the town of Tolland provides challenged, find support in discovering their passions, and to be transportation to and from the technical schools. However, provided with opportunities to build upon strengths. 100% of Capital personal items such as physical education clothing and tools Prep’s graduates have gone on to competitive 4 year colleges. needed in the trade area must be purchased by the student. Program: During 11th and 12th grades, students begin taking college courses via the partnership with Capital Community College. Students Trade and Technical Programs Available: are prepared to take these classes because the entire program is planned for the individual student to ensure academic success. Students can expect to graduate with on average 9 college credits. The courses are held either on campus or several blocks away at the college.
Classical Magnet 85 Woodland St. Hartford, CT 06105
Program: Classical Magnet is a college preparatory program. Students take classes in five core areas (English, History, Latin, Math, and Science), and are required to select two elective classes from Art, Drama, Music, and Athletics. Further, students are required to participate in enrichment activities from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. every Monday through Thursday. This is due to the belief that students will develop interests that will stay with them throughout their lives. Also, experiences beyond the classroom help to develop the student as a whole, a standard Classical Magnet values.
14 7 Rockville Regional Agriculture Education Center Magnet Education of Greater Hartford 70 Loveland Hill The following six schools are free to Connecticut residents. Vernon, CT 06066 Transportation is also free. Students may apply for up to 5 of the (860) 870-6050 ext. 371 schools during the application period from November 15 to February 27 on choiceeducation.org. Once the application period ends, a randomized lottery will select 50% Hartford residents and
50% from surrounding towns. The Rockville Regional Agriculture Education Center is one of twenty one regional agriculture education programs in the state of Pathways to Technology Connecticut. The Rockville Agriculture Education Center is part of Rockville High School, a comprehensive high school in Vernon, 2 Pent Road Connecticut. Rockville High School serves students from Vernon, East Hartford CT 06118 including approximately 90 from Vernon and surrounding towns who attend the agriculture program. Description: At Pathways to Technology, students acquire technological and critical thinking skills that enable them to Program: compete in the rapidly changing economy. Students who are The Rockville Regional Agriculture Education Center provides successful are those who want a college-preparatory education that students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in Agriculture or develops research, inquiry and problem solving skills in a technology- an agriculture-related career. The vast majority of their students pursue focused program. Pathways provides an environment that fosters a college-prep curriculum and attend some form of post secondary respect and support for the diversity of ideas, viewpoints, and learning education. Agriculture is taken as an elective along with the student’s styles that naturally occur in a multi-cultural setting. regular schedule. In keeping with their “Learn-by Doing” philosophy, the center includes classrooms, a shop, greenhouses, animal lab, Program: Students should expect rigorous project-based instruction in computer lab, and aquaculture facility. The curriculum stresses the enriched and focused technology courses. Courses include Film, application of scientific concepts to agriculture and related scientific Networking, Entrepreneurship, Video Game Design and Graphic Arts. careers. Students attending the program are full time students at After the sophomore year, students choose to focus in one of three Rockville High School and are encouraged to participate in a wide areas: multimedia, computer science, or business technology. The range of extracurricular activities. program prepares graduates for college and careers in technology and 98% of Pathways’ students attend college after graduation. Application and Admission Requirements: Students wishing to apply to the Rockville High School Sport and Medical Sciences Academy Agriculture-Education Program may obtain application forms from the 280 Huyshope Ave Rockville High School Vocational Center, or the Middle School Hartford, CT 06106 Guidance Office. Admission criteria are: satisfactory completion of the eighth Description: Students are engaged in a variety of experiences in and grade, completion of the application form, vocational agriculture interest out of the classroom to prepare for the continuing of their education at a essay, personal interview at the Agriculture Center, and two letters of college, university or workplace. Given the opportunity to participate in recommendation. a 10 to 1 student to staff mentoring program, advanced study, and career exploration, students are expected to uphold the school’s four Tuition: core beliefs (Discipline, Respect, Dedication, Responsibility). Tuition fees are paid by the Tolland Board of Education, and the town of Tolland provides transportation to and from Rockville High Program: The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy is a college School. Personal items, such as physical education clothing, and some preparatory program with a focus of medical (nursing, sports medicine, vocational education project materials must be purchased by the physical therapy, dental hygiene, emergency medical training, athletic student. training, physician’s assistant) and sport (journalism, broadcasting, legal, teaching, marketing and management) sciences.
8 13 CREC – Greater Hartford Public Safety Academy EASTCONN ACT (Arts at the Capitol Theater) 896 Main ST Willimantic, CT 06226 (860) 465-5636 Contact: Tracy Pelletier, Principal
The goal of the Public Safety Academy is to provide an innovative Description: environment that helps students develop values, self discipline and the A full-day performing arts high school is offered at ACT, housed in academic and life skills needed to achieve success in the college or the Capitol Theater in downtown Willimantic. career of their choice. Each day, ACT students arrive from towns and districts across The Academy will offer students in grades 6 through 12 an aca- eastern Connecticut to attend a comprehensive, college, preparatory demic curriculum and hands-on experiences and field training that will program that is steeped in the arts, yet supported by a demanding enable them to successfully further their education or pursue a career academic curriculum. The high school serves students who are in the field of law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical ser- interested in all aspects of the arts, not just performance. vices, public safety communications, corrections, or homeland security with: Program: Helping public safety officials recruit and retain highly motivated High school students receive rigorous instruction and support in core and highly qualified candidates academics and arts courses. Classes begin at 8:45 a.m. and end at 4:25 p.m., Monday through Thursday. On Friday, classes begin at 8:45 Providing students with academic, safety courses and field experi- a.m. and end at 1:07 p.m. The arts courses explore both the traditional ences in their chosen area performing arts, as well as “behind –the-scenes” subjects like creative Preparing students for a public service career, enable them to pur- writing, videography, sound and lighting, set-building, costume design sue a career in their chosen field, or continue their education at and directing. the college level Application Process: Assisting students in obtaining an associate degree or a Bache- Students must complete a shadow day, submit an application, and lor’s degree in their chosen field of study from an accredited col- have an interview. If too many students apply, a lottery is held to select lege or university from qualified applicants. Applications are available in the middle school Helping students develop the leadership, cooperative and commu- Guidance Department or can be found on the EASTCONN ACT nication skills that are vital to a successful career in public safety website.
Tuition: Through partnerships with municipal, state, and federal emergency Tuition fees are paid for by the Tolland Board of Education. agencies, Academy students will receive hands-on training along with Transportation arrangements may be negotiated between Eastconn a high-quality academic curriculum. and the Tolland Board of Education.
Eligibility: The CREC– Greater Hartford Public Safety Academy will enroll students in grades 6 through 12 from throughout the Greater Hartford region. Please call the CREC Magnet Schools office to obtain an ap- plication or for more information about enrollment and eligibility.
12 9 Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Academy of Aerospace and Engineering 15 Vernon ST 15 Vernon Street Hartford, CT 06106 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 757-6300 (860)757-6300 Description: For More Information, Please Contact: Paul Brenton, Principal The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts is an integrated magnet arts high school that is open through audition to high school Academy students gain skills and experiences in science, students in the Greater Hartford area. They have either full-day or half- technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that prepare them day program. Half-day Academy students attend their sending school for college and high-demand professional careers. As an Academy in the morning and the Academy from 1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday student, you will identify and apply to competitive undergraduate through Thursday. Full-day students attend from 8:00-4:15 p.m. The programs that match your aptitudes, interests and goals. students spend 13 intensive hours per week pursuing artistic excellence Building on Greater Hartford’s strong engineering, aerospace, under the guidance of practicing arts professionals, mentors, and and other STEM industries, the Academy provides students with educators who are the core faculty at the Academy. The arts training unique, hands-on professional experiences and the confidence to program is designed to prepare students to pursue post-secondary succeed. The ability to make connections between mathematics and studies and professional careers in dance, music, theater, and creative science empowers students with knowledge, intellectual curiosity and writing. motivation that extend beyond the classroom.
Program: The Academy’s focus is in the areas of vocal and instrumental Real-World Applications music, dance, drama, creative writing, visual arts, theater design and High school students pair advanced math and science classes with production, and film and television. Students receive professional industry internships focused on their area of interest and future careers training in their area of concentration as well as acquire a broad in Aerospace, Engineering, Biomedicine, Advanced Mathematics and understanding of the history and criticism of the arts. This is achieved Science. Students interact with professionals in their fields of interest through interdisciplinary study, through opportunities to experience and who serve as guest speakers, mentors and tutors. Elective courses participate in professional arts events, and interaction with a diverse include electronics, quantum mechanics, nuclear chemistry, computer group of artists. science and engineering design.
Admissions/Auditions: Special Features Students must first submit an application and be accepted State-of-the-art laboratories for research on cell cultures, lasers/photonics, through a lottery. Then they are scheduled to audition for their art form molecular genetics, robotics/electronics, Geographic Information Systems of choice. Students must be entering or enrolled in a public high school, (GIS), botanical studies, forensic science, and nuclear physics and are encouraged to spend a minimum of three years at the Advanced courses in Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Academy. Applications for admission are available through local school Equations, Nuclear Physics, Thermodynamics, Molecular Biology, counselors, the Academy’s website and from the Academy. Molecular Genetics, and Pharmacology. The audition process includes both an audition and interview with an audition panel, the Academy Director, and/or the Department Advanced placement courses include Biology, Chemistry, Classical Chairperson. These are held at the Academy in the spring for Mechanics (Physics C), Electricity and Magnetism (Physics C), Calculus AB and BC, Statistics and Computer Science. admission the following September. Freshman and sophomores take two sciences and one math each year. Tuition: Freshman take physics and earth science and sophomores take chemistry Only half-day students pay tuition. Transportation is also provided and biology. Freshman and sophomore math options include Algebra 1, for a cost. See their website for more information: www.crec.org/ Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-calculus. academy Diverse student body from 30+ cities and towns in the Greater Hartford area, representing urban, suburban, and rural districts.
Students earn 8-12 college credits of science and 4-6 college credits of mathematics in their four years at the academy.
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