Rising Freshmen

Introduction to Hardware Technology is the foundational course for the Cybersecurity pathway.

This course is designed for high school students to understand, communicate, and adapt to a digital world as it impacts their personal life, society, and the business world. 

Exposure to foundational knowledge in hardware, IT support, networks, and cybersecurity are all taught in a computer lab with hands-on activities and project-focused tasks.  Students will not only understand the concepts but apply their knowledge to situations and defend their actions/decisions/choices through the knowledge and skills acquired in this course. 

Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and projects throughout the course standards to demonstrate the skills required by business and industry. 

Competencies in the co-curricular student organizations, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and CyberPatriot, are integral components of both the employability skills standards and content standards for this course. 

Introduction to Cybersecurity is designed to provide students the basic concepts and terminology of cybersecurity. 

The course examines how the concept of security integrates into the importance of user involvement, security training, ethics, trust, application of cybersecurity practices and devices, and best practices management. 

The fundamental skills cover internal and external threats to network security and design, how to enforce network level security policies, how to protect an organization’s information, and a broad range of other topics. 

Introduction to Cybersecurity is the second course in the Cybersecurity career pathway.

Students enrolled in this course should have successfully completed Introduction to Hardware Technology. 

Advanced Cybersecurity is designed to provide students the advanced concepts and terminology of cybersecurity.

The course explores the field of cybersecurity with updated content including new innovations in technology and methodologies.

It builds on existing concepts introduced in Introduction to Cybersecurity and expands into malware threats, cryptography, organizational security, and wireless technologies, and cyber ethics. 

Students enrolled in this course should have successfully completed Introduction to Hardware Technology and Introduction to Cybersecurity. 

Cyber Patriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future. ​

At the core of the program is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, the nation's largest cyber defense competition that puts high school and middle school students in charge of securing virtual networks. 

We practice and compete from August to January.  Priority for participation is given to students participating in the Cyber pathway.  

Future Business Leaders of America

FBLA-PBL inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences.

FBLA meets every other Thursday and the leadership team meets twice a month.  FBLA runs from August to May.