Business & Industry Academy
Our newest official partnership under the Academies of Louisville.
'Prudential Heating and Air' are donating their time to talk to students about opportunities in the HVAC pathway.
"Joe Woodson, a (graduated) senior, is already working for Prudential and used his time to talk with students about Summer work, senior work-based learning and careers in the HVAC pathway"
"Ford and UAW collaborated to allow Bill Sharp, Troy Teno, Chuck Billingsley and Gregg Fitzgerald to bring to Valley a real world experience of the use of robots in the auto industry"
Business & Entrepreneurship
Assistant Manager, Accounting Clerk, Human Resources, Office Assistant, Small Business Owner
Business Management & Entrepreneurship
The Business Entrepreneurship Pathway provides students the opportunity to develop skills to be successful in customer-focused careers and gain experience in the areas of technology, communication, and management. Students will explore the basics of business ownership and practice the fundamental concepts of developing a business plan while organizing and directing all functions of operating a business. This is an excellent pathway for those that want to one day own their own business or be the boss. Not only that, but you can also earn up to 12 college credit hours! This pathway has the most opportunities for college credit. During your senior year, you will actually run a real school business.
FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA is the largest student business organization in the country, with over 250,000 members. Membership in FBLA prepares students for “real world” professional experiences.
You will:
Attend conferences
Travel
Make connections
Industrial Electrical Technician
Teacher: John Spiva (Blueprint; Electric Motor; Industrial Maintenance Electric)
In Valley's electrical technician pathway, students perform machine setup, troubleshooting, repairs, and preventive maintenance service. These students will learn how to read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform maintenance and service. Maintenance mechanic students learn how to analyze and inspect equipment, structures, and materials to identify errors, problems, and /or defects.
Valley high school teaches students everything they need for the best head-start into the Industrial Maintenance career. This photo is of a wooden structure built so students could go inside and learn where to put electrical wiring .
Valley electrical program is able to participate in competitions for students who are interested.
(HVAC) Environmental Control System Technician
Teacher: Gregory Elsler (HVAC Electricity; Electric Comp; Refrigeration)
HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) equipment needs a control system to regulate the operation of a heating and/or air conditioning system. Students learn how to operate HVAC, including installing, troubleshooting, and repairs.
Industrial and commercial HVAC controls work has advanced to the point where it is in many ways closer to computer programming than traditional wrench-and-screwdriver trades work - and at Valley we work with state of the art equipment.
Computer Science
IMG_4733.MOVComputer Science provides experience in the world of coding. Students not only learn how to code but they learn coding strategies, collaboration, and leadership skills that will help them in their future endeavors outside of the classroom. It’s not just working with computers but is a student-centered curriculum with the necessary foundational framework of concepts and practices that motivates additional investigation into computer science and its impact on society.
Throughout the course students will gain experience in the following computational practices:
• Analyze the effects of developments in computing (impact/connections)
• Design and implement creative solutions and artifacts
• Apply abstractions and models
• Analyze their computational work and the work of others
• Communicate computational methods, techniques, and results to others
• Collaborate with peers
Students will design and employ solutions using abstraction and models, they will evaluate the processes that they and the team use to arrive at solutions, and test and study the effects of their creations. Students will learn how computing concepts connect explicitly and implicitly to other contents and the real-world. Students learn about collaborating with others by working in teams as they communicate the results of their work in writing and orally supported by graphs, visualizations, and computational analysis. In this pathway, students can take advantage of getting their industry certifications in Java and Python and potentially earning two college credits in CSP and CSA through the college board exams.