Academy of Information Technology (AOIT)

• The Computer Programming pathway offers a dual enrollment option and you can leave HS with computer science college credits

• The Network Operations pathway offers the opportunity to leave HS with CISCO A+ and CCENT certifications

• The Digital Media: Web Design pathway offers the opportunity to leave HS with creator credit on our school’s website

• All pathways can lead to internships at companies like Discovery, The NSA, and the Applied Physics Lab

Justice, Law, and Society (JLS)

• Provides students interested in careers such as law enforcement, homeland security, law, and forensics the opportunity to make real world connections like working with the Discovery Communications legal team

• Students take field trips to the Supreme Court and have met with local and national congressmen

• Students have the opportunity to intern at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender as well as participate in Mock Trial and Debate.

Hospitality Management

● Follows an industry based curriculum from the National Restaurant Association (ProStart) allowing for professional work in the food industry

● Learn to work with a variety of customers and be mentored by industry professionals during internship experiences.

● Refine your culinary and food service skills as you prepare for industry-recognized certifications.

Early Child Development

● Learn to work with children in a variety of educational settings and become part of an education team that uses research-based methods for developing and implementing lessons.

● Provides students the foundational skills and the opportunity to experience firsthand an in-school daycare for children

● Participate in mentored internships with professional educators.

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering

• Apply engineering, science, math and technology to solve complex, open ended problems in a real-world context.

• Focus on the process of defining and solving problems, not on getting the "right" answer.

• Apply STEM knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to make the world a better place through innovation.

• Continue the Program at local colleges and universities like Howard University, University of Maryland and Old Dominion University and more

Arts Intensive Program

Visual Arts:

• Use a wide variety of tools and materials that are authentic to the artmaking process in order to create work that is personally meaningful and unique;

• Select, prepare, and share a portfolio of artwork for exhibition at the AP and IB level

Performing Arts:

• Develop performance skills, including the use of voice, instruments, and other sound producing media.

• Describe music through reading and writing music notation and employ your understanding of music verbally, visually, and through movement