Career Academy of Pella (CAP)

The Career Academy of Pella is a state-of-the-art building where the Pella Community School District offers courses focusing on career and technical education. The design of the Career Academy concept has a four-pronged effect on our region:

• • Train students in relevant and rigorous programs with hands-on experience.

  • Increase the interest of students in careers that are related to postsecondary programs and require further education.

  • Develop a workforce with a quicker turnaround for local business and industry needs.

  • Encourage economic development and new business through a better-trained workforce.

The systemic outcome:

• • Keep students engaged in school and thus improve high school learning and completion.

  • Develop a workforce through post-secondary training while keeping families in the region with good employment.

  • Support a sound economic environment ripe for new development.