High School Academies are a series of courses that lead into a degree program. Academies are designed to meet high school needs with broad goals of offering program exploration, a recognized industry credential or embedded technical diploma, or up to a full semester of an associate degree program. High School Academies can be offered at a CVTC campus or at the high school location. Academies may include any combination of Transcripted Credit or "Start College Now' course sections.ww.cvtc.edu/admissions/college-credit-opportunities-in-high-school/hs-academies
EMT 1 and EMT 2
CNA (Nursing Assistant)
Intro to Teacher Education
Construction (summer)
Construction (only if you plan to take the full year and pay for the 2nd semester as self-pay)
Welding*
Patient Service Specialist*
Google IT Specialist
IT Software Development Specialist*
Bookkeeper*
Lab Assistant
PreNursing/Healthcare*
*Academies with Prerequisites
Welding Academy
students must take Welding I, Welding II, and Speech at RFHS
PreNursing/Healthcare
must take RFHS Anatomy and Physiology and Introduction to Psychology at RFHS
Bookkeeper
take RFHS TC-Accounting prior to semester 2 of this academy
This academy is part of CVTC's Accounting Associate's Degree
Bookeeper certification is earned upon successful completion
IT Software Development Specialist
RFHS Speech
Patient Service Specialist (seniors only)
HS Bio with C or higher
General Anat and Phsysiology (at CVTC)
in order to take CVTC Anat and Phys, student needs HS Chem with C or higher
If an academy includes courses offered at RFHS, students will be responsible to take the courses at RFHS prior to or concurrently with the academy.
Interested students are required to complete a River Falls School District High School Academies application prior to applying for admission through CVTC. This application serves as a contract that details specific requirements and responsibilities. The application can be found below.
Students apply to the academy of choice and if approved, must follow the course and program requirements. If a student fails to comply with the course or program requirements, fails the course or drops a course/program once it has begun, the student will the required to reimburse the District for the tuition and applicable fees.
For more information about academies offered visit CVTC's website at: https://www.cvtc.edu/admissions/college-credit-opportunities-in-high-school/hs-academies
Both applications must be completed and approved in order to be considered for an academy option.
If a students is interested in more than one academy opportunity, an application for each academy option must be completed and submitted for approval. Note that if a student submits two applications for different academies in the same term, CVTC will void the first application.
STEP 1:
Complete the River Falls School District Application
STEP 2:
Complete the CVTC application for the academy of choice from the list above that RFHS offers