The Academy of Small Business Development is a small learning community within Wakefield High school. Designed as a four-year high school program, the Academy has an open and equitable student recruitment process that results in a student body that reflects the demographics of the school community. However, students must be assigned to Wakefield HS as their base school in order to apply. Once accepted into the program, students remain together throughout their high school years with a core group of specially trained teachers.  The Academy model provides an environment for these teachers to develop interdisciplinary activities that makes learning relevant and captures the interest of students.  Through real-world, hands-on experiences, the Academy exposes students to a variety of careers.