El Diamante High School Academies & CTE Pathways
El Diamante High School offers several Career Technical Education pathways and Academies. These CTE pathways are a sequence of courses that provide students hands-n real world experiences in various industry sectors. Currently, El Diamante High School offers pathways in the following areas:
Agriculture and Natural Resources:
Ag Technology
Ag Plant/Horticulture
Ag Mechanics
Transportation
Automotive Systems Diagnostics, Service, and Repair
Arts, Media, and Entertainment
Media Arts Academy
Health Science and Medical Technology
STRONG Academy
Hostility, Tourism, and Recreation
Food Production
Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
Academy Lead Teacher: Spencer Carr
Description: The Media Arts Academy is a pathway for students to experience high school in a new, different and innovative form. The academy will engage students in a wide variety of new media, including film production; graphic design; prop, costume and make-up design; broadcast TV production, photography and image manipulation and acting/dramatic performance. Along with this specialized content, students will receive additional resources and instruction in the core class of English, specifically tailored to the goals of the academy. The academy has also been designed to be rigorous and challenging, both academically and creatively. This four-year intensive academy will bring together all aspects of technical knowledge and creatively culminating in a film projects and competitions. These projects will incorporate screenwriting, special effects, production, financing, marketing and distribution of the student made film of professional quality.
STRONG Academy
Academy Lead Teacher: Tina Guzman
Students enrolled in the El Diamante High School Sports Therapy, Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, and Neuromuscular Gains (STRONG) Academy will advance their understanding in these various medical and sports science areas including, but are not limited to, injury prevention, injury treatment, performance-based body and muscle development, management of illness and injury as well as the preservation of mental and physical well-being. These areas of study will focus not only on athletics but in life through concentrating on the study of several medical sciences: Biology, Kinesiology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology. This will all take place throughout the students' four-year tenure in the STRONG Academy as an El Diamante Miner!
Agriculture and Natural Resources Industry Sector
Agriculture is one of California’s largest and most vital industries, which generates about $32 billion in products and more than $125 billion of economic impact each year. Ten percent of California workers are engaged in agriculture and related occupations. Because the demand for agricultural specialists throughout the state in both urban and rural areas is high, there are more job openings than there are qualified applicants. Within the Agriculture and Natural Resources pathways, workers in some of the fastest-growing and/or highest-wage occupations in California include agricultural marketing and sales personnel, agricultural engineers, laboratory and research technicians, animal reproduction specialists, environmental scientists, landscape and turf managers, and pest management specialists.
Students in the Agriculture and Natural Resources industry sector are engaged in an instructional program that integrates academic and technical preparation, with a focus on career awareness, career exploration, and skill preparation in seven pathways. The pathways emphasize real-world, occupationally relevant experiences of significant scope and depth in Agricultural Business, Agricultural Mechanics, Agriscience, Animal Science, Forestry and Natural Resources, Ornamental Horticulture, and Plant and Soil Science. Integral components of classroom and laboratory instruction, supervised agricultural experience projects, and leadership and interpersonal skill development prepare students for continued training, advanced educational opportunities, and entry into a career.
Agricultural Mechanics Pathway
Teacher: Zach Brown
Courses:
Ornamental Horticulture Pathway
Teacher: Aimee Veldhuizen
Courses:
Agri-Technology Pathway
Teacher: Craig Monteiro
Courses:
Ag Construction and Technology 1(P)
Ag Construction and Technology 2(P)
Ag Construction and Technology 3(P)
Ag Construction and Technology 4(P)
Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation Industry Sector
The Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation industry sector includes California’s fastest-growing industries: travel, recreation, and food and hospitality. Nearly 900,000 jobs are directly supported by the travel industry, making tourism the state’s third largest employer; and the industry is expected to expand by more than 2 percent per year. Food service occupations, ranging from food production and service to the study of human nutrition and wellness, bring in over $970 million a day and account for 8 percent of jobs worldwide. The California restaurant industry is the largest employer in the state, providing 957,000 jobs, with annual projected sales of $51.5 billion and sales tax revenues of $4 billion. Students choosing a career in this industry sector are eligible for positions throughout the world, with potential for advancement and ready availability of continuing employment. To support this burgeoning sector, colleges and universities throughout California and the United States offer courses and degree programs in this field.
This sector encompasses three distinct yet related career pathways: Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition; Food Service and Hospitality; and Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation. Each pathway includes a coherent sequence of courses, starting with a foundation course that leads to one or more concentration courses and a capstone course. The concentration courses focus on technical preparation, including career awareness and exploration, which is based on industry-approved curricula. The necessary knowledge and skills are acquired within a sequential, standards-based program that encompasses hands-on, project-based, and work-based instruction as well as leadership development, internship, mentoring, work experience, job shadowing, and cooperative career technical education.
Food Service and Hospitality Pathway
Teacher: Holly Bethel
Courses:
Retail Food Service and Production 1
Retail Food Service and Production 2
Retail Food Service and Production 3
Automotive Pathway
Teacher: Fernando Perez
Courses:
Advanced Auto Mechanics