Career Academies are "schools-within-schools" organized around career themes. They integrate academic, career, and technical instruction to prepare studnts for postsecondary education and employment. Teachers and students integrate academic and occupation-related classes as a way to enhance real-world relevance and maintain high academic standards. Partnerships with local employers provide mentors, internships, and program planning guidance. Career academies place mephasis on building relationships between students and adults, both teachers and work-site supervisors. Constructive relationships are fostered by grouping students together each year to take core courses with the same group of teachers, thus increasing the support students receive.
Pearl-Cohn currently has two career academies in place. Within these academies are pathways (specializations). Below are the academies, their pathways, and the courses required to complete each program.
ACADEMY - Urban Education and Human Services Pathway - Early Childhood Education Courses -
| 9th - Family and Consumer Sciences |
10th - Early Childhood Ed. Careers I |
| 11th - Early Childhood Ed. Careers II |
12th - Early Childhood Ed. Careers III |
Pathway - Cosmetology Courses -
| 9th - Career Management Success |
10th - Principles of Cosmetology |
| 11th - Design Principles of Cosmetology |
12th - Chemistry of Cosmetology |
Pathway - Culinary Arts Courses -
| 9th - Career Management Success |
10th - Culinary Arts I |
| 11th - Culinary Arts II |
12th - Culinary Arts III |
ACADEMY - Academy of Finance Pathway - Business Management Courses -
| 9th - Financial Planning |
10th - Accounting I |
| 11th - Business Management |
12th - Virtual Enterprise |
Pathway - Banking and Finance Courses -
| 9th - Career Management Success |
10th - Accounting I |
| 11th - Financial Planning |
12th - Banking and Finance |