FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT — Beginning next year, students will have more options to enroll in CTE courses and be exposed to the exciting world of CTE.

CTE is a critical component to helping students connect academic coursework with their future career, which allows for improvements in academic achievement and performance, and career exploration and development.

New courses will include:

• Keithley Middle School (KMS) will have an Agriculture Science course avaialble for 7th and 8th grade students.
• Ford Middle School (FMS) and KMS will have a Multimedia Production and Photography course.
• Franklin Pierce High School(FPHS) will have an Aerospace Manufacturing and Composites course, while Washington High School (WHS) will receive equipment to strengthen its current Aeronautical Engineering course.
• Both FPHS and WHS will have a Medical Interventions course that will complete the three-course series through Project Lead The Way. FPHS will also receive another science lab, to be equipped over the summer.
• FPHS will have an Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology course.
• GATES High, FPHS, and WHS will have an Applied Biology course. This course will be available to students who did not pass their biology end-of-course (EOC) exam.
• Brookdale Elementary will have a Medical Detectives course that will be incorporated into the Excel Program for highly capable students.
• KMS will have a Medical Detectives and Green Architecture courses.
• The Natural Science Resource Center (NSRC) will be adding a demonstration literacy garden for elementary students.
• Midland Elementary will receive six raised beds for students to plant.
• Brookdale Elementary will receive two more raised beds, for a total of six, for students to plant.
• James Sales Elementary will receive four raised beds for students to plant.
• The NSRC will add wheelchair accessible raised beds for community members and students with limited mobility. Top soil will be donated by H and B Topsoil.

“The value of bringing these additional courses into our district is that students will further engage in math and science in ways that will concrete their success in becoming ready for college and career,” said Sly Boskovich, Assistant Director of CTE.