School Mission
- AAEC provides a rigorous core curriculum mandated by the Arizona Department of Education and specializes in Agribusiness courses. With sufficient test scores, students can also simultaneously enroll in any course offered by the community college host site. Our students averaged 46 community college credits upon high school graduation in 2004. Our goal is that every student will graduate with one year of college completed. Many students currently earn a 2 year associate degree.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on accelerated learning, honors, college preparation.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Free college enrollment/classes for AAEC students
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: Equine Activities.
- Boys sports: Equine Activities.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: FFA Judging Teams; Judging Teams; science projects club; student government (high school & college level); industry internships and equine teams.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: art, photography and Students take classes at the community college.
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Parent and Community Support
- Partnerships with:
- Arizona State University
- South Mountain Community College
- Many industry leaders
- Community provides access to biotechnolgy & veterinary labs
Other news or notes
- AAEC is directly located on the Community College Campuses. Students that attend our program will be concurrently enrolled in Community College courses. AAEC's class of 2002 averaged 46 transferrable college credits per student with an average overall GPA of 3.0. Three of the graduates graduated with their AA degrees.
| College and Work Preparation |
- Less than 20% of graduates go to 2-year colleges.
- 80-100% of graduates go to 4-year colleges.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- 7 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established in 1997.
- District provides transportation to this school.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Most of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in science and technology.
- This school also emphasizes: Biotechnology/Agribusiness/Equine.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:30 to 4:30.
- Accredited by NCASC.
- Principal has been at this school for 5 years.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 03/28/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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