Academies of Anchorage
Big changes at the Anchorage School District go beyond overhauling start times. Take a crash course in the district’s college, career, and life readiness transformation.
Big changes at the Anchorage School District go beyond overhauling start times. Take a crash course in the district’s college, career, and life readiness transformation.
Ahead of the wider deployment of Career Academies in Anchorage high schools, the first cohort is graduating from its forerunner, the Business Academy, where career-minded students earn college credit.
Standouts in banking, auto sales, apparel, and government will be inducted into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame. Junior Achievement of Alaska announced the laureates as well as the Volunteer and Educator of the Year.
Anchorage School District hopes a new focus on readying students for college or careers within the eight high schools across its district will help drive student engagement, increase graduation rates, keep students in Alaska long-term and boost Alaska’s workforce.
Out of every school in the nation, West Anchorage High School is being honored by the National Federation of State High School Associations.