My Future. My Way.
Antioch High School
Diplomas, Tassels, and Next Steps
6 days ago
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4 years
48 months
208 weeks
1,460 days
While high school may seem to last forever, time certainly has flown for the Class of 2013. This month, thousands of high school students throughout the district will complete their high school journey and receive their diploma as they walk across [...]
Lights, Camera, Action!
3 weeks ago
in Academies of Nashville, Antioch High School, Cane Ridge High School, Community Partners, Glencliff High School, Hillsboro High School, Hillwood High School, Hunters Lane High School, job shadowing, Maplewood High School, McGavock High School, MNPS, Overton High School, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, Stratford High School, Whites Creek High School
Students from throughout Nashville spent the past few weeks tirelessly preparing and creating videos, recruiting community voters, and shining their shoes to walk the red carpet for the 2nd Annual Academy Video Awards, sponsored by MTSU.
The awards show was held April 22 as a part of the Nashville [...]
Antioch High School Latina students lend a helping hand
3 weeks ago
“Can we do this again??” was the first thing Karina Beltrán, a junior at Antioch High School asked after presenting corporate training in Spanish to non-English speaking employees at the Brentwood Hilton Suites. The Academy of Hospitality’s Spanish teacher Stephanie Ridley took four bright and [...]
Rising to the Top
2 months ago
Fifteen teams from seven cities across Tennessee met earlier this month for the 2nd Annual Tennessee ProStart Championship. This statewide competition includes culinary and restaurant management divisions which took place at McGavock High School. Metro Nashville Public Schools and the Academies of [...]
Finding Motivation
2 months ago
My journey was and is a long but blessed, humbled, and rough journey. Coming from Memphis, TN to Nashville back to Memphis, I have learned a lot about life and have grown in various ways.
When I first stepped into Antioch High School with my twin, I did not take school nor life serious. I [...]
Expect the Unexpected
2 months ago
Students from the Antioch High School Tennessee Credit Union Academy of Business and Finance had a chance to visit Deloitte for a day of discovery and job shadowing this past month. However, coming to a job shadow with preconceived notions allows for plenty of room for surprises and discoveries. [...]
Nashville Tour de’CTE Wraps Up
2 months ago
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As another Career and Technical Education month comes to an end, it is amazing to look back on all of the phenomenal work going on in our district. After bombarding, surprising, and downright startling Career and Technical Education teachers across Nashville this month, we can say the Tour de’CTE [...]
Mayor Karl Dean visits Antioch High School for CTE month
3 months ago
Students and faculty at Metro Nashville Pubic Schools will join others across the nation during the month of February to celebrate national Career and Technical Education Month. CTE Month provides CTE programs across the country an opportunity to demonstrate how CTE educates students to be [...]
MNPS celebrates Career and Technical Education Month
3 months ago
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It’s February 1st and that can mean only one thing. It’s time to kick off Career and Technical Education month! Thousands of school districts across the country recognize February as Career and Technical Education month, and here at MNPS we are celebrating in a big way.
Tune in this month to read [...]
A Cause for Celebration- 200 Business Partnerships and Growing!
3 months ago
in Academies of Nashville, Antioch High School, Cane Ridge High School, Community Partners, Glencliff High School, Hillsboro High School, Hillwood High School, Hunters Lane High School, Maplewood High School, McGavock High School, MNPS, Overton High School, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, Stratford High School, Whites Creek High School
A new era of community involvement has begun in Metro Nashville Public Schools. More than 200 business and community partnerships exist in the Academies of Nashville- including 80 brand new partnerships!
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, MNPS Chief Academy Office Jay Steel. Mayor Karl Dean, and PENCIL [...]
Get in the Loop! Cheekwood creates a unique experience for two MNPS high schools.
3 months ago
“The Loop Project is a collaborative project between Cheekwood, Antioch High School and Hillsboro High School. The program will bring together eight art students from each school to work with two artists. Nashville-based Hans Schmitt Matzen and New York-based Gieves Anderson create collaborative [...]
College Ready: Academically and Financially!
3 months ago
On behalf of all high schools involved, we want to thank everyone from the Hermitage and Nashville Deloitte offices who volunteered at the High School FAFSA Drives this month. Thanks to you and all of the FAFSA volunteers from Deloitte, they have reached two MNPS-FAFSA milestones on January 17, [...]
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My Future My Way Career Exploration Fair
6 months ago
in Academies of Nashville, Antioch High School, Cane Ridge High School, Glencliff High School, Hillsboro High School, Hillwood High School, Hunters Lane High School, Maplewood High School, McGavock High School, MNPS, Overton High School, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, Stratford High School, Whites Creek High School
Thousands of Nashville Freshmen students filled the halls of the Nashville Convention Center on Oct. 24 for the 4th annual My Future My Way Career Exploration Fair. Freshmen high school students from 18 high schools across Nashville attended the career exploration fair to learn about the various [...]
Innovation for All, Real-World Experience for High School Students
8 months ago
Internships give students the opportunity to see the realities of a profession or industry and the connections between learning and the real world. Isaiah and Royal, students from Antioch High School’s Academy of Automotive Technology participated in an internship this summer with Nissan. In this [...]
125 Ambassadors Attend Professional Development Training
8 months ago
in Academies of Nashville, Antioch High School, Cane Ridge High School, Glencliff High School, Hillsboro High School, Hillwood High School, Hunters Lane High School, Maplewood High School, McGavock High School, MNPS, Overton High School, Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, Stratford High School, Whites Creek High School
More than 125 students gathered on August 23rd to participate in the 2012-2013 Academy Ambassador Training Day. Ambassadors are student leaders in their schools who represent their individual academies and pathways. Not only was the Training Day a great opportunity to network with students from all [...]
Seven of Metro High Schools’ Academies of Nashville Earn National Ranking
10 months ago
Seven Academies of Nashville programs earned national accreditation from the National Career Academy Coalition, and five of the seven have been designated as model academies.
Hillwood High School became the first high school in Nashville to earn model status for all of the school’s academies – the [...]
Teacher team externship at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
11 months ago
Teachers from Antioch High School‘s Academy of Teaching and Service completed a three-day externship with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts during the first week of June. The teachers worked with the Frist Center’s education and outreach staff to learn about the various programs, activities, and [...]
Job shadowing in hospitality industry at Hilton Suites
11 months ago
In April, students from Antioch High School‘s Academy of Hospitality participated in job shadowing at the Brentwood Hilton Suites. This experience gave the students an opportunity to learn about the demanding work of running a hotel’s various operations. In this blog entry, Paola V. writes about [...]
Academy partnership: Just Cruisin’ Plus and the Academy of Hospitality at Antioch
11 months ago
The Academies of Nashville depend on dedicated community partners to enrich classroom learning, provide real-world learning opportunities such as job shadowing and internships, and support the success of our high school students. Creating meaningful business engagement in education improves the [...]
Teacher Team Externship with The Hermitage
11 months ago
The Academies of Nashville provide students with meaningful, hands-on learning in context. Inquiry-based teaching and project-based learning are important for the Academies’ goal of teaching students how to think critically and creatively to solve problems in the classroom and real world. To bring [...]
