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Dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities in computers and technology

3 May

By participating in the dual credit and dual enrollment program, students in the Academies of Nashville can take college-level courses and earn credits while still in high school. Through strategic partnerships, the Academies of Nashville offer a wide range of opportunities to earn credit for courses in computers and technology at Nashville State Community College (NSCC) [...]

Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge at Caterpillar Financial

2 May

On Tuesday, April 24, 2012, students from the Academies of Nashville gathered at Caterpillar Financial‘s headquarters to participate in the Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge. More than 60 students in 21 teams from eight area high schools put their business savvy and skills to the test in a fast-paced, virtual competition. Students from Antioch, Cane [...]

Dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities in health science

30 Apr

By participating in the dual credit and dual enrollment program, students in the Academies of Nashville can take college-level courses and earn credits while still in high school. Through strategic partnerships, the Academies of Nashville offer a wide range of opportunities to earn credit for courses in health science at Nashville State Community College (NSCC) and [...]

Academy students win mid-south student television awards

26 Apr

Students in the Academies of Nashville earned high honors at the 10th Annual Mid-south Regional Student Television Awards for Excellence competition. Students from Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School won in the Sports category for their coverage of Pearl-Cohn football and basketball. McGavock High School won awards in the Long Form–Non-fiction and Writing categories. Another MNPS [...]

Dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities in criminal justice

23 Apr

By participating in the dual credit and dual enrollment program, students in the Academies of Nashville can take college-level courses and earn credits while still in high school. Through strategic partnerships, the Academies of Nashville offer a wide range of opportunities to earn credit for courses in criminal justice at Nashville State Community College (NSCC) and [...]

Country Music Television and McGavock High School announce partnership

20 Apr

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, school board representative Anna Shepherd, and Director of Schools Dr. Jesse Register announced a new partnership between Country Music Television and McGavock High School this morning. CMT has agreed to sponsor the newly-named CMT Academy of Digital Design and Communications. Over the past few years, CMT has invested significant time, talent, [...]

Dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities in marketing and communications

19 Apr

By participating in the dual credit and dual enrollment program, students in the Academies of Nashville can take college-level courses and earn credits while still in high school. Through strategic partnerships, the Academies of Nashville offer a wide range of opportunities to earn credit for courses in marketing and communications at Nashville State Community College (NSCC) [...]

Dual credit and dual enrollment opportunities in business

16 Apr

By participating in the dual credit and dual enrollment program, students in the Academies of Nashville can take college-level courses and earn credits while still in high school. Through strategic partnerships, the Academies of Nashville offer a wide range of opportunities to earn credit for courses in business-related subjects at Nashville State Community College (NSCC) and [...]

What is dual enrollment and what are its benefits?

12 Apr

Dual enrollment programs emerge from strategic partnerships between high schools and institutions of higher learning. Dual enrollment allows students to take college-level courses and earn college credits while they are still in high school. This type of collaboration between colleges and high schools enhances the academic rigor of the high school experience by enabling students [...]

Finding opportunity in spite of adversity at HOSA competition

3 Apr

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) is an organization that gives students opportunities to broaden their knowledge of healthcare professions. Bhakti P. and Akshita P., students in the Academy of Health Science and Law at McGavock High School, took steps to compete at the regional HOSA competition held at Middle Tennessee State University on February 3, 2012. When the teacher in [...]