About Akron Career Tech High School
We created Akron Career Tech High School for you! We understand that the old-fashioned approach towards graduation just doesn’t meet the needs of all Akron students.
That’s why a team of educational experts designed a high school to help you Trailblaze your path towards success. At Akron Career Tech High School, We Expect Success.
Sponsor
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation
Mailing address - 3021 E Dublin-Granville Rd, Columbus OH 4323
Weblink to Sponsor Annual Report- Education - Buckeye Community Hope Foundation (bchf.org)
Mission
The mission of Akron Career Tech High School is to empower students by integrating rigorous classroom instruction with diverse pathways, relevant enrichment opportunities, unique educational experiences and by providing students a personalized quality education. Students will be given opportunities to develop essential life skills, certified occupational skills and meaningful employment skills and/or entrance into a higher education program in which they need to pursue life’s goals. We will focus our resources to provide every child every chance to succeed.
The mission of Akron Career Tech High School has four components.
1. Prepare students with 21st Century skills to gather and assess information, collaborate, be innovative, think critically, and solve problems, promote knowledge, wisdom and understanding that empowers success in our global society.
2. To achieve this goal, the teaching and learning culture must build positive relationships with all students and their families in order to gain trust and respect while providing an opportunity for active engagement and adapting programs and practices to achieve full student potential.
3. Create a productive learning environment featuring nontraditional methods of instructional delivery and high expectations that involve parents and families and empowers students for post-secondary college and/or careers.
4. Provide every student with the opportunity to explore a variety of career pathways that will equip them with the academic knowledge, technical and employment skills vital for entry into the workforce of the 21st Century.
Vision Statement
Every Child Every Chance
Every Child Every Chance - our school creates a pathway to assist students in achieving their educational and personal goals leading to a fulfilling future within the greater community.
Each year, the number of students who enter school with circumstances in their lives that inhibit their educational success are increasing. Akron Career Tech High School believes that we need to provide Every Child Every Chance to be successful. Each student needs something different out of school and it is our belief that each student is a unique person with individual needs. These individual needs must be met prior to becoming a successful student.