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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION Career and technical education is provided in the four area high schools and at the Career & Technical Education Department located at Parkside High School. Business, accounting, marketing programs, computer science, and interactive media are housed in the comprehensive high schools as well. Students from the area high schools may elect to attend as full time or part-time students at Parkside High School in order to participate in the programs offered at the CTE Center. The Career & Technical Education Center is a time-shared facility that offers many of the 24 different programs within the arts, media & communication, business management & finance; consumer services, hospitality & tourism; construction & development; environmental, agricultural & natural resources, health & biosciences, human resources services, information technology clusters and is designed to promote integration and blended instruction between the academic and career and technical programs. Generally, high school students attend the CTE Center for 1-3 periods daily depending on the program chosen.

The facility was completed at Parkside High School in September 1997 and is attended daily by approximately 908 students coming from all county high schools. Programs offered are as follows: • Accounting and Finance • Automotive Technology • Business Administrative Services • Carpentry • Collision Repair • CISCO Networking • Computer Science • Cosmetology • Criminal Justice • Culinary Arts • Early Childhood Education • Fire Fighter/EMT • Health Occupations • High Performance Manufacturing • HVAC • Horticulture • Interactive Media • Marketing • Masonry • Nursing Assistant • Pre-Engineering (PLTW) • Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM) • Welding • Electricity • Electronics

An exploratory program called Applied Technology Exploration (ATEX) is in place that allows 9th and 10th grade students to gain exposure to the technology offering by allowing them to rotate through four programs so as to select the one that best meets their career plan.

Wicomico County Public Schools Educational Facilities Master Plan FY 2022

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