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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had one graduate from J-R and one is there now...it is not a requirement to join an Academy unless they have changed it this year.  [/quote]

Yes, this is what many of us are saying. I have two kids there now, and the academies have had no impact on their experience as non-academy students. If JR is moving toward some sort of all-academy future, it’s truly not evident to those of us whose kids aren’t in academies.[/quote]

This may have been true for your kids but things are changing.
They mentioned at the JR transition meeting for 10th grade that AP CS classes will only be allowed for IT Academy students.
And once you join an academy, you are pushed to complete the pathway. They strongly discourage students from leaving an academy.
They want you to complete all the classes in the course progression [/quote]

That’s not the same as requiring that every kid join an Academy, which is what we’re talking about.[/quote]

No one is quite sure what is going on. There was not much clarity at the transition meeting.
The confusion adds additional stress [/quote]

The confusion is exacerbated by someone on this thread asserting that JR is going to require all students to participate in academies. Those of us with students at the school now are saying there’s no evidence this is true. So this particular piece of (mis)information can’t be laid at JR’s feet.[/quote]

+1  I have seen no evidence that JRHS is requiring academies and neither have my children there.[/quote]

If a parent of a current JR student did not go to one of the Academy night presentations this year you would be unfamiliar with the issue.  Its not that they are requiring every student to enter an Academy and there will still be elective courses that are non-academy that students can take.  But the school is investing heavily in this NAF model which means encouraging all students to join an Academy as a means of breaking up the school and providing students with an additional academic counselor focused on their area of interest - and to do that and make that experience more meaningful, they are going to (a) limit enrollment in Academy courses to those enrolled in the Academy, and (b) strongly encourage students to complete the entire Academy pathway.

But many Academies are narrowly focused with a single course pathway.  The CS academy with have 4 CS courses and that's separate from the Engineering academy which has a separate set of 4 courses. Whereas a "SciMaTech" student previously could wander between engineering, biomed, and CS - that will be very difficult to do going forward.  The focused NAF Academy model may be helpful for students who really know what they want, but for most HS students, the more limited opportunities for exploration is a significant loss.  [/quote]

I’m one of the PPs pushing back on the idea that all students will be required to participate in an academy, and I agree with the concerns you lay out here. It’s why I have not encouraged my kids to go the academy route; it seems limiting and overly specialized.[/quote]

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