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Information Technology Academies provides new opportunities for our youth to pursue careers in the high-tech sector and have a competitive edge in today’s technological society. Current list of schools include:

Granada Hills Sr. High School
10535 Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills, CA 91344

East Valley Sr. High School
8501 Arletta Ave., Sun Valley, CA 91352

Grover Cleveland High School
8140 Vanalden Reseda 91335

Reseda High School
18230 Kittridge St., Reseda 91335

Marshall High School
3939 Tracy Street, Los Angeles 90013

Foshay Learning Center
3751 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles 90018

Jefferson High School
1319 E. 41st St., Los Angeles 90011

Roosevelt High School
456 S. Matthews St., Los Angeles 90033

John C. Fremont High School
7676 South San Pedro St., Los Angeles 90003

Jordan High School
2265 East 103rd St. Los Angeles 90017

The objectives of the Information Technology Academy is:

To provide a rigorous and relevant academic curriculum
To develop smaller learning communities for students through the career academy approach.
To provide opportunities for students to apply learning with a focus on that particular career strand
To establish strong relationships between students and business and industry mentors
To offer multiple opportunities for students to earn college credit that is relevant to the career academy
To provide internship opportunities
To become industry/professional certified in as many areas as possible.

Academies have been shown to improve academic achievement, increase extra-curricular participation, reduce disruptive behavior, increase parental involvement, increase the number of students going on to post-secondary education and improve their persistency rate, produce higher employment and career satisfaction rates among graduates, and create higher job satisfaction for faculty.