2013 Pathways to the Prize - School Winners

Pathways to the Prize Lessons from the 2011 SCORE Prize School Winners Yet for such a young campus, Mt. Juliet is already bursting at the seams. Rapid growth in the city’s population has filled classrooms past capacity. Crowded computer labs are overworked all day. Teachers share workspace because areas originally designated for teachers have been re-appropriated for classrooms and offices. The growth, however, has pros and cons: space is tight, but new people bring new vitality. Students and teachers have risen to the challenge. Intellectual intensity. As the school experiences the daily bustle of vibrant activity, it embodies the physical and intellectual intensity of its community and embraces an energetic, multifaceted mission: Mt. Juliet offers a wide variety of courses in English, fine arts, foreign language, mathematics, military science, science, social studies, wellness, and other special classes such as service learning, credit recovery, ACT preparation, and classes for students with disabilities. The Career and Technical Education courses include career pathways such as agriculture, business technology, family and consumer sciences, health science technology, marketing education, trades and industry, and transportation. “We try to honor every student’s interests and needs,” said Candis Angle, one o

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