Dear Students and Parents:
This booklet contains the descriptions of courses, which are offered at the Johnson Creek High School.
This course description handbook is designed to assist students in careful planning of high school
course selections. Through the School Counseling program, each student develops a future career plan
based on career clusters. This plan will help to assure that students take all the courses that are needed
to fulfill career goals.
The majority of careers fall into 16 career clusters:
Agriculture Food & Natural Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education & Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing, Sales, & Service
Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics
Career Clusters identify pathways from high school to two- and four-year technical colleges,
universities, graduate schools, apprenticeship programs and the workplace so that learners can
recognize the relationship between what they learn in school and what they can do in the future.
Students in 8th and 10th grade participate in Education/Career Planning Conferences. These
conferences are designed to evaluate the student’s progress toward his/her career goal. During the
conference, the student’s schedule is reviewed to ensure forward progress is being made by the student
toward graduation and post-secondary plans.
In today’s economy most careers/jobs require some post-secondary education. Post-secondary
education can range from an apprenticeship to a technical college program to a four year college or
university. No matter what career is desired, learning about career clusters and the career pathways is
essential for the student to make an informed decision.
No high school has the resources to offer all the courses that all individuals may desire. We, however,
have strived to offer a balanced list of courses, which should meet the needs of the vast majority of our
students.
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