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SPECIAL PROGRAMS & ACADEMIES

Advancement via Individual Determination Child Centered Careers and Occupational
Opportunities (C3O2)—Tokay High School
(AVID)

The Tokay High Children Centered Careers and
AVID is a nationally-acclaimed program designed Occupational Opportunities academy offers an
to increase school wide learning and perfor- introduction to careers involving child develop-
ment and education. Students study human de-
mance. AVID’s goal is to ensure that all stu- velopment and have an opportunity to work
dents, and especially the least served students with children of all ages. The program offers
young men and women the opportunity to:
in the middle, complete a college prep path. AV- · develop occupational and personal skills
ID provides the necessary support, skills and required for employment SPECIAL PROGRAMS & ACADEMIES
higher level thinking for students to succeed in · manage and conserve individual and
community resources
high school, college and beyond. The AVID cur- · build positive interpersonal and family
riculum consists of seminars offered in note- · relationships
reinforce educational skills necessary for
taking, study skills, time management, test- earning a living
taking strategies, and effective textbook reading · explore job and career options
and library research skills. Students must apply
to participate in the AVID program. AVID is
offered at the four comprehensive high schools, Health Careers Academy—McNair High
as well as Middle College High School. School

A career in Health is waiting for you! Are you

interested in being a doctor, surgeon, physical
Ag Academy—Lodi High School therapist, registered nurse, radiologist, dentist,
veterinarian, medical assistant or other health
The Ag Academy is a science and technology service related career? If so, McNair High is the
place for you. The Health Career Academy is
academy that uses integrated curriculum to de- looking for students interested in pursuing a ca-
liver subject matter to the students in an inter- reer in the health industry. A wide range of
esting and challenging manner. Students are coursework will expose students to the medical/
dental industry and prepare students for these
placed in small learning communities where the exciting and rewarding careers.
academy teachers monitor each student’s pro-
gress. Communication between parents and
teachers is an important part of the Ag Acade- Special Education—All Sites
my. The Academy has the ability to prepare stu-
dents for college through challenging college The Special Education program is open to all stu-
dents with exceptional learning needs and have
prep classes. Students that are not ready for a an active Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
four year university will benefit from the career There are a wide variety of special education
technical education pathway. programs within Lodi Unified School District in
order to best serve students with exceptional

learning needs.
Academy for Preparing Professional Lead-
ers in Education (APPLE)—Lodi High School  Resource Specialist Program (RSP)
 Special Day Class (SDC—II)
The Apple Academy is a school-within-a-school  Special Day Class (SDC—MM)
approach of integrated curriculum in four sub-  Special Day Class (SDC—MS)
 Special Day Class (SDC—SH)