The ninth-grade anchor course is Success 101, a freshman seminar course. Success 101 helps students discover and explore college and career options that align with their personalities and interests. The course helps students explore and evaluate a wide range of education and career options and align those options with their talents and interests through college and career awareness activities.

Benefits of the Success 101 Course and Resources

• Success 101 engages freshmen in a course designed to help them explore their interests, discover career options that align with their interests, and investigate careers by education and training requirements. Experiences designed to help students discover “who am I, what do I want to do and who I want to be, and how do I get there” provide the foundation students need to create meaningful 10-year life plans.

• College and Career Exploration gives students first hand experiences to explore areas of study, college opportunities, and careers. College tours help freshmen imagine themselves as college students and establish the path they must navigate to successfully enter and complete their college experience and enter their future career field. Industry tours let students take a deeper dive into possible careers that align with their individual areas of interest.

• Project-based learning (PBL) allows students to apply classroom learning to real workplace or community challenges in an authentic environment. This leads to our City-wise PBL showcase, which all students participate in, at least at the building level. This also allows students to acquire their CCCRI Credit in their freshman year, so this takes that worry off of their plate as they progress through high school. 

• The 10-year life plan is designed for and by the student during their freshman year. As a personally relevant career focused plan, it serves as a guide to help students achieve their definition of success in education and careers, and attain their lifestyle goals. Through high school academic and real world experiences, students continue to investigate careers and update their high school, graduation, and post-secondary college, career and life plans.