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Choice Check for March: Career-Based Learning

Posted March 1, 2022, 12:00 AM. Updated January 26, 2026, 1:00 PM.

APS students can jump-start their careers by taking classes at the Career Enrichment Center or their home schools.

During the 2021-2022 school year, APS is highlighting some of our many programs through a monthly feature called Choice Checks. One of the advantages of being a large urban-suburban-rural school district is offering so many choices. The APS Choice Checks webpage as well as the 2021-2022 wall calendar distributed to families and employees across the district, feature just a few of the many educational opportunities we provide students – from dual language and dual credit, career-based and college-based learning, college prep and marketable job skills, fine arts and competitive sports.

Career Enrichment Center (CEC)

The Career Enrichment Center is an APS magnet school that provides opportunities for advanced, in-depth learning. Students take their core classes at their home high school and unique courses from various career areas at CEC. 

CEC and its sister school, the Early College Academy, were named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.  

CEC Courses Offered

Some of the courses offered at CEC include:

Career and Technical Education 

Students should consider a career based on their own interests, abilities, and needs. Everyone has the right to work in a field that provides a sense of personal satisfaction. APS high schools offer Programs of Study that allow students to explore job opportunities and connect secondary and postsecondary education leading to careers. 

The components of a Program of Study are: 

  • A sequence of courses including a clear connection to a post-secondary program
  • Association in a career technical education student organization 
  • Worksite training experience including internships, job shadowing, and pre-apprenticeships while in high school

Programs of Study Offered 

Some of the programs offered at APS high schools include: 

  • Construction Technologies
  • Restaurants and Food/Beverages Services
  • Audio and Video Technology and Film
  • Education and Training
  • General Business
  • Automotive Technologies
  • Architecture
  • Welding
  • Engineering
  • College Field Trips 

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