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Welcome to W. D. Smith Career Center "Excellence in Vocational Education"
Mission Statement W. D. Smith Career Center offers a career and technical education that nurtures students with academic and vocational skills necessary for successful transition to postsecondary education and/or the workforce.
200 18th Street Mrs. Carol Vital, Principal
Offering Students a Chance to Learn Marketable Skills The Career Center serves as an extension of the five area high schools in Lafayette Parish. This innovative school offers students vocational enrichment that provides hands-on experience in two or three-hour blocks of instruction The Center enables students to learn job entry skills before high school graduation, or to prepare for additional training at the postsecondary level. Only one in five jobs available in America's workforce requires a higher education. The courses at the Career Center can prepare students to begin work as soon as they graduate. COURSE OFFERINGS Students may take classes in a variety of areas in one of the four career clusters: Arts and Humanities, Business, Engineering and Industrial Technology or Health and Human Services. I. ARTS & HUMANITIES Commercial Art Fashion Design I & II Photography I & II Television Production II. BUSINESS Business Design Mastering Microsoft Cooperative Marketing Education Cooperative Office Education Cooperative Travel & Tourism Education III. ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Automotive Technician I & II Cabinetmaking Carpentry Electronics Welding IV. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Certified Nursing Assistant Cooperative Nursing Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Cosmetology I & II Early Childhood Development ProStart I & II (Culinary Arts) Teaching Professions (STAR) For a full list of course descriptions click here. Fashion design students participated in a Fashion Project sponsored by The Daily Advertiser. Read about it here. |
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Welcome to W. D. Smith Career Center "Excellence in Vocational Education"
Mission Statement W. D. Smith Career Center offers a career and technical education that nurtures students with academic and vocational skills necessary for successful transition to postsecondary education and/or the workforce.
200 18th Street Mrs. Carol Vital, Principal
Offering Students a Chance to Learn Marketable Skills The Career Center serves as an extension of the five area high schools in Lafayette Parish. This innovative school offers students vocational enrichment that provides hands-on experience in two or three-hour blocks of instruction The Center enables students to learn job entry skills before high school graduation, or to prepare for additional training at the postsecondary level. Only one in five jobs available in America's workforce requires a higher education. The courses at the Career Center can prepare students to begin work as soon as they graduate. COURSE OFFERINGS Students may take classes in a variety of areas in one of the four career clusters: Arts and Humanities, Business, Engineering and Industrial Technology or Health and Human Services. I. ARTS & HUMANITIES Commercial Art Fashion Design I & II Photography I & II Television Production II. BUSINESS Business Design Mastering Microsoft Cooperative Marketing Education Cooperative Office Education Cooperative Travel & Tourism Education III. ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Automotive Technician I & II Cabinetmaking Carpentry Electronics Welding IV. HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Certified Nursing Assistant Cooperative Nursing Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Cosmetology I & II Early Childhood Development ProStart I & II (Culinary Arts) Teaching Professions (STAR) For a full list of course descriptions click here. Fashion design students participated in a Fashion Project sponsored by The Daily Advertiser. Read about it here. |