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Mission Statement: The Portage Academy of Achievement will help students who are at risk of not graduating become career and college ready by providing them with academic, employment, and life skills.
School Hours:
Students are assigned to either the morning or afternoon session.
Morning Session: 8:15 - 11:15
Afternoon Session: 12:15 - 3:15
Students must also be employed a minimum of 20 hours/week outside of their school session by a business that issues a W2 and is willing to provide supervision and feedback.
Please note that PAA is unlike PHS in many ways.
We do not even try or pretend to be the same. PAA is a fresh start and a different opportunity to earn a high school diploma.
- We work on Academic, Employment, and Life Skills.
- Everybody participates in every activity and there are many discussions and hand-on participation activities. We will do team building activities, have field trips, and put together an individualized/personalized life plan.
- Students are allowed 1 absences per quarter (excluding Dr. excused medical & legal appointments) and must contact the teacher when tardy or absent.
- We complete the majority of our academic learning online, using a program called e2020.
- We participate in a shared reading activity every day. This activity is centered around a contemporary work of literature. We read the book then write about a theme from the book.
- We model business standards and expectations every day in every way.
- We will have various guest speakers from colleges and businesses, in order to help us learn about employment and life skills.
PHS credits transfer over to PAA so how long you stay at PAA is up to you. Once you have met the PAA graduation requirements you are done.
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