For Immediate Release:   October 25, 2011

BPS Adds Five Additional CAPE Academies

VIERA, FLORIDA –Brevard Public Schools (BPS) is proud to announce that five additional career academies have been registered with the Florida Department of Education as CAPE Academies; bringing the BPS total to 15 CAPE Academies. The Florida Career and Professional Education (CAPE) Act of 2007 was created to provide a statewide plan for career academies.

 

BPS CAPE Academies SY 2011-2012
	High School	Career Academy	CAPE Status
1	Astronaut	Academy of Health Sciences	Renewal
2	Bayside	BETA (Engineering)	Renewal
3	Bayside	ENCORE Academy of Fine Arts	NEW
4	Heritage	Academy of Environmental Studies	NEW
5	Heritage	Academy of Sports Medicine	Renewal
6	Melbourne	Academy of Business & Finance	Renewal
7	Merritt Island	Academy of Hospitality Management	NEW
8	Merritt Island	DaVinci Academy of Aerospace Engineering	Renewal
9	Merritt Island	FAME Academy of Fine Arts	NEW
10	Palm Bay	SET Academy (Technology)	Renewal
11	Rockledge	Academy of Sports, Entertainment & Tourism Mgmt	Renewal
12	Satellite	Academy of Fine Arts	NEW
13	Space Coast	STEAM (Engineering)	Renewal
14	Viera	Academy of Business & Finance	Renewal
15	Viera	ADAM Academy of Digital Arts & Media	Renewal

Career academies who wish to be designated as CAPE academies must meet 11 specific programmatic criteria outlined in legislation. Prior to registration, a rubric was created to determine those BPS career academies best aligned with the 11 CAPE Act requirements. One requirement for becoming a CAPE Academy is that the career academy courses result in an industry certification identified on the Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) Comprehensive Industry Certification List and the FL DOE Industry Certification Funding List.  Once the list of potential CAPE academies was finalized, Erika McLaren, Career and Technical Education resource teacher contacted the high school principal to discuss CAPE academy requirements and benefits. CAPE academies are registered annually. 

BPS has a total of 26 career academies for the 2011-2012 school year.  For more information, please visit our website at http://ctebrevard.com/CareerAcademies.htm