Marine Science Academy to be added to Ashley High School | News

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The New Hanover County School Board unanimously approved  moving forward with a Marine Science Academy at Ashley High School.

The goal of the Marine Science Academy is to provide students with an enriching and rigorous education, in a coastal setting, while equipping them with twenty-first century skills designed to meet the challenges facing our global ocean.

The Marine Science Academy would be conducted in partnership with UNCW and CFCC.

Students would take challenging, college-level courses. 25 students would be accepted in the pilot year.

Students who show academic success and an interest in marine science can apply to the academy.

NHCS freshmen and sophomores will be eligible to apply to the
Academy after successfully fulfilling prerequisite courses.  The Academy
will prepare the next generation of marine scientists through:

• Challenging
  college-level course content
• Authentic
  college-level laboratory and lecture instruction by marine scientists
• College
  credits in science at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington or Cape Fear
  Community College
• Real-time
  data analysis with scientists in the field via distance learning technology
• Internship(s)
  in marine science
• Graduation
  project related to marine science
• Summer
  enrichment program
• Participation
  in the highly competitive National Ocean Science Bowl

A detailed description of the Marine Science Academy can be
found by visiting http://www.nhcs.net/board/2013/Feb/MarineScienceAcademyPowerPoint.pdf.

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