Hoover Academies

Hoover High School Academies 2024-2025

Hoover High School is proud to offer five career focused STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) academies for students to choose from. Each of these small learning communities include access to rigorous AP and college-prep coursework. In addition, each academy prepares students for success in any career they choose to pursue after high school. Students engage in thematic, interdisciplinary units of project-based learning study, infused with work-based and career experience throughout the year. To create this authentic experience, academy teams meet regularly with industry advisory boards to help prepare students for the demands of entry-level work and post-secondary education. Such learning experiences include job shadows, college tours, internships, guest speakers, industry mentors, field trips, and much more.

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Academy of Health and Healthier Communities (AHHC)

AHHC provides students with coursework and workplace experience that allows them to explore a wide variety of careers in the healthcare and biotechnology industries. AHHC partners with Rady Children’s Hospital FACES for the Future Program (FACES), a health professions internship program, and other community health agencies. AHHC inspires youth to lead by creating innovative approaches to youth development, health careers preparation, and wellness. AHHC is working to diversify the healthcare industry and to address health equity for all communities through the education and empowerment of youth.
In AHHC students will:

• Develop personal health and wellness strategies
• Build college and career readiness skills through pathway completion and participation in career
• experience activities such as internships, job shadows, and special projects
• Exhibit the core values of healthcare professionals: integrity, respect, kindness, empathy, teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Work collaboratively to promote healthy communities

For additional information, please contact Academy DirectorJane Westfall at [email protected]

Academy of Information Technology (AOIT)

AOIT is one of the three major programs sponsored by the National Academy Foundation which provides students with knowledge of information technology and its ever-expanding universe. AOIT gives students the opportunity to earn college credits through technology coursework and AP course offerings while still in secondary education. Our vision is to prepare students of today for higher education and careers of tomorrow and our mission is to develop a community of learners dedicated to relevant and challenging educational experiences through internship, mentorship, and academics. AOIT will promote teamwork, character, and self-confidence, build research, organizational, and communication skills, and provide a sound foundation of Information Technology skills through AP Computer Science, Game Design, Foundations of Information Technology, and Geospatial Information Systems. Students will integrate relevant technical applications and skills to solve problems professionally and academically.
In AOIT students will:

• Model and implement self-advocacy skills necessary for academic and professional audiences in order to attain their goals.
• Demonstrate College, Career, and Technical education through pathway completion, internship, or project based learning.

For additional information, please contact Academy Director Ellen Towers at [email protected] or by phone at
(619) 344-4500x4057and see example project
at https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/pblprojects2021-22/home

Academy of Literature, Media, & Arts (ALMA)

The mission of ALMA is to provide artistic and creative education for students interested in journalism, music, theater, or visual art. The teachers of ALMA provide students with academic rigor through their college preparatory classes and nurtures artistic and personal growth in their arts discipline. Through collaboration with arts organizations such as The Old Globe, The Media Arts Center, Outside the Lens, and the Rob Thorsen

Quartet, ALMA students learn through arts integration within their core classes. Students are encouraged to be lifelong learners and advocates for the arts in society. It is our intent to prepare students for institutions of higher education in whatever career path they decide to choose, and to be responsive to the changing climate of the world beyond high school. ALMA is committed to the diversity of the community of City Heights and fosters an environment that is inclusive, supportive, and welcoming to all.

In ALMA students will:

• Be encouraged to express themselves artistically while focusing on academic success
• Be life-long learners, diplomatic, responsible and productive members of the Hoover arts community
• Develop a global perspective of diversity, equality, and acceptance of the different cultures on campus and in the community we serve
• Help to create an academy climate of collegiality, trust, respect, and student-involved decision making.
• Have the opportunity to develop their potential in both the arts and academics by fostering personal growth and individual differences
• Have a variety of art forms and technologies to acquire information and enhance their learning, understanding, and voice

For additional information, please contact Academy Director Michael Heu at [email protected] or (619)

344-4500 ext. 2256 and visit our website at https://sites.google.com/view/almahooverhs/home

Social Justice Academy (SJA)

The Social Justice Academy educates, organizes, and advocates positive social action for self, family, community and the environment. In order to prepare for college and career readiness, our project- based curriculum and actions will explore issues of human rights, social concerns and stimulate intellectual curiosity through intensive study from diverse perspectives. Our vision is to empower teens to be unified catalysts for ongoing positive change for self, family, community, and environment through critical thinking, civic action, and shared leadership. 

Students will set the PACE (Proposed Academy Core Expectations) for PEACE:

P - Prepare: Cultivate empathy and develop positive social identities
E - Educate: Educate themselves to promote justice in a diverse environment
A - Advocate: Advocate for self and others
C - Collaborate: Collaborate and positively respond to diversity while building respect, understanding and empathy
E - Empower: Create empowered spaces to promote justice, carry out civic action and mindfully reflect on beliefs and behaviors

For additional information, please contact Academy Director Aaron Pores at [email protected] or (619) 344-4500 ext 2172, visit our website at Sites.google.com/sandi.net/sja, and follow us on Instagram at @socialjusticeacademy

Sustainable Academy of Building & Engineering (SABE)

The demand for highly skilled engineers and construction specialists in the field of resource sustainability is growing world-wide as the need to expand sustainable resource practices creates increased demand for environmentally friendly construction and engineering careers. The Sustainable Academy of Building and Engineering (SABE)

prepares students for college and career opportunities in these fields. The SABE 9-12th grade elective sequence includes two pathway choices: a construction focus with electives in Construction Technology, Fine Woodworking, and Advanced General Construction; or an engineering focus with electives in Introduction to Engineering Design, Civic Engineering and Architecture, and Honors Engineering and Architecture. Additionally,studentshavetheopportunitytoearnweightedcollegecreditsforelectives completed with a grade of B or better. OSHA 10 training/certification are also offered to the students' in their 12th grade year.

In SABE students will:

• Utilize 21st century skills to become agents of change in the field of sustainability and resource management.
• Participate in yearly work-based experiences in the areas of sustainable building and engineering design.
• Use engineering solutions and sustainable building principles to identify and address areas of need in their community to solve real world problems
• Have ongoing interactions with industry partners to increase the rigor of projects and instill professional habits

For additional information, please contact Academy Director, Kristiana Riego de Dios at [email protected] or (619) 344-4500 ext. 4058 and visit our website at sites.google.com/sandi.net/sabe/home or instagram @sabe_hhs