ENROLL in MCA
The Media Communications Academy is a volunteer program that resemblesa school-within-a-school model. The program begins the student's sophomore year. MCA students take their Social Science, English, Spanish and Media classes together. The MCA is funded by a grant from the Department of Ed. with the goal to motivate students to improve their GPA's, attendance and to also prepare them for life after high school. This is all done with a career tech focus in media & communications.
Motivational activities are a key component of the MCA. They include cross-curricular
projects and state-of-the-art Apple labs which includes a television studio. All academy
students are encouraged to go on the mandated field trips to colleges, television studios,
movie studios, cultural activities and sporting events.