As we begin the second year of the Governor's Career and Technical Academy in Arlington (GTCAA), we are more excited than ever about the things this new program will have to offer our students.
Students in our full day Academic Academy program will be taking Intro to Information Technology and Computer Science. Both classes will integrate closely with the mathematics classes that students are taking at the same time, building towards the GCTAA's goal of integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
Taking integrative learning a step further, our HILT A and B students will be learning Integrated Science and ICT (Information and Communications Technology). With a focus on language acquisition, science, mathematics, our learning community will engage in activity based learning across the curriculua.
Our ICT Advanced Topics students will be working on a wide range of projects with the common themes of sharing and learning. Our particular focus this year will be on the Sugar Learning Platform through our own Sugar Labs DC. We will be participating as software developers, users, documentation writers, and community members.
You are invited to browse this site to see examples of student work and projects, and the class materials and assignments we use here at the Academy. So enjoy your visit and come back often. There are exciting things going on at the Governor's Career and Technical Academy in Arlington!
- jeffrey elkner