Students receive a math credit and CTE credit at the same time. It gives them two credits and gives them the experience of a vocation,” said Coordinator of Alternative Learning Mark Vaughn. Amped Mathematics in collaboration with the CTE Department, inspired the creation of Phoenix Apparel Plus. Last summer, staff members attended training in preparation for teaching the Amped Mathematics Curriculum. Their goal is to increase access to CTE courses and provide curriculum to help students connect what they learn in the core classroom with real world application. The school developed a new vision when they moved into a larger campus this school year. It’s the small things that you have to watch,” she explained.īusinesses, nonprofits and churches in the community who would like T-shirts or other project done by the school can contact Phoenix Apparel Plus at or at 70. “If you have a shirt, you don’t want it to get it threaded to the back of the shirt. “Seeing hard work payoff, it’s a good feeling,” said Blaine.Ĭourtney, another student, said that it wasn’t difficult to learn, but it’s important to pay attention to what you are doing when working with the embroidery machine. The school recently completed an order of T-shirts for a Children’s Hope Alliance fundraiser and other schools in the district. “Here’s where all the magic happens,” he said, as he laid out a T-shirt and spread a thick deposit of screen-printing ink across it. Department of Public Instruction officials through a step-by-step process of the work involved in the store. That’s how you save kids,” she added.īlaine, one of the students in the program, walked N.C. “Having a student-centered alternative high school is rare and very necessary. “Looking at Northview Academy and seeing what they have done to help kids who are struggling in traditional high school - to literally stay in school and graduate - was something that I wish every school district had,” Truitt said. The program is one of the new Career Technical Education (CTE) initiatives offered by Iredell-Statesville Schools during the 2022-2023 school year. Phoenix Apparel Plus, the student-run screen printing, embroidery and specialty items business, is creating custom T-shirt orders. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt (above) recently toured the school.Ī business inside Northview Academy is gaining local attention and has even caught the eye of N.C. Northview Academy students are learning screen printing, embroidery and other specialty jobs and math skills in their apparel shop.
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