| Cincinnati Schools Woodward High School's Career | | | | important career technical programs as based on their |
| Programs | | | | potential in the future job market: advanced |
| Woodward High School, which is part of Cincinnati | | | | technologies, building technologies and health |
| Schools, established its career technical programs in | | | | technologies. Students can choose which program is |
| 2003 and these programs have been growing ever | | | | the best for them. The advanced technologies |
| since. All high schools in the Cincinnati Schools follow a | | | | program focuses on the growth of automated and |
| college preparatory curriculum but as part of the | | | | computer controlled manufacturing and the engineering |
| restructuring of high schools in the Cincinnati Schools, | | | | principles needed to work in this field. The building |
| small specialized courses were developed. Woodward | | | | technologies program prepares students to be leaders |
| Career Technical High School is not only a resurrected | | | | in the construction industry with a focus on computer |
| small school but a replacement school for the razzed | | | | based architectural design. The health technologies |
| Woodward High School. Students began attending | | | | program educates students in health services careers |
| school in the new building in 2005. Theses career | | | | focusing on biotechnology and medical laboratory |
| technical programs focus on the students' needs for | | | | work. With this in mind, Cincinnati Schools have team |
| knowledge in the career technology fields and hands | | | | up with partners in the business world including Procter |
| on experience that will give the students an edge in | | | | & Gamble Co. |
| further education pursuits and the future job market. | | | | Cincinnati Schools' Aiken's Public Service Learning High |
| The Woodward Career Technical High School is | | | | School |
| designed to give students a smaller, more centered | | | | Another innovative high school program in the |
| learning environment that will better prepare students | | | | Cincinnati Schools is the Aiken's Public Service |
| for their future. The success of these programs over | | | | Learning High School. This program focuses on service |
| the last couple of years has led to Cincinnati Schools | | | | learning, solving real world challenges in context rather |
| developing seven more small, focused high schools | | | | than students just completing community service hours. |
| housed within the existing high schools. Since 2003 the | | | | Students will be better prepared for college because |
| Woodward Career Technical High School has added | | | | they know how to deal with real world problems. The |
| one ninth grade class with the goal of being a full ninth | | | | Aiken's Public Service Learning High School program |
| to twelfth grade program. The redesigned building | | | | offers students the chance to earn college level credit |
| provides a corporate look and feel while housing the | | | | for the work the students do. Students will have the |
| needed hands on laboratories. Over the next few | | | | chance to work with professionals in law enforcement, |
| years, Cincinnati Schools plans to redesign and rebuild | | | | firefighters, and the emergency medical field. Aiken's |
| all the high schools in the Cincinnati Schools system. | | | | Public Service Learning High School will also have an |
| Cincinnati Schools' Woodward High School's Three | | | | intensive college preparatory program called University |
| Technical Programs | | | | High School. |
| Cincinnati Schools has chosen as the three most | | | | |