In order to better prepare students for entry into college and
the workforce, RRISD is broadening its Academy learning model at
all five high schools so that all high schools will become wall-
to-wall Academies and every student will be required to select
an Academy starting with 2009-10 eighth grade students. We
believe asking students to choose a career interest at the high
school level will foster forward thinking in viewing graduation
as a beginning, not an end, and will allow more personalization
of the high school experience. These wall-to-wall academies will
provide: • A small learning community, comprising of a group of
students within the larger high school who take classes
together, taught by a team of teachers from different
disciplines who work as a team to integrate curriculum and
personalize instruction; • A college preparatory curriculum with
a career theme, enabling students to see relationships among
academic subjects and their application to a broad field of
work; • Partnerships with employer