the school houses four academies: freshmen academy, sophomore academy, media and communications academy, and business, finance, marketing academy. all four academies utilize block scheduling where students take four 85 minute classes a day plus an advisory class. students finish a year's study in sixteen to twenty weeks, thus allowing for enrollment in two additional courses per academic year. currently the students rotate through the 4x4 schedule - where academic advancement and remediation can take place within the same academic school year.