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Free Office tool that supports students in a variety of ways:  notes from board will read to them, text can be provided in different font, sizing, spacing, and color. Breaks up words into syllables. See short 4 minute video. You can snap a picture of a document, book page, etc. 

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“The world is but a canvas to our imagination.” 
-Henry David Thoreau 

The Academy of FAME is a place to explore the imagination.  FAME stands for Fine Arts & Multi-Media Entertainment and opened to upcoming 9th and 10th graders the Fall of 2009. 

The Academy of FAME prepares Merritt Island High School students for a career in the field of Performing Arts, Visual Arts and/or Technical Arts:

*PERFORMING ARTS (theatre, dance, chorus, band, orchestra, communications, debate)
*VISUAL ARTS (drawing, painting, ceramics, photography, videography, drafting, stagecraft design, digital arts)
*TECHNICAL ARTS (tv production, journalism, music editing, movie directing, sound engineering, game designing, lighting programming, 3-D animating) 

The Academy of FAME is committed to a high-quality education in the field of Fine Arts and Multi-Media Entertainment through academic, performance and technical coursework in preparation for the 21st century workforce and the post-secondary educational arena. 

The Academy provides:

* A “school within a school” concept
* Small learning community environment
* Interdisciplinary Curriculum with hands-on learning experiences
* Individualized Program of Study in student’s area of concentration
*Honors and Academic Programs with Teamed Teachers
*Career-site field trips
*Scholarship Opportunities with Individualized Counseling
*Professional Mentoring and Career Shadowing 

New and Renewal ELO and EPO Applications for Secondary Schools

New and Renewal ELO and EPO Applications for Secondary Schools

(All Secondary Schools, except Edgewood, McNair, Stone, Palm Bay Magnet High and   West Shore)

TBD Frozen Schools -  schools NOT   available for an ELO

EPO Program List by School

DaVinci Academy Brochure

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” 
-Leonardo da Vinci 

The Da Vinci Academy of Aerospace Technology is a four-year CHOICE academy - open to students from anywhere in Brevard County. 

Students take five classes from the nationally-acclaimed Project-Lead-the-Way curriculum.  All classes are taken in labs where instruction is technically-driven and project-based. 

Freshman: Applied Engineering Technology I

Sophomore: Applied Engineering Technology II

Junior: Applied Engineering Technology III

Senior: Mentoring / Site Visits / Job Shadowing 

The academy provides many site visit opporunities to local aerospace and other engineering companies where students interact with engineers in their fields of discipline (COVID restrictions vary).  These include: 

NASA
United Launch Alliance
Lockheed Martin
Northrop-Grumman
Craig Technologies
L3 Harris Corporation
Rockwell-Collins 

da Vinci also has relationships with major engineering universities, including Florida Tech, Embry-Riddle, UCF, and Eastern Florida. 

In short, the Academy provides:

* A “school within a school” concept
* Rigorous and relevant career/college preparatory work
* Small learning community environment
* Interdisciplinary Curriculum with hands-on learning experiences
*Honors and Academic Programs with Teamed Teachers
*Career-site field trips
*Scholarship Opportunities with Individualized Counseling
*Professional Mentoring and Career Shadowing

Choice Information

The da Vinci Academy of Aerospace Technology is a CHOICE PROGRAM open to students not only zoned for MIHS, but from the surrounding area.  

The approval of a student to attend a school other than his/her zoned school of attendance for the purpose of attending a choice school or program is valid for as long as the student participates in the choice school/program.  

A student must return to his/her zoned school of attendance at the end of the semester if he/she no longer participates in the choice school or program.

• Career-Focused Learning

• Hotel/Motel Management, Cruise/Airline Careers, Culinary, Small Business Start-ups

• Field trips to tourism hotspots, job shadowing and compensated internships, in-school event planning and catering

Community Credit Union Sponsorship
BPS Choice Program
Courses
Handbook
Instructors
Advisory Board