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Construction Trades - Carpentry (Off-Campus)

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Students in this Career Academy program will learn about the history of construction, how to read blueprints and how to build things from blueprints. In this hands-on program, students learn how to put up walls, install cabinets and flooring inside homes, put on a roof, install windows and doors on the outside of a house and, ultimately, how to build a house.

PATHWAY POTENTIAL EARNINGS

$41,000 - $70,000

PATHWAY JOB EXAMPLES

  • Framer
  • Roofer
  • Cabinet Maker
  • Trim Carpenter
  • Flooring Specialist
  • Exterior Specialist
  • Painter
  • Rough Carpenter

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For

Schools of Success Manufacturing Engineering Tech and Trades
Northrop School of Health Science and Human Services
Schools of Success Key Manufacturing, Engineering, Tech and Trades
Schools of Success Manufacturing Engineering Tech and Trades
Schools of Success Manufacturing Engineering Tech and Trades
Fort Wayne Virtual Academy Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology & Trades Schools of Success

 

CLASS SEQUENCE SUGGESTIONS

The class sequence below is a sample schedule for a student choosing this pathway. Many core classes taken at a student’s home school are offered as Advanced Placement or dual credit. Dual credit and employment certification options are offered for this pathway. When students choose an off-campus pathway, they will have three classes at their home school junior and senior years.
Bolded classes are pathway specific classes.

SOPHOMORE YEAR
(10th Grade)

  • English 10
  • Geometry
  • Chemistry/Physics
  • World Perspectives
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

JUNIOR YEAR
(11th Grade)

  • Principles of Construction Trades
  • Construction Trades: General Carpentry
  • Construction Trades: Framing & Finishing
  • English 11
  • Algebra II
  • US History

SENIOR YEAR
(12th Grade)

  • Construction Trades Capstone
  • English
  • Math
  • Government/ Personal Finance

CAPSTONE

Students enrolled in Pathways through the FWCS Career Academy take dual-credit courses during junior year in preparation for a capstone project or internship opportunity senior year.

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