IEP Theme/Option School Programs include Theme Schools, Magnet Schools, Charter Schools, and some types of Alternative Schools. The basic program designs allow for "customized" modifications to meet the needs and interests of each school and its site-based management committee.
The focus is on quality, accountability, and client satisfaction. The wide array of different types of schools available to each community combines career orientation with survival skills for life in the 21st century. All IEP programs are designed to provide cutting-edge curriculum that can be integrated partially, or as a turnkey operation that can be implemented quickly and organized professionally.
The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School is a sterling example. In conjunction with the City of New Brunswick, its Board of Education and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, IEP developed a public high school of choice for students who are seriously interested in getting a head start on a career in the health professions and biotech industries.
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The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School
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The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School is a public school of choice for New Brunswick, NJ students who are interested in the health sciences. It is an expansion of the highly successful Health Sciences Program that has been part of the New Brunswick Public High School Curriculum since 1992.
Our modern facility - which includes computer and science laboratories - uses performance-based learning activities paired with external learning experiences at places such as The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and The Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. IEP provided the total package to create the school, including a financing program, a construction plan for the facility, and a complete school management program.
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| Students enjoy a private audience with James Earl Jones at the State Theatre of New Brunswick |
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A headline in a New York Times news article about the school said it all:
"...FOR THE MOST PART, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE THRILLED TO BE IN A SCHOOL THAT IS LESS INFLUENCED BY THE CONSTRAINTS - AND POLITICS - TYPICALLY FOUND AT A LARGE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL."
New York Times: When High School is Much More: In New Brunswick, Privatization Introduces Health Sciences to Student
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Mission Statement
The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School is a 21st century public high school designed to prepare youngsters for the challenges of a career in medicine and health care. The mission is to provide students with the academic and ethical skills necessary for success in this rapidly evolving field through a course of study that is focused on interdisciplinary activities and hands on experience. The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School engages students in an educational environment that emphasizes math, science, and the humanities, as well as exposure to current cutting-edge technology. The school provides a sequentially developed core curriculum that reflects real world experiences in the fields of medical and health professions and offers students extended opportunities to achieve academic success and develop their potential in this exciting field of study.
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Program Goals
The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School has been established to:
- Provide New Brunswick students, families and community with an intellectually challenging school devoted to careers in the health professions.
- Provide students with knowledge and proficiencies in research skills, science, mathematics and all subject areas through a rigorous applied learning curriculum.
- Engage students in applied learning activities in the health professions that comply with and surpass the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards and assessments.
- Provide students with extensive opportunities beyond school walls in the form of community service and career-related internships with New Brunswick's health care community.
- Develop the academic potential of every student and foster ethical standards that promote good citizenship.
- Create a prototype of quality secondary school education in the health professions that enrolls a student population reflecting the diversity of our community.
- Increase the options of public school students in the City of New Brunswick, thus adding incentives for families to locate in New Brunswick.
- Expand access to career opportunities in the health professions.
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Who Can Apply?
The New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School is open to all students who are residents of New Brunswick, have a serious interest in pursuing a career in the health services, and have successfully completed the application and review process. Any eighth grade New Brunswick resident, with a minimum B average, is invited to apply. Application to the New Brunswick Health Sciences and Technology High School can also be made by children of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital employees who fulfill the previously cited criteria.
The basis for selection will include a completed application; a review of the entire elementary academic record, standardized test scores, attendance records, and disciplinary records; performance on an on-site assessment of reading, grammar, writing, mathematics, and science knowledge and skills; and, letters of recommendation..
Once selected, students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) or better, participate in all program-related activities, and fulfill community service requirements in order to remain in the program.
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