Medical Academy students begin their first year taking Health Science Anatomy and Physiology. 

This course is part of the secondary Health Core consisting of an overview of the human body, both structurally and functionally with emphasis on the pathophysiology and transmission of disease.  Medical terminology is an integral part of the course.

In the second year, Medical students take Health Science Foundations. This course is part of the Secondary Health Core designed to provide the student with an in depth knowledge of the health care system and associated occupations. Emphasis is placed on communication and interpersonal skills, use of technology, ethics and the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students may shadow professionals throughout the course. 

Certified Nursing Assistant Aide and Home Health Aide
This is a double blocked class so students will get additional time working with patients in several care facilities and have the opportunity to earn two Industry Certification exams: Certified Nursing Assistant and Certified Patient Care Technician.

Electrocardiograph Technician
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. Clinical learning experiences are an integral part of this program.

The program is designed to prepare students for employment as EKG Technicians. This is a full year course and students have the opportunity to take the EKG Tech Industry Certification Exam.

Course Sequence:
Freshman year: Health Science Anatomy and Physiology (Honors Level)
Sophomore year: Health Science Foundation (Honors Level)
Junior year: Certified Nursing Assistant 3 with Allied Health. (This is a double blocked class which can be taken in your junior or senior year.) (Honors Level)
or
EKG 
Senior year: Medical Elective

Industry Certifications:
Certified EKG Technical Exam
Students in this program may go on  at area hospitals and/or doctors offices. Students and parents are solely responsible for transportation to those sites at designated times during the school day. Students will also have to submit to vaccinations, medical exams, background checks, and drug screening tests as required by those locations.

Emergency Medical Responders
This is an instructional program that prepares individuals to provide initial care to sick or injured persons or as ambulance drivers and attendants. The Emergency Medical Responder is the first to arrive at the scene of an injury but does not have the primary responsibility for treating and transporting the injured person(s). Emergency Medical Responders may include law enforcement, , fire services, or basic life support non-licensed personnel who act as part of an organized emergency medical services team.

Course Sequence:
Freshman year: Health Science Anatomy and Physiology (Honors Level)
Sophomore year: Health Science Foundations (Honors Level)
Junior year: Medical Elective (Honors Level)
Senior year: EMR 3

Students in this program will go on many field trips at area medical facilities. Students and parents are solely responsible for transportation to those sites at designated times during the school day. Students will also have to submit to vaccinations, medical exams, and drug screening tests.

Medical Laboratory Assisting
This is a  program. Students will have the opportunity to earn two industry Certification exams. Year one includes Certified Medical Administrative Assistant and year two is CPT, Certified Phlebotomy Technician. 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster.

The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. Clinical learning experiences are an integral part of this program.

The program is designed to prepare students for employment as medical/clinical lab technicians.

Dual Enrollment College credit offered by Palm Beach State College but students remain on our campus. Earn 3 or 6 hours college credit now at virtually no cost. (Students must pass PERT to qualify)
For specific details about this opportunity contact the teacher: Mrs. Moyel.

Students are encouraged to join HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). This national organization brings students together through projects and competitions at the school, regional, state, and national levels. Park Vista has a large active chapter. Activities include the annual Haunted Hospital, numerous charity walks, and medical competitions.  
All Park Vista students are welcome to join!

About HOSA

This is an In House academy and only Park Vista zoned students may apply. Students may choose to take the introductory class as an elective or join the academy. (Entrepreneurship Flyer)

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and the relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Marketing, Sales and Service career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Marketing, Sales and Service career cluster.

The purpose of this program is to introduce students to the concept of entrepreneurship, present entrepreneurship as a viable career option, provide students with the skills needed to realistically evaluate their potential as business owners, and to develop the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to start and operate a business.

Students who complete all three years will receive a certificate of completion from the School District of Palm Beach County during their senior year. 

Principles of Entrepreneurship
This course provides instruction in the basic principles of entrepreneurship:  the role of the entrepreneur, entrepreneurship as a career, ethics in business, and the principles of marketing, financing, and managing a business. Students have the opportunity to earn the Entrepreneurship and Small Business industry certification. 

Business Management and Law
Honors Credit
This course is designed to provide an introduction to business management techniques.  Topics include human relations, decision making, communication techniques, business-related legal concepts, and characteristics of the American enterprise system. Students have the opportunity to earn the Quickbooks Online industry certification.

Business Ownership
Honors Credit
The purpose of this course is to prepare students for careers as entrepreneurs, present entrepreneurship as a career path worthy of consideration, provide students with the skills needed to realistically evaluate their potential as business owners, and develop the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to start and operate a business. Students have the opportunity to earn the PMI (Project Management) industry certification.

AP Computer Science Principles  introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. With a unique focus on creative problem solving and real-world applications, AP Computer Science Principles prepares students for college and career. Student interested should attend AP night in January for information and applications. AP Computer Sciences Principles is open to 11th & 12th grade students and also 10th grade students who passed IT Fundamentals.

AP Computer Science A  Get familiar with the concepts and tools of computer science as you learn a subset of the Java programming language. You'll do hands-on work to design, write, and test computer programs that solve problems or accomplish tasks.

Computer Science: The New Literacy

Whether it’s 3-D animation, engineering, music, app development, medicine, visual design, robotics, or political analysis, computer science is the engine that powers the technology, productivity, and innovation that drive the world. Computer science experience has become an imperative for today’s students and the workforce of tomorrow.

The AP Program designed AP Computer Science Principles with the goal of creating leaders in computer science fields and attracting and engaging those who are traditionally underrepresented with essential computing tools and multidisciplinary opportunities.

IT Fundamentals: A Freshmen Course in Exploring Computer Science (Information Technology Academy Flyer)

Exploring Computer Science is a year long course consisting of 6 units. It is open to 9th and 10th grade students who have already taken and been successful in Algebra 1. The course was developed around a framework of both computer science content and computational practice. Assignments and instruction are contextualized to be socially relevant and meaningful for diverse students. Units utilize a variety of tools/platforms, and culminate with final projects around the following topics:

1. Human Computer Interaction In this unit students are introduced to the concepts of computer and computing while investigating the major components of computers and the suitability of these components for particular applications.
2. Problem Solving This unit provides students with opportunities to become “computational thinkers” by applying a variety of problem-solving techniques as they create solutions to problems that are situated in a variety of contexts.
3. Web Design This section prepares students to take the role of a developer by expanding their knowledge of algorithms, abstraction, and web page design and applying it to the creation of web pages and documentation for users and equipment.
4. Programming Students are introduced to some basic issues associated with program design and development. Students design algorithms and create programming solutions to a variety of computational problems using an iterative development process in Scratch. Programming problems include mathematical and logical concepts and a variety of programming constructs.
5. Computing and Data Analysis In this unit students explore how computing has facilitated new methods of managing and interpreting data. Students will use computers to translate, process and visualize data in order to find patterns and test hypotheses.
6. Robotics This unit introduces robotics as an advanced application of computer science that can be used to solve problems in a variety of settings from business to healthcare and how robotics enables innovation by automating processes that may be dangerous or otherwise problematic for humans.

Students

Students in Digital Information Technology classes and Automotive 1 classes have set up an account at MyCareerShines.org. However, ALL students are encouraged to use this free resource to help students research colleges, vocational schools, careers, scholarships and more. We are encouraging students to log on periodically to establish a plan and record their references and achievements so that they’ll be better prepared to apply to schools and get some of it paid for.

Parents: You can also use this site! You can log on as a parent and link to your child’s accounts so you can work together on those plans. 

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for work as multimedia artists.This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication career cluster. 

Students will work their ideas through design and in many cases to production. They will be working with students in the Entrepreneurship program to develop business skills that revolve around their creative work. 

Digital Media/Multimedia Foundations 1
This course provides competencies in presentation production issues, basic computer knowledge, illustration software, digital still photography, and photo editing software. Industry Certification: Adobe Photoshop

Digital Media/Multimedia Foundations 2
This course covers competencies in advanced design, color modes, and fonts. Industry Certification: Adobe Illustrator

Digital Media/Multimedia Foundations 3
This course covers competencies in design layout software. Industry Certification: Adobe InDesign

Digital Media/Multimedia Foundations 4
This course covers competencies in web-page design, HTML and CSS, and authoring software for web-page design.

Vista Venom and More (TV Production Academy Flyer)

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for initial employment as television production operators, television broadcast technicians, camera operators, other professional/para-professional technicians, video recording engineers, and audio recording engineers.

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication career cluster. 

The content includes, but is not limited to, communication skills, leadership skills, human relations and employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, and preparation to assume responsibility for the television production studio activities (e.g., script-writing, lighting, shooting and directing, electronic news gathering, and field production).

Television Production 1
This course covers competencies in safety, lighting tasks, the use of basic television production equipment, script-writing, collaboration, research, and audio and video recording and editing.

Television Production 2
Students explore script writing, audio and video recording and editing, set staging, and character generation. Students will also have the opportunity to take the Industry Certification Exam: Adobe Premier.

Television Production 3
Students will perform lighting tasks, record and edit audio and video, and participate in all aspects of the television production process – from the initial stages of program creation to final editing. Students will produce Vista Venom, the daily announcements. 

Television Production 4
Honors Credit
Students will perform advanced lighting tasks for television productions, demonstrate the mastery of competencies related to audio and video recording and editing operations, interpret scripts for television productions, and collaborate with others as part of the television production team.