Career & Technical Education

Florence High School Medical Science Academy with Performance Therapy Florence, Farm Bureau, and Rankin County Junior Auxiliary have received the 2022 Governor's Award of Distinction. The Class of 2021 Medical Science Academy set out to develop a community service project that could include the entire community of Florence, while also incorporating knowledge they had learned throughout their 4 years in the program. With a focus on fitness, nutrition, and getting the community active, the students created "Get Fit Florence".

MAPE, the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education awarded 24 school-community partnership programs that have produced outstanding results for students in K-12 public schools throughout Mississippi. Brandon High School’s Teacher Academy received two of these awards. BHS received the “2022 Partnership in Excellence Award” as well as the “2022 Pandemic Partnership Response Award”.  Accepting these awards are Rebecca Russell, the BHS Teacher Academy Instructor and Dr. Brian Gaddie, BHS Assistant Principal over Career and Technical Education.

Congratulations to Florence High School’s Business Academy and Richland High Schools Fire Academy for their 2021 Partnership of Excellence Award from MAPE (Mississippi Association of Partners in Education).  FHS Business Academy partners with Youth Entrepreneurs, which is a national organization that promotes entrepreneurship for students through their online curriculum and connections across the country.  RHS Fire Academy partners with Richland Fire Department who supports the program multiple ways throughout the school year.