CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — As buildings are still being constructed at the future home of Clovis South High School, so are the programs that will be offered to students.<\/p>\n
One of the new Career Technical Education programs launching next year is the Aviation and Aerospace Science Pathway.<\/p>\n
It’s a first for the district.<\/p>\n
“It’ll be open to incoming sophomores, and the purpose of the program is to educate our students into a career, potentially in the aviation world,” said Principal Sonia Torossian, Ph.D.<\/p>\n
Torossian says students will begin with an introduction to aviation and science, as well as flight history.<\/p>\n
They’ll then move into more technical skills.<\/p>\n
“So airplane mechanics, and then also we’ll go into some drone technology, which I think that’s what our students are going to be so excited about, is to be able to leave Clovis South High School after their senior year as a program completer with a certificate to be able to fly drones for commercial business,” Torossian said.<\/p>\n
The aviation classroom is nearing completion in the future Industrial Arts Building.<\/p>\n
It’s double the size of a typical classroom and will have machinery and a flight simulator installed.<\/p>\n
There’s also an outdoor area that students will utilize for hands-on training.<\/p>\n
Administrators have been working with Reedley College, which has a flight science program, and Fresno State to build a partnership before it launches.<\/p>\n
Torossian believes this program will help participants stand out, whether they head into college or a career.<\/p>\n
“Some of these students can walk into a job straight out of Clovis South High School with a job that pays well over Fresno’s living wage, but also some can go on to university and college and advance their degrees,” Torossian said.<\/p>\n
She hopes the inaugural class will take advantage of the opportunity and use it to their benefit after high school.<\/p>\n
“There’s actually a need for this kind of work, and I hope that they feel a sense of pride that they got to do it, and then they’re hopefully going to make a career out of it,” Torossian said.<\/p>\n
The next step is finding the right person to teach the course.<\/p>\n
The position is set to be posted in January.<\/p>\n
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