CF is a learning collaboration between a business and a high school to provide opportunities for students to learn work place skills in real-world settings. Juniors and seniors may spend two to three hours each scheduled school day in a community business gaining insight and skills relating to their career interest.
Students apply classroom learning in a community setting.
Learning is individualized and designed, in part, by the student. Adm., Director Human Resources Kathryn Springer, Asst. Career Focus students recently completed corporate interviews as they prepared for placement in a mentorship program with WestCoast Hospitality Corporation. Interview skills, technical skills, and professional appearance and demeanor landed twenty North Central High School juniors and seniors volunteer internships at one of four WestCoast Hospitality locations. The learning is collaboratively designed by the student, mentor, and Career Focus teacher, Mrs. Kathy Merritt.