The Academy @ Shawnee
| The Academy @Shawnee | |
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4001 Herman St. Louisville, KY |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1927 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Venita Benboe |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 600 (2013/2014) |
| School color(s) | Navy and Gold |
| Nickname | Golden Eagles |
| Information | Magnet Program School |
| Website | The Academy @ Shawnee |
Coordinates: 38°15′39″N 85°48′54″W / 38.26090°N 85.81500°W
The Academy @ Shawnee (formerly, Shawnee High School Magnet Career Academy [MCA]), is a magnet middle school and high school (grades 6-12) in the Jefferson County Public School District in Louisville, Kentucky, with a focus in Aerospace, which is the number one export in the state of Kentucky. Qualifying students choose from Aerospace-Flight, Aerospace Engineering, Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC). The Academy offers the Advance Program and Advanced Placement (AP) courses, as well as some dual-credit and a pre-engineering course via Project Lead the Way. It is one of five West Louisville schools selected as part of the Signature Partnership initiative with the University of Louisville. The Academy@ Shawnee also houses the Challenger Learning Center, which offers science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) student learning exercises, or missions, which are housed in a realistic looking environment that was modeled after the Challenger space shuttle and control room.
The Academy @Shawnee is not only a high school but is now entering its third year as a middle school as well, first opening its doors to middle school students in the fall of 2013. As an aerospace magnet, the middle school is smaller in enrollment when compared to other middle schools in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), and is operated not unlike a private school in the way that it offers choices to parents, invites open communication, and gives unique learning opportunities to students such as the Challenger Learning Center. The middle school ranked in the 99th percentile when test scores came out after the first year. It had the highest accountability score of any middle school in JCPS, second-highest in the entire state of Kentucky. Parents, faculty and administration are optimistic that the middle school students will choose to stay at The Academy @ Shawnee magnet for their high school years, providing the ultimate shine for this "diamond in the rough."
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