Academy of Information Technology

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Academy of Information Technology
AOIT Support Team
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Agenda

• AST President, Steve Workman
• Welcome, moment of silence
• Open positions
• History and purpose of AST Barbara Elles
• Vote on positions
• AOIT Director, Julie Oster
• Year at a glance
• Business Advisory Board John DeFazio
• Treasurer Report, Margo Bills
• Fundraising/Wish List, Jim Devlin
• Q A Steve Workman
• Memorial Internship Award

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Academy Support Team (AST)

• Purposes
• Develop among its members and the local community
  an understanding and advancement of the AOIT
  program at Apex High School.
• Provide a volunteer base and assist in bringing
  in financial support to the Academy program.
• Help build and enhance the relationship between
  the Academy program and the AOIT Business
  Partners.
• Officers are elected
• Membership
• Membership in the AST is open to all parents of
  AOIT students, AOIT students, AOIT teachers, AOIT
  Business Partners, and members of the local
  community. To become a member, the participant
  must agree to support the purposes of the AST and
  follow the by-laws
• Provide AOIT support
• Fundraising
• Social events

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AST Open Positions

• President, Steve Workman
• Vice-President Jacque Kenyon
• Treasurer Margo Bills
• Secretary open
• Ways and Means Co-chairs
• Jim Devlin
• Jeff Watson
• Public Relations Chair open
• Hospitality Chair Suzanne Knox
• Senior Banquet Committee Chair open

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National Academy Foundation

• Affiliation
• Academies are bridges between corporate America
  and local communities
• Requirements
• Smaller Learning Community cohort groups
• Business Advisory Board (BAB)
• Paid internships
• www.naf.org

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AOIT at a Glance

• Computer course sequence
• Applications OR Programming

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Freshmen Year

• Integrated courses
• English I (honors or academic)
• World civilizations (honors or academic)
• Biology (honors or academic)
• Computer applications I or Computer programming I
• Math - some

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Freshmen Year

• Field Trips
• Cultural enhancements (art museum, Chamber
  Theater)
• Videoconference
• Soft skills guests from BAB
• Job Shadowing
• NC Zoo in Asheboro
• Coastal day trip
• Follow-up video-conference with San Diego AOIT
  program

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Sophomore Year

• Integrated courses
• English II (honors or academic)
• Earth science (honors or academic)
• Computer applications II or programming - C
• Field Trips
• Imax
• Linville Caverns
• Xtreme Beginnings

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Junior Year

• Integrated courses
• Paideia English III and US History (honors or
  academic)
• E-Commerce I or SAS Programming
• Mock interviews
• Internship preparation
• Pre-internship Meeting February
• Field trip in planning stage

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Internship

• Required for AOIT graduation
• Minimum 120 hours
• Preferably in summer before senior year
• Involves the use of technology
• Paid
• Assistance with finding placement, but
  responsibility is on student/parents (brochures
  available)

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Senior Year

• E-Commerce II or SAS Programming
• Internship presentation
• Field trip possibly American Dance Theater
• Senior banquet AOIT graduation

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Tech Fest

• November 8, 330 630 pm
• AHS, 600 Hall of Building C
• Showcase
• Internships
• IT courses
• Interdisciplinary Projects
• Focus on internships and community relationships
• PR Newsletters, press release

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AOIT Club

• Open to AOIT students
• Extra-curricular and leadership opportunities
• Work in process
• Student recruiting materials
• Internship recruiting materials
• AOIT bulletin board in 600 hall
• Tech Fest
• AOIT Newsletter or eNewsletter
• Hospitality - social events
• Marketing/PR
• Media
• Fundraising events

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Communication

• Primarily email
• Check www.apexhigh.com/aoit for updates
• Please complete an information update if phone,
  address or email have changed
• www.goodsearch.com
• Yahoo powered search engine that donates 1 cent
  to AOIT for each search

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Business Advisory Board

• Chair, John DeFazio
• Made up of volunteers from local businesses
• Monthly meetings
• Committees
• Internships
• Membership
• PR
• Serve as guest speakers, teachers, etc.
• Provide other assistance as needed
• Membership is open

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Treasurers Report

• Margo Bills
• Summary of 05 06
• Report

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Fundraisers

• Belk Charity Day October
• Candles, Tupperware, other January February
• Scruffy Duck spring
• Wish List
• NAF Institute for Professional Development
  (summer)

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AOIT Memorial Internship Award

• Lauren Raym and Ozzie Vargas Memorial Internship
  Award
• School website summer internship, first annual -
  summer 2007

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Q A

• Steve Workman
• shellstemetals_at_aol.com
• Julie Oster
• joster_at_wcpss.net
• John DeFazio
• jdefazio_at_us.ibm.com
• www.apexhigh.com/aoit