CAPE Career Academies
Academies are small, personalized learning communities within a school in which students and teachers participate during a three or four-year span. Certifications can affect your career opportunities. With such rapid technology growth, people who stay ahead of the technology curve increase their marketability and have a competitive edge.
Students in the Multimedia & Technology Academy have many opportunities to earn various industry certifications. Digital Design students can certify as an Adobe Certified Associate certification in the following areas: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Students in the Career Themed Academy have the opportunity to earn the Microsoft Office Specialist certification and students enrolled in the Medical & Health Professions Academy will have the opportunity to earn a Certified Medical Assistant certification.
CAPE Academy teachers must obtain specialty certifications in addition to Florida teaching certificates, in the areas of specialty in which they are testing their students for Industry Certifications.
GBHS offers four CAPE Career Academies: The GBHS Academy of Multimedia Design & Technology (no application required), The GBHS Academy for Medical & Health Professions (application required), Hospitality Management (no application required), and Teaching Academy (applications required).

Academy of Multimedia Design & Technology

• The purpose of this program is to provide a broad foundation of knowledge and skills needed to prepare students for employment in the career fields of graphic design, game design, multimedia, animation, web development & digital design. 

• NO APPLICATION REQUIRED.

• Digital Information Technology:

• INTUT002

• Intuit: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

• Digital Design I Honors

• ADOBE024

• Adobe Certified Professional: Visual Design

• Adobe Certified Professional: Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Certified Professional: Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator

• Digital Design II Honors

• ADOBE023

• Adobe Certified Professional: Video Design

• Adobe Certified Professional: Video Design using Adobe Premiere Pro

• Adobe Certified Professional: Video Editing using After Effects

• Diversified Career Technology Classes

• INTUT002

• Intuit: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

• Intuit: Master Entrepreneurship Certification

• AP Computer Science Principles Class

• CERTI014

• Certiport: A Pearson VUE Business: Information Technology Specialist (ITS) – Industry Certification in Computational Thinking

• AP Environmental Science Class

• DUCKS001

• Ducks Unlimited: Ecology Conservation and Management Certification

Academy of Medical & Health Professions

AHMP is designed to prepare motivated students for a future in healthcare careers. This comprehensive program combines a rigorous academic curriculum with intense clinical and laboratory experiences. It is a multiyear program of study which includes four AHMP courses that students will take for introduction to healthcare areas. Senior year, academy students will also participate in 40 hours of clinical training rotations at Gulf Breeze hospital and Bay Breeze Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center. Students will be eligible to take two exams to earn certifications upon completion: Nursing Assistant and Emergency Medical Responder. All academy students are given volunteer opportunities within our community and in the volunteer program (TAV) at Gulf Breeze Baptist Hospital. Students are encouraged to join and participate in HOSA Future Health Professionals. Our academy program is licensed under the Florida Department of Health, Board of Nursing. (APPLICATION IS REQUIRED)

• Courses taken as part of the program:

• Medical Skills and Services (9th)

• Health Science 1 Anatomy & Physiology Honors (10th)

• Health Science 2 Foundations Honors (11th)

• Nursing Assistant III Honors (12th)

Academy of Hospitality & Tourism Management
The content prepares students for employment in the hospitality & tourism industry as reservation and transportation agents, travel destination specialists, tour operators, transportation attendants, cruise ship consultants, or to provide supplemental training for those persons previously or currently employed in these occupations.  This program includes components on planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues, along with health, safety, and environmental issues.

Hospitality & Tourism Course Sequence

• 1. Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism

• 2. Technology for Hospitality & Tourism

• 3. Hospitality & Tourism Marketing Management Honors

Teaching Academy
Teaching Academy Students who take part in this program will be exposed to a sequence of 4 courses that provide coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Teaching and Education sector.

Teaching Course Sequence:

• Introduction to the Teaching Profession I

• Human Growth and Development

• Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction

• Principles of Teaching Internship

CTE Non-Discrimination Policy
Santa Rosa County School Board Policy 2.72, 1.(A)
No person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, martial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, political or religious beliefs, national or ethnic origin, or genetic information, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity, or in any employment conditions or practices conducted by this School District, except as provided by law
A lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission to CTE programs.

Industry Certification - College Cost Savings

College Cost Savings to students through articulation agreements with state colleges for industry certifications earned. It is also available on our district website under Workforce Education, Parent and Student Resources.