The Career Center is open M-F during school hours and offers a wide variety of career awareness activities, workshops, and presentations to assist students in planning for their futures. Students can sign up for ROP classes that match their career interests, get help researching colleges and trade schools, find information on scholarships and community service opportunities.
Health Academy students will develop skills required to enter college or the immediate work force and enroll in the following courses designed specifically for the program: Physical Therapy & Health Occupations junior year and Dental Assistant or Physiology & Anatomy senior year. In collaboration with local agencies, Health Academy students have the unique opportunity to job shadow at local hospitals
The ROP program offers Certificates of Mastery, specifying particular skills/competencies which are recognized and respected by employers. Health Academy students will be certified in CPR and First Aid their junior year.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Salinas Union School District has a graduation requirement of 60 hours of community service. Students should begin their community service during their freshman year.
TO EARN CREDIT:
To meet the graduation requirement, the 60 hours must be in at least two categories. Only twenty hours can count towards the School Related category and only ten hours can count towards Job Shadowing.
Students who complete 100 hours or more of community service are awarded in their senior year with cords, medals, and stoles to wear at graduation. The seniors who earn the most community service hours will be nominated to receive a scholarship at the Senior Awards Night.
WORK PERMITS
All employed minors under the age of 18 must have a Work Permit (Education Code 49141). Work Permits must be renewed years at the start of each new school year or at the time the student obtains a new job. Work Permits are required all year, not just when school is in session. It serves as an age certificate and states the maximum hours a minor may work. To be eligible, minors must attend school full time and have good attendance. Work Permit applications are available in the Career Center.
Health Academy students will develop skills required to enter college or the immediate work force and enroll in the following courses designed specifically for the program: Physical Therapy & Health Occupations junior year and Dental Assistant or Physiology & Anatomy senior year. In collaboration with local agencies, Health Academy students have the unique opportunity to job shadow at local hospitals
The ROP program offers Certificates of Mastery, specifying particular skills/competencies which are recognized and respected by employers. Health Academy students will be certified in CPR and First Aid their junior year.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Salinas Union School District has a graduation requirement of 60 hours of community service. Students should begin their community service during their freshman year.
TO EARN CREDIT:
- Must be pre-approved at the Career Center
- Cannot be done during the school day
- Must be for or through a non-profit organization
- Must be recorded on the appropriate Community Service Contract Form (available in the Career Center Room 603)
- 20 or more hours submitted requires a time sheet log.
To meet the graduation requirement, the 60 hours must be in at least two categories. Only twenty hours can count towards the School Related category and only ten hours can count towards Job Shadowing.
Students who complete 100 hours or more of community service are awarded in their senior year with cords, medals, and stoles to wear at graduation. The seniors who earn the most community service hours will be nominated to receive a scholarship at the Senior Awards Night.
WORK PERMITS
All employed minors under the age of 18 must have a Work Permit (Education Code 49141). Work Permits must be renewed years at the start of each new school year or at the time the student obtains a new job. Work Permits are required all year, not just when school is in session. It serves as an age certificate and states the maximum hours a minor may work. To be eligible, minors must attend school full time and have good attendance. Work Permit applications are available in the Career Center.