Park Vista Community High School
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| Name |
Park Vista Community High School |
| Principal |
Nora Rosensweig |
| Type |
Public High School |
| Address |
7900 Jog Road |
| Town |
Lake Worth, FL 33467 |
| Established |
2003 |
| Community |
Suburban |
| Type |
Public High School |
| Students |
Coeducational |
| Grades |
9 to 12 |
| District |
The School District of Palm Beach County |
| Mascot |
Cobra |
| Colors |
Navy Blue and Black |
| Band |
Striking Cobra Band |
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Park Vista Community High School (PVHS or PV) is a public high school in Lake Worth, Florida. The school is currently placed within an abnormally large residential zoning area. The school is currently one of the highest rated schools in Palm Beach County, with the rating of an "A".
The school offers four Academies in which it takes great pride in. These academies act as the school's Magnet Program and draws students all throughout Palm Beach County. The only unfortunate drawback to these magnet programs is that the school is now overcrowded.
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[edit] Academies
Park Vista High School provides four academies which include: Medical Science, Information Technology, Television and Broadcasting, and Automotive. These academies act as a magnet program to draw in students throughout Palm Beach County.
Entrance to these Academies requires at least a 3.0 GPA and teacher references, where students are then selected through lottery. Students can enter these academies at any year, but if a student remains in the academy for three consecutive years, they will receive a Gold Seal Vocational Scholarship Award.
[edit] Medical Science
Park Vista's Medical Academy, is currently a four-year long program. the Program consists of Medical Skills & Services, an entry level course; Health Science 1, a course that mainly focuses on Anatomy and Physiology; Health Science 2, focused on several aspects of the medical field; and three exiting courses: Nursing Assistant 3, Allied Health 3, and First Responder 3.
MSS is is scheduled to be dropped by this medical program and a Forensics class is scheduled to take its place in the 08-09 school year.
[edit] Information Technology
The Information Technology Academy (IT) was the largest academy at Park Vista, but was discontinued after the 2006-2007 school year due to the large number of students applying for it just to come to Park Vista, making the overcrowding issue even worse.
[edit] Television and Broadcasting
The television and Broadcasting academy houses standard media equipment. The purpose is to help students whom want to become involved in such careers.
[edit] Automotive
[edit] Overcrowding
The school's current student population is at approximately 3350 students, 1250 students over the school's occupational limit. Currently, Palm Beach County is working alongside Park Vista to reestablish the school's residential zoning, hoping to remove a percentage of the student population, sending them instead to Santaluces Community High School, Olympic Heights Community High School, or Boynton Beach Community High School.
[edit] Student Schedule
The school follows a block schedule composed of three alternating types of days. Students attend classes 1, 3, 5 and 7 on "odd" days, 2, 4, 5, and 6 on "even" days, and each of their seven classes on "seven period" days. Fifth hour is visited every day, for it is the lunch period. The schedule is sometimes changed due to various school activities such as pep rallies and late start days.
