Huntington Beach Union High School District (HBUHSD) has several special programs throughout the district that provide students with a more in depth look at various academic fields.
The following are a few examples of those special programs available at HBUHSD.
To provide a creative education that cultivates in students the focus, dedication and collaboration necessary to achieve excellence in the arts.
To inspire our youth to become the confident artists, leaders and audiences of the future through academic, technical and artistic education.
Igniting the creative artists of the future.
The Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) is a magnet program of HBUHSD that started in 1993. The program was started to provide an intensive educational program that cultivates in students the discipline, dedication, and commitment necessary to achieve excellence in the arts and to inspire our youth to become artists and audiences of the future through academic, artistic, and aesthetic education.
The program strives to create a scholarly atmosphere for talented young performers, writers, composers and technicians alike, offering pre-professional arts education in a comprehensive high school setting.
To prepare students for tomorrow’s high-tech international business environment. To equip students with effective communication and technology skills. To encourage creative, responsible, self-motivated students who are life-long learners
Center for International Business and Communication Studies (CIBACS) is a four-year magnet program at Edison High School. It was started in 1995 by Gary Rhoades and Richard Gruner. Both men are former teachers at Edison High School. CIBACS is a unique program that offers its students an enriched and integrated curriculum that is enhanced through competitive projects, job shadowing, and internships with business partners.
Students are prepared to progress to advanced applications of technology. They are taught to access, interpret and employ verbal, nonverbal, and electronic sources of information. Students learn to work effectively in a team and are sensitive to needs, problems, aspirations and customs of other cultures. CIBACS produces high school graduates who meet the employability requirements for tomorrow’s high tech, international business environment.
CIBACS students are challenged by creating a portfolio highlighting skills and achievements. CIBACS students will speak, write, and listen effectively, and will deliver persuasive presentations. After working for many weeks they present a final project to a panel of judges.
The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment. These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
International Baccalaureate (IB) is a magnet program at Ocean View High School, designed to meet the needs of highly motivated students and to promote international understanding. As a two-year, comprehensive and rigorous pre-university program, IB provides one of the most respected secondary educations available. Successful IB candidates are typically granted advanced placement credit at the finest universities and colleges in the nation.
The effectiveness of the IB program is due not only to the depth of the individual courses, but also to the comprehensive nature of the program. Unlike other honors programs, the IB Program requires each student to take courses in six academic areas. Students participating in the full diploma program are actively engaged in a liberal arts curriculum that includes:
*Magnet - Programs designed to draw students interested in a particular field to a school.