Bassick High School
1181 Fairfield Avenue                                                                                                                                                         Phone (203)576-7350
Bridgeport, CT 06605                                                                                                                   

Bassick High School Code of Conduct: At Bassick High School We: 1. Treat Everyone With Respect    2. Take Responsibility For Our Own Learning     3. Conduct Ourselves As Responsible Citizens

The Academy

• The Academy provides opportunities to develop leadership skills within the school and business community.
• The Academy provides students with opportunities to experience authentic learning within the context of business and finance.
• The Academy is a learning community designed to support student achievement in all subjects.
• The Academy provides eligible students with internships through a business and community collaboration.

Business and Finance Courses

Accounting 3/AC101 Principles of Accounting Tech-Prep

Business It's Nature and Environment/BU103 Tech-Prep

Business Education Cooperative Work Experience

Business Information Systems/CS100 Intro To Data Processing Tech-Prep

Business Law

Computer Applications

Econimics

English For Finance

Entrepreneuership

Finance Management

International Business

Introduction to Business

Small Business Operations

CISCO Networking Academy

Courses indicated as Tech-Prep are taught in collaboration with Sacred Heart University. Students receive three college credits for each successfully completes Tech-Prep.

Why Join The Academy?

        The Business & Finance Academy follows Bassick's state model, School to Career system of strong academics combined with real world learning.

        The Business & Finance Academy offers students a smaller learning community tailored to their individual interests.

        Federal studies show that smaller learning communities help students achieve academic growth.

        Academy students can earn up to nine college credits while at Bassick thanks to a tech prep partnership with Sacred Heart University.

        Academy students can earn a CISCO networking certificate, an internationally recognised computer networking certification.

School To Career

    The Business & Finance  Academy is based on Bassick's School To Career model. All students in the Academy will participate in activities that will help to connect their classroom learning to real world experiences in careers in the business & finance field. Students visit job sites, have internships, create career portfolios and have an opportunity to interact with business & finance professionals as a way of understanding the requirements for career success in their field.

Academy Students Go Places

    Students in the Business & Finance Academy have the opportunity to participate in internships, mentoring and job shadowing with many local and national companies. Business & Finance partners include: Unilever, Bodine Tools, People's Bank, NASDAQ and many others.

    Academy students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of state and national competitions.