Senior High School

• Daily Living Skills
• Vocational
• School to Career
• Extended School Year
• Guidance Department

Whether the student is preparing for college or for a trade school, vocational classes are afforded to each student in the high school. College-bound students use these classes as electives, while those intending to pursue the trades have an opportunity to focus on the career of their choice. Please visit the vocational classes page for more information.

Depending on academic levels, there are departmental classes where students rotate through the English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science rooms or self-contained classes where each teacher teaches the four basic subjects. Each year GPA provides a foreign language curriculum and classes that explore the culture, language, customs and dress of a variety of countries.

Daily Living Skills

All students who need it receive training in daily living skills. They are taught so they are better able to balance a checkbook, prepare their own meals and know about nutrition so that they can live independently when they graduate.

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Vocational

Garfield Park Academy provides N.J. Department of Vocations certified programs in Cosmetology, Horticulture (agricultural occupations), Culinary Arts, Carpentry, Retail Trades, and Auto Mechanics. The vocational classes prepare our students for the world of work, college, or trade school. These classes are beyond the workplace readiness level and the teachers in this program are certified to teach in their respective fields.

It is exceptional for a school like Garfield Park Academy to obtain this level of approval for all of its programs and this is an area the school is especially proud.

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Afternoon Studies (School to Career Program)

The School to Careers Program operates from 2:00 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. daily and houses students that have difficulty with the day school program because they need to work during the regular school day. This program provides vocational and academic credit equal to a full school day. Physical education, vocational class, counseling and academics is provided for each student.

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Extended School Year

The Extended School Year Program runs from July to August and consists of six weeks of academics, and physical education. Physical education includes swimming at a local pool and six adventure trips to other locales giving the students a fun/learning experience. Much of the academics in the summer focus on remedial reading and math, where appropriate. The ESY Program is available for students who attend other schools.

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Guidance Department

The Guidance Department Program at the Garfield Park Academy is unique. The Counselor knows all the students in the school and can help in there development, career goals and overall success when they are in the school and when they leave to either go back to their school district or graduate.