programs that are new and available to high school students that are being hosted at Paradise Valley Community College.” Along with this, the district’s connection with the Western Maricopa Education Center (West- MEC), provides access to specialized pathways not available in high school, such as EMT clinical training and other industry-specific programs. Molzhon outlines, “They have developed pathways that are more expensive, pathways that often we can’t offer at the high school, but our kids can apply, and they go to West- MEC at the same time they’re coming to high school.” Fulk adds, “We’ll have our first students graduating next year with programs in bioscience and also doing the EMT program over at PVCC.” MOVING FORWARD INTO A FUTURE OF POSSIBILITY Looking ahead, Koeppen says Paradise Valley Unified School District is committed to preparing kids to succeed in a global economy.“Whether that’s www.coreconstruction.com #1 Education Builder in Arizona by 2024 ENR Southwest Proud Supporter of Education and Arizona’s Bright Future INSPIRING. TEACHING. BUILDING. 311 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05 PARADISE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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