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Article: School mixes education, careers; Fairfax Academy offers professional experience in arts, communications
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- The Washington Post
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- October 29, 2009
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Adults, prepare to be jealous.
Tucked between hallways and classrooms at Fairfax High School is
an academy that offers students professional training and business
skills in nine arts and communications fields, such as music
composition, computer animation, fashion design and television
broadcasting.
About 415 students from 20 of the 24 public high schools in
Fairfax County are enrolled in Fairfax Academy this year, said Gwen
Plummer, the academy's career experience specialist.
The academy is one of six professional training programs in the
public school system, Plummer said. But unlike the other schools
that provide training in health care or other technology trades,
Fairfax Academy focuses ...