Welcome
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New and Renewal ELO and EPO Applications for Secondary Schools
(All Secondary Schools, except Edgewood, McNair, Stone, Palm Bay Magnet High and West Shore)
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“The world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
-Henry David ThoreauThe Academy of FAME is a place to explore the imagination. FAME stands for Fine Arts & Multi-Media Entertainment and opened to upcoming 9th and 10th graders the Fall of 2009.
The Academy of FAME prepares Merritt Island High School students for a career in the field of Performing Arts, Visual Arts and/or Technical Arts:
*PERFORMING ARTS (theatre, dance, chorus, band, orchestra, communications, debate)
*VISUAL ARTS (drawing, painting, ceramics, photography, videography, drafting, stagecraft design, digital arts)
*TECHNICAL ARTS (tv production, journalism, music editing, movie directing, sound engineering, game designing, lighting programming, 3-D animating)The Academy of FAME is committed to a high-quality education in the field of Fine Arts and Multi-Media Entertainment through academic, performance and technical coursework in preparation for the 21st century workforce and the post-secondary educational arena.
The Academy provides:
* A “school within a school” concept
* Small learning community environment
* Interdisciplinary Curriculum with hands-on learning experiences
* Individualized Program of Study in student’s area of concentration
*Honors and Academic Programs with Teamed Teachers
*Career-site field trips
*Scholarship Opportunities with Individualized Counseling
*Professional Mentoring and Career Shadowing