What is the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism?
The Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is a Career Technical Education program through NAF that is part of Hopewell High School. The AOHT is an Academy that consists of a 4-year program to give students an opportunity to become career or college ready. The Academy will give students a unique opportunity to gain depth and knowledge of careers in the hospitality industry. Students will learn customer service, accounting practices in the industry, management practices, and retail operations. After students gain knowledge about the industry, they have an opportunity to choose, as Juniors, to focus more on "Front of House" operations or "Back of House" operations and complete an internship. These internships connect academies to the real world of work and establish important relationships between students and adult professionals in hospitality and tourism.
Business leaders partner with schools by securing internships, volunteering in classrooms, acting as mentors, and serving on local advisory boards. National partnerships with NAF position many of these hospitality and tourism companies to engage their employees in Academies, assisting students to prepare for college and careers and providing the companies with an important workforce investment for the future. Click here for more information on NAF.
Academy Curriculum
The Curriculum contains essential content based on expertise from leaders in the hospitality and tourism industry, and education experts. Along with their required academic courses, students take one or two specialized, industry-related courses each year and a college-level course in their senior year. NAF curriculum applies project-based learning and integrates literacy instruction through an extended inquiry process that stimulates professional knowledge and workplace behavior.
The Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is a Career Technical Education program through NAF that is part of Hopewell High School. The AOHT is an Academy that consists of a 4-year program to give students an opportunity to become career or college ready. The Academy will give students a unique opportunity to gain depth and knowledge of careers in the hospitality industry. Students will learn customer service, accounting practices in the industry, management practices, and retail operations. After students gain knowledge about the industry, they have an opportunity to choose, as Juniors, to focus more on "Front of House" operations or "Back of House" operations and complete an internship. These internships connect academies to the real world of work and establish important relationships between students and adult professionals in hospitality and tourism.
Business leaders partner with schools by securing internships, volunteering in classrooms, acting as mentors, and serving on local advisory boards. National partnerships with NAF position many of these hospitality and tourism companies to engage their employees in Academies, assisting students to prepare for college and careers and providing the companies with an important workforce investment for the future. Click here for more information on NAF.
Academy Curriculum
The Curriculum contains essential content based on expertise from leaders in the hospitality and tourism industry, and education experts. Along with their required academic courses, students take one or two specialized, industry-related courses each year and a college-level course in their senior year. NAF curriculum applies project-based learning and integrates literacy instruction through an extended inquiry process that stimulates professional knowledge and workplace behavior.