Academics and Learning 1903 Academy · Salesianum School The fast lane to future careers

Explore exciting career options with the 1903 Academy Program. By being intentional with course selection, 1903 Scholars can try out majors before college and see the different ways they can impact the world.

Participants immerse themselves in a specific industry through hands-on experiences, community connections, extracurricular leadership, and rigorous classes. It’s a fun, challenging way to discover job options — and develop the strengths to get there.

The four pillars of the 1903 Academy

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way you learn to love by loving.

Reflect

Over their three years in the academy, students create portfolios in which they consider their experiences in and outside the classroom, ask formative questions, and identify the ways they can use their gifts to improve the world.

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Engage

Students apply their academy disciplines by leading extracurricular activities in real-world settings like exchange programs, alumni networking events, and other interactions with professionals, lecturers, and academics.

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Experience

Participants work with their leaders to identify and support hands-on service projects where they can apply their strengths — bolstering their experience in their academy field domestically or even internationally.

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Choose from three concentrations

STEM

Built for young men interested in engineering and design, this academy empowers students to collaborate as they think critically, understand technical designs, and solve challenges.

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Global Studies

Designed for students who want to comprehend and improve global systems and communities, this academy incorporates Social Studies as well as literary, science, and language curricula.

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Digital Media and Communications

In this program, young men with a passion for storytelling and positive communication tap into the English as well as the Arts and Innovation departments to better create and spread messages.

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