Bravo Medical Magnet High School is a proud Linked Learning school and featured a Linked Learning Alliance certified Patient Care Pathway. Bravo adopted the Linked Learning approach to education to expose students to college and career opportunities in the health and medical field. As a Medical Magnet, we have continuously offered our students a rigorous academic program, but we also prepare our students to plan for a possible career in health or medicine as early as the 9th grade. By their 11th & 12th grade years, students have the option to specialize their education and pursue Career Technical Education (CTE) coursework in Biotechnology, Patient Care, and Public and Community Health as well as other options in the Arts and AP Coursework. According to the Linked Learning Alliance, "research shows that Linked Learning students have higher rates of engagement and higher graduation rates than their peers at traditional high schools." Linked Learning is helping the educational experience become more relevant and engaging, preparing our students to succeed in their college, career, and life goals.
Biotechnology
STAR ( Science, Technology, and Research)
Meets the UC and Cal State A-G Requirement (11th –12th grades)
Prerequisites required: Teacher Recommendation & Application
A 2 year program in which students are trained in research techniques (11th grade) and assigned to a research laboratory on the USC Health Sciences Campus (12th grade, 2 hour block periods). Students work on a research project under the guidance of a USC mentor, become familiar with pertinent scientific literature, perform standard analysis techniques, and present their findings in PowerPoint and poster formats.
At their USC biomedical laboratory, students contribute to complex problems being studied in fields such as Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Medical drugs, STEM Cells, Pharmacology, and many more fields. It allows students to learn and master laboratory skills to test possible solutions to these problems, and to develop written and oral communication skills necessary to communicate their findings.
EHA (Engineering for Health Academy)
Meets the UC and Cal State A-G Requirement (11th –12th grades)
Prerequisites required: Teacher Recommendation & Application
A 2 year program that is very similar to the STAR Program, in which students design several projects involving physics, electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering projects (11th grade) and are assigned to a biomedical engineering research laboratory on the USC Health Sciences or University Park Campuses (12th grade, 2 hour block periods).
The following are some of the USC Departments that EHA students join to complete their biomedical engineering research experience: USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Biomedical Research (Microfluidics or Transducers), Image Processing and Informatics, Electrical Engineering, Bioelectronics, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, Preventive Medicine, and Ophthalmology.
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Linked Learning Patient Care Pathway
Linked Learning and Career Technical Education Patient Care Pathway
Meets UC and Cal State A-G Requirements
A 2 year program consisting of Medical Terminology AB (11th grade) and a two period block class taking place at USC Keck Hospital (12th grade) and integrated academic subjects (see description at left). Exceptional students are offered employment at the conclusion of the program.
Public and Community Health
Meets UC and Cal State A-G Requirements
A 2-year program consisting of Public and Community Health (11th grade CTE Concentrator course) and a one period 12 grade Capstone Public and Community Health Pathway Capstone course (course TBD). Students will investigate all aspects of Public and Community Health including environmental science research with Bravo's new Community Garden.
SISTEMMA-Students Innovating STEM Media Arts Academy
Meets the UC and Cal State A-G Requirement (10th –12th grades)
Prerequisites required: Teacher Recommendation & Application
A 3 year program in which students explore ways in which media arts production, distribution and exhibition and the media industry (film, video, digital camera, VR, etc.) intersect with STEM fields, particularly health care. Students take an English 10 Honors course (10th grade), Filmmaking 1AB (11th grade), Journalism AB or Yearbook AB (12th grade).
Students in this academy are melding their emerging arts and media skills to promote awareness of all aspects of public and community health and healthcare. They create media products (public service announcements, media campaigns, documentaries, interactive presentations) with the purpose of enriching the community understanding of the benefits of heath and fitness and the how the choices people make have definitive effects on their quality of life. We have developed partnerships with industry sector partners, along with collaborations with partners from institutes of higher learning.
Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone
Meets the UC and Cal State A-G Requirement (11th –12th grades)
AP Capstone is a College Board program that equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges. It cultivates curious, independent, and collaborative scholars and prepares them to make logical, evidence-based decisions.
AP Capstone is comprised of two AP courses -AP Seminar (11th grade) and AP Research (12th grade)- which fulfills an inquiry based English Language Arts Program. In addition it is designed to complement and enhance the discipline-specific study in other AP courses.
