• Home
• News
• Local News
• Ocean County

From Press staff reports

Ocean County Vocational Technical School is accepting applications for the 2010-11 school year for the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, or MATES, and the Performing Arts Academy, or PAA, programs.

MATES and PAA are four-year public high schools administered by the OCVTS district. Each academy is designed to provide a college preparatory academic curriculum with a focus on a specific career area.

MATES is a specialized high school designed to give students a rigorous academic curriculum with concentration in the areas of science, math and technology. Additional focus is provided in marine and environmental science. The academy is located in a state-of-the-art facility in Stafford Township.

PAA is designed to provide performing arts curriculum focused in dance, vocal music and acting, along with a rigorous college preparatory academic program. The academy is located in Historic Hangar One at the Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst.

Students are selected from applications through a competitive process and enter at the ninth-grade level. Applicants must reside in Ocean County to be eligible for admission. Application deadline is Dec. 10.

Middle school students who are planning a future in math/science related fields or the performing arts, and their parents, are encouraged to attend an admissions information session, where admission paperwork will be distributed.

The MATES admission information sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 14, and at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. The sessions will be held at OCVTS MATES, 195 Cedar Bridge Road in Stafford Township. No registration required.

The PAA admission information sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 21, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. The sessions will be held at the OCVTS campus at the Naval Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst. Preregistration is required. Call 732-473-3100 ext 3065 to register.

For more information about the OCVTS high school academies or the admission information sessions call OCVTS Academy Admissions at 732-473-3100 ext. 3065 or visit

www.ocvts.org

No comments have been posted. Be the first poster!

PressofAtlanticCity.com offers everyone the opportunity to comment on published stories. However, it is impractical for editors to screen all comments.
If you believe a comment is offensive, please click on the abuse-reporting link and your objection will be considered by an editor. We encourage participants to use their real names, but inoffensive screen names are acceptable. Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them.
Please post responsibly. Do not post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy.
Be polite. Don’t hate. Users who don’t play by the rules may be blocked from participating.

View our full terms of service and privacy agreement

Click here to report a comment as abusive.

You must login to post a new comment