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Career academies gain traction in Hawaii public schools

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                                Pearl City High School student Chase Vaughn, left, assists classmate Jonah Mawae with a successful blood draw on a simulation model.

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    Pearl City High School student Chase Vaughn, left, assists classmate Jonah Mawae with a successful blood draw on a simulation model.

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                                Skyler Ikeda, a senior enrolled in Pearl City’s Academy of Technology & Design, holds an automated medication dispensing device she was inspired to develop with her mother’s needs in mind.

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    Skyler Ikeda, a senior enrolled in Pearl City’s Academy of Technology & Design, holds an automated medication dispensing device she was inspired to develop with her mother’s needs in mind.

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                                A digital media classroom at Pearl City High School has TV studio cameras with teleprompters handed down from KHON-2. Ken Sato is pictured with students Chloe Pla, center, and Yuma Souti in the video room.

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    A digital media classroom at Pearl City High School has TV studio cameras with teleprompters handed down from KHON-2. Ken Sato is pictured with students Chloe Pla, center, and Yuma Souti in the video room.

As Pearl City High School student Jonah Mawae prepares a real hypodermic needle to practice drawing artificial blood from a model arm, it’s clear that this is not your typical high school lab class. Read more

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