• Career Pathways at East
    East has several strong career pathway programs tailored to national and local
    labor demands, created with college and industry partners’ input, and focused on preparing students for success beyond high school graduation.
     
    Culinary Arts
    East’s Culinary Arts Program gives students skills and knowledge of the food service
    industry and the culinary arts, learning food preparation and food production
    practices. Students gain first-hand experience as caterers and are planning and
    will operate a new restaurant at the Village Gate through the nonprofit RYCE:
    Rochester Youth Culinary Experience.
     
    Information Technology
    East’s Information Technology Program gives students hands-on, real world
    experience in information support and services, network systems, programming
    and software development, and web and digital communications. Students build
    and support a PC; design, build and program miniature robots; create programs in
    Python and Java; design and build websites; network computers; design, build and
    play video games; create Flash animations and much more.
     
    Medical Careers
    The Medical Careers pathway exposes students to the content, skills, and career
    demands across medical professions, positioning students for careers in medicine
    and health care. Students learn about pharmacology, emergency medical services,
    nursing, mental health, respiratory care, rehabilitation, sports medicine, alternative
    medicine, dental care, and animal health care.
     
    Precision Optics
    East is home to a $500,000 precision optical fabrication and testing lab that gives
    students experience in advanced manufacturing. Learn about optics and to make
    precision lenses and flats like those found in telescopes, cameras, and other highend
    devices. This program prepares students for careers at any of the region’s 40+
    precision optical design, manufacturing and engineering companies.
     
    Teaching and Learning Institute
    The Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI) at East is tailored to students who are
    interested in careers in education and leadership. TLI seeks to diversify the district’s
    teaching corps by adding homegrown, proactive teachers from our community,
    by preparing students for success in college, giving them teaching experience in
    high school, and offering a rigorous curriculum relevant to their lives and life in
    Rochester.
     
    Vision Care
    The Vision Care Program teaches East students the skills and responsibilities
    of an optician, learning to make prescription glasses and serve as patient care
    providers. Working in partnership with volunteer eye doctors, students gain career
    experience and perform valuable community service as they help fellow students
    access vision care and learn to make and deliver prescription glasses.