Career and Technical Education
The Career and Technical Education department offers construction technology, basic woodworking, and CAD (computer aided design) drafting classes, Engineering, Aviation, and many career focused classes. Johnson has the largest number of CTE licensed teachers at any SPPS high school.
Johnson High School is a certified Project Lead the Way (PLTW) school. PLTW is a national program designed to increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating from our educational system. It allows high school students to determine if engineering is a career they desire to pursue. Students participating in PLTW courses are better prepared for college engineering programs and more likely to be successful. All ninth grade students will take PLTW Essentials of Engineering. In tenth grade they may choose their Career Pathway (Innovative Technology, Medical Science, Education and Community Justice, or Business and Communication).
Aviation Courses
Introduction to Flight Simulators
Drone Flight Traing
Advanced Flight Simulators
Construction Technology Courses
Introduction to the Trades: Build
Construction Carpentry
PLTW Civil Engineering and Architecture (Honors)
PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Finishing Trades Academy (Off-Site)
49ers Operating Engineerings (Off-Site)
Engineering Courses
PLTW Engineering Essentials
PLTW Engineering Essentials II
PLTW Principles of Engineering
PLTW Civil Engineering and Architecture
PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing
PLTW Capstone
PLTW Computer Science Principles
Introduction to Computer Programming
Introduction to Industrial Robotics
Medical Courses
Introduction to Medical Careers
Emergency Medical Responder Prep
PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science and Forensics
Business Courses
Introduction to Business
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Career Education Courses
Freshman Focus
Junior Frameworks
To learn more about any of these courses, please see the JHS Course Guide Google Site.