• Career Education Center: This program offers students the opportunity to explore more than twenty-one unique programs. DPS provides buses from all the high schools to CEC. There are morning and afternoon sessions. It is important that the students take his/her required courses at his/her home school, and go to CEC as the home schedule permits. The favorites of this program are Culinary Arts, Auto Mechanics, Commercial Arts, Fire Science, Audio Engineering... . Some classes are opened to ninth graders, but most of the classes are for tenth-twelfth grades.
• Post-Secondary Options: This Program is offered to juniors and seniors who are in good standing with approved credits, and have a GPA of 2.5, or higher. These students are allowed to enroll, and take one, or two college courses each semester, and get high school credit as well as college credit if he/she passes the class. Fast Track is available for those seniors who have 220 credits, and must have all graduation requirements completed in order to qualify. If you pass the class with a C, or better, DPS will reimburse you the tuition of the class.
• Executive Internship: Is an opportunity for juniors and seniors to work in a career area of their choice, and earn up to fifteen hours of credit. Students have been placed at radio stations, newspaper offices, dance and theater companies, as well as law and doctor's offices. There are almost no boundaries as far as placement is concerned. The student would come to school part of the day for their classes, and the other part of the day he/she would go to their internship. The coordinator of the internship program is housed at the Career Education Center. Part of the program entails, required meetings with the student, a resume, journal entries, and site visits by the coordinator.
• Balarat: There are two ways in which high school students can earn credit through Balarat. 1) The Balarat resident counselor program (10-12 graders) provides an opportunity for students to earn elective credit while assisting with the delivery of outdoor education experiences for fifth graders. It is an opportunity for individuals to utilize leadership skills, apply information garnered in the classroom, and develop management and communication proficiencies. The student will receive five credits if he/she is accepted to the program. 2) The Balarat Eco-Seminar Internship Semester offers the student(junior/seniors only) the opportunity to pursue their education in a non-traditional setting. If the student is accepted to this program he/she does not attend his/her home school, but goes to Bradley where Balarat offices are located. Students in this program need to have all their academic requirements met prior to enrolling in this program. He/she will receive 35 credit hours through this experience.

Please see your counselor for more information regarding these special programs that are offered through Denver Public Schools.

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