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Opinion | Career-focused learning promotes post-high school success

Aug 6, 2024

Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin (DCA), a tuition-free virtual school serving students across the state, is committed to providing students with learning opportunities that meet them where they are and set them up for success after graduation. All DCA students take core classes, as well as career-focused courses, that contextualize their learning.

Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin: Paving the Way for Future Operating Engineers Through Hands-On Externship Programs

Jul 11, 2024

A recent episode of Building Wisconsin, discusses an exciting initiative at the Operating Engineers 139 Training Center in Coloma. The center's externship program offers a hands-on introduction to careers in operating engineering for high school students across the state. Spread over three days in the fall and spring, the program attracts up to 1,500 students annually, providing them with practical experience and insights into the field.

Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin, Insight School of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Virtual Academy Students Don Their Caps and Gowns!

Jun 14, 2024

Originally aired on Fox 47 News – June 7th, 2024 Students from Wisconsin Destinations Career Academy, Insight […]

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McFarland school offers pathway to a career in construction with help of trades union

Mar 30, 2024

As the shortage of workers in the construction industry persists, a McFarland based school is offering a hands-on pathway to the career in the trades.

DCAWI student earns pre-apprenticeship certification

Mar 18, 2024

Everest Senior High School Max Hoffman has earned a pre-apprenticeship certification endorsed by Local 139 – International Union of Operating Engineers, the D.C. Everest Area School District announced today.

Three Wisconsin Virtual Schools Celebrate the Class of 2023 with an In-Person Commencement

Jun 5, 2023

MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The students of Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin (DCAWI), Insight School of Wisconsin (ISWI), […]

AWI Scholarship Winners Dream Big on Behalf of Animals

Apr 5, 2023

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 14 winners of a scholarship designed to support high school seniors who are planning to use their post-secondary education to better the lives of animals.