Academies at Jackson-Reed
Jackson-Reed High School's academies are small learning communities. They all offer:
- Faculty and staff who get to know you and become your advocates
- A chance to meet other students with interests like yours
- Exciting choices for electives and extracurricular activities
- Career development opportunities such as internships and shadow days
- Field trips and community service project
Jackson-Reed High School has a total of 10 academies that are grouped under 3 directors. To learn more about each academy, including an overview, its lead teachers and staff, and the required coursework, click on the director grouping below.
Apply to an Academy
Apply to join one of Jackson-Reed's Academies for the next school year.
- It will go live at 6:00am on 2/1/2025 and will close at 5:00 pm on 9/5/2025.
- Students are accepted on a first come, first serve basis while there is room. Once an academy's capacity is full, we'll indicate it on the application and subsequent students will be added to a waitlist.
- Please note that applying for an academy is a separate process for enrolling at Jackson-Reed HS. Students cannot not be scheduled for their first-level academy class until they are fully enrolled at Jackson-Reed.
Get Involved!
Use your professional and career expertise to help Jackson-Reed Academy students. We are looking for guest speakers, field trip hosts, mentors, capstone project judges to help our students reach their potential.
Academies by Director
Academies under Director Tammy Lorenzo
Athletic Achievement Academy
Academy of Global Studies
Leadership Academy: Cybersecurity and JROTC
Academies under Director Regina McClure
Biomedical Academy
Engineering Academy
Information Technology Academy
Academies under Director Brandon Wims
Audio Video Production Academy
Academy of Graphic Design
Academy of Finance
Academy of Hospitality and Tourism