College & Career Academy

  • Jump Start Your Future with Career Pathways at Marietta High School!

    Do you dream of building bridges spanning over rushing rivers? Flying a plane across open skies? Creating the next big animated movie? Traveling across the world discovering different cultures and cuisines? Shaping the young minds of our nation’s future leaders? Maneuvering an ambulance across the city at breakneck speed to save a life?

    These all may seem like dream jobs, but they can become reality when you enroll in Career Pathways at Marietta High School. Helping students be successful in today’s world of work is vital for Georgia, and that is why we offer students the opportunity to gain a solid foundation of knowledge and skills before they even leave high school. From culinary arts and graphics, communications and video production to financing, nursing and architecture, career pathways enable students to explore a variety of careers through class work and real world experience to get a jumpstart on their future.

    The programs of study are designed to help each student successfully enter the workforce or transition into post-secondary education opportunities by providing classes with rigorous academic standards, hands-on projects and labs and real-world learning based opportunities. All of Marietta High School’s Career Pathways align with the State of Georgia’s Career Cluster Pathway Initiative and fulfill the curriculum standards to make Georgia students employable or transition them into continued education opportunities.