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CASE principal highlights Arab American Heritage Month projects and new CTE programs
Summary
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences presented Arab American Heritage Month classroom projects and outlined current and planned career technical education programs, dual‑credit partnerships and enrollment trends.
Mike Steed, principal of the Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences (CASE), updated the board on Arab American Heritage Month activities across district schools and outlined CASE’s current programs and planned expansions.
Steed said Beaver Creek Elementary and Gardner Middle School produced daily lessons or advisory slides recognizing Arab and Arab American individuals, while CASE ran a combined women’s history and Arab American historical poster project in sixth and seventh grade social studies classes.
The nut graf: Steed used the heritage‑month examples to illustrate CASE’s curricular approach and then described CASE’s CTE‑focused programs — communications/video production and engineering — enrollment, dual credit with Clackamas Community College and plans to add agricultural science and a dual automotive CTE pathway next year.
Steed said CASE serves roughly 65 middle‑school students and about 60 high‑school students in its district‑sponsored charter program. He noted the high‑school program sends students on industry tours and partners with Clackamas Community College for dual enrollment; 20–25 students take CCC courses each term. He said the spring graduation could produce three or four graduates earning both a high‑school diploma and an associate degree.
Steed described new programs: an agricultural science hire is in place and will start next week, and an automotive dual CTE program will begin at CASE with students finishing credentials at Clackamas Community College. He said agricultural science already shows strong interest districtwide — he estimated “over 95 students” interested for next year — and that automotive classes started this spring have been full.
Board members asked about enrollment and outreach. Steed said total district‑wide enrollment for the program and feeder interest could push next year’s numbers to approximately 360–380 students across grades served, and that CASE’s status as a district‑sponsored public charter lets it enroll students from across Clackamas County.
Ending: The board thanked Steed for the update and for raising visibility of CASE’s CTE offerings and dual‑credit opportunities.
