AHS students engage in a mathematics- and science-based curriculum, and participate in summer activities that provide preparation for and exposure to careers in health-related professions. This “school within a school” is a four-year college preparatory program for students interested in careers in medicine, science and the health professions.
Alexander High School in Laredo, is a partnership between Baylor and the United Independent School District. This program, established in 1994 at J.B. The Texas Education Agency’s 2017–2018 School Report Card for Moody High School rated the campus as having met the accountability standard with five distinctions: English/Language Arts and Reading, Mathematics, Science, Top 25 percent Student Progress, and Top 25 percent Closing Performance Gaps. The program’s curriculum was revised in 2000 to focus more on college preparation. Baylor provides summer enrichment activities for these students in the Texas Medical Center, while Baylor faculty provide instruction and clinical experiences, support curricular development and make presentations at the College.
Students are selected based on grades, attendance, recommendations and commitment to health careers. The school has a current enrollment of 1,614 students, of whom 90 percent are economically disadvantaged and 97 percent are minority. In 1990, Baylor began a partnership with the Corpus Christi Independent School District to assist in developing a program designed to provide opportunities similar to those offered by the Houston and South Texas Magnet programs, which became the Health Science Academy at Foy H.
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