Computer Science

Is building video games a career that interests you? Are HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Python and CSS the languages you want to speak? Interested in creating websites or being the frontline warrior in the battle against cyber criminals? Do you see yourself programming robots? Computing and computer technology are part of just about everything that touches our lives from the cars we drive, to the movies we watch, to the ways businesses and governments deal with us. Computer Scientists invent and build solutions. A Computer Scientist is an artist whose canvas may be a smartphone or PC display and whose paints and brushes are programming languages and development environments. Careers in computer science are limitless... can’t imagine a world without Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, or Twitter? All were created by two to four individuals— some as college students—on the software platform provided by the web. Perhaps, you may be the next innovator!

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Program Highlights

• Students learn about computer trouble-shooting skills, security breaches, hardware and mastery of computer interfaces

• Students build computer applications and databases to be used by SHS staff, students and the community

• Students create a website with tag text elements, special characters, lines, graphics, hypertext links, and graphical tables

• Students have the opportunity to be mentored by a member of the Hyland Software Company

• Students are members of SkillsUSA, a national student youth group/organization SkillsUSA allows students to participate in competitive events, fund-raisers, community service projects and social chapter activities

• Students have the opportunity to intern during their senior year in a computer science-related profession by participating in the Global Internship Experience

Thank you to the Mylander Foundation for the donation of our Computer Programming Lab!

Industry Recognized Credentials

• HTML
• CSS3
• PHP
• SQL
• JavaScript
• Python

State Approved Courses

• Information Technology
• Web Design

• Programming
• Database Applications Development

Cost Free College Credit Opportunities

Career Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGS) allow students, who demonstrate proficiency in career tech courses in approved secondary programs, to receive college credit at any Ohio public university

• CTPROG001-Computer Logic (3 credit hours)
• CTIM004-Internet and Web Language (3 credit hours)