Daniel Boone Area High School provides numerous programming opportunities for our students.

DBASD is committed to helping students build their pathway to a meaningful career based on their strengths and interests.  We believe in cultivating students’ career knowledge to help explore and understand career opportunities, align interests and strengths, and set career goals and plans.

DBAHS Career Readiness Plan

The faculty, staff, and administration of the senior high school are dedicated to affording our students the best education possible. Through measuring data, analyzing graduation requirements, listening to our faculty, staff, and students, we are committed to providing every student of Daniel Boone with a rigorous curriculum that not only challenges but inspires creativity and hopes to ignite new interests and passions within our students in the four years they are with us. This program of studies will offer details on the academic options available to the students of Daniel Boone Area Senior High School.

Our School Counseling Office will assist students in making the best choices to suit their needs. Whether it is a goal of college, vocational school, the military, or the workforce, they will ensure that students choose not only what is necessary for them to meet their goals, but also what will help them to explore new subject matter and grow as an individual.

We hope that our students will create a schedule that challenges them, but is also enjoyable. We hope they choose something new that they never tried before or aspire to build on the knowledge they have already gained in a favorite subject area. Whatever their direction, we are confident that we can provide them with a course of study that will prepare them for their future. Let these courses be the foundation for becoming a lifelong learner.

COURSE SELECTION GUIDE 24/25

Start earning transferrable college credit at Daniel Boone Area High School through Reading Area Community College’s Dual Enrollment Program.

• Save on tuition – $99 a credit

• Save on textbook cost

• Save time on completing your college degree

• Students must apply online at RACC.edu/DE

Questions, please contact DBAHS Counseling Office at 610-582-6100

• RACC Dual Enrollment Handout

• RACC Early College and Career Programs

Daniel Boone Area High School has developed a pathways learning model in partnership with the PA-Pathways Innovation Network. Daniel Boone Area High School students will be able to engage an Educational Pathway to help themselves prepare for college and career opportunities.

Daniel Boone Area High School provides opportunities for students to explore a vast array of possible future careers through focused coursework. Students are able to investigate and innovate through coursework, research, and university accredited activities to inspire a future career pathway.

Pathway Overview:

In partnership with our community, parents, staff, and students; Daniel Boone Area High School identified critical areas of academia that will promote growth through inquiry and career exploration. The pathways are an opportunity for students to explore a wide variety of course offerings, engage in college-level research, and investigate possible career pathways in a 21st century learning environment. Each pathway is comprised of several focused courses. Each pathway culminates during a student’s senior year with an individualized capstone course and portfolio presentation.

The Daniel Boone Area High School Pathways are:

• Advanced Placement Capstone Pathway

• Associate’s Degree Pathway Partnership with RACC

• Career & Liberal Arts Pathway

• Business & Financial Leadership Pathway 

• Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Pathway 

• Creative & Performing Arts Pathway 

• Mass Communications Pathway

For more information regarding each Pathway, please see the DBAHS Course Selection Guide.

All students entering grade nine are expected to achieve the requirements contained in the Strategic Plan in order to graduate. Listed below are the guidelines for the completion of these requirements:

Mastery

Demonstrate mastery of the student learning outcomes in the nine academic areas as specified by Chapter 5, Section 5.202.

An eligible student, as defined in Section 14.1 of the State Board of Education Regulations, may satisfactory complete a special education program in an Individualized Education Program. The IEP will describe any adaption’s and modifications to the student learning outcomes, student project, and community service necessary to meet the specific needs of the student.

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