COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Columbia High School held a recruitment event for it’s new “school-within-a-school” national defense themed magnet program.
Through its partnership with a nonprofit organization called the Celebrate Freedom Foundation, the school will provide students with four new academies including pre-engineering, biomedical, cybersecurity, and aerospace.
“We’re geared towards students who are interested in becoming an aerospace engineer, or anyone who’s interested in aviation in general. And that’s for our aerospace program. We also have a biomedical program for students who are interested in crime scene investigations or anything related to medical investigations. So we’re looking for kids who are interested in inquiry, kids who are just curious, and kids who want to have a very bright future,” says Dr. Teresa Turner, Project Director for Magnet Grants.
A future, Turner says, that may include some students getting their pilot’s license.
“If they started in 9th grade, took all of …