La Salle College High School has taken learning to another level by adding a Concentrations Program to their robust, college-preparatory curriculum. The program allows students to embark on an innovative journey, experiencing various career fields and earning credentials during their high school years. By navigating a pathway through electives, clubs, and experiential learning activities—as well as linked course content, service-learning opportunities, interviews, and independent research—students gain unparalleled academic and real-world insights. These customized pathways enable young men to discover and pursue their passions. As a result, connections are made across subject areas, and deeper, more meaningful learning takes place.

The benefit of the program is that when young men do not have a reason, goal, or target, they can lose focus, and not fully apply themselves. These concentrations give a young man purpose and reason. Classes now matter to the student, and the long view comes into focus. Participation in a concentration provides a capable young man with a spark that will ignite a new level of effort, thought, and commitment.

A student in the Concentrations Program can expect to work on and off campus, connecting his experiences in pursuit of his goals at the deepest levels of understanding. Basic courses are taken first, with electives to follow. By senior year, students in a concentration take seminar courses, create professional portfolios, and complete capstone projects. This rigorous learning experience will serve students in a variety of ways, but most importantly, it will facilitate developing the skills, habits, work ethic, and character needed in today’s world. In addition, the Concentrations Program will help a young man decipher if these fields are potential college majors (or career options) and inspire him to learn more and do more with that knowledge.