Bridging the Gap Between Business and Education We Need Business Partners to ... Host a 2-Hour Career Exploration Visit Introduce our students to the 21st century workplace. Help us inspire our students to reach for the stars! Learn more ... Meet our CEV host companies ... Host a 6-Week Summer Internship Help our students gain real-world work experience through positive associations with supportive adults.         Learn more ... Call our Career Coordinator now at 925-372-8486 Our students are ready, willing and able to help YOUR business this summer! The Digital Safari Academy: Redefining School, Redefining Cool! The Digital Safari Academy @ Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA (DSA) is a three-year college and career program beginning in the sophomore year of high school. The goal of the DSA is to integrate multimedia design with the core curriculum through project-based learning. The Academy has won over a dozen statewide awards for web design and design excellence. The DSA has been selected as one of two academies in the nation to participate in the Career Academies Research Project - a pilot program to develop models for increasing student exposure to careers and career paths through enhanced interaction with businesses and employers. The Career Academies Research Project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Over their three years in the Academy, students work on a series of academic and multimedia projects completed using industry standard multimedia tools. Through the completion of these projects, students work towards mastery of skills in graphic design, desktop publishing, animation, interactive authoring, photography, sound and video production, 3D design and presentation software. Additionally, the nature of the project-based-learning environment gives students a variety of experiences in planning, management of people and resources, working with clients and meeting deadlines while they learn to be confident, self-sufficient, and creative problem solvers – all important job skills for the economy of the 21st century. Our project design methodology has been adapted by numerous programs around the country, and our annual Innovation Project is a model for the involvement of the business community in the day to day management of classroom projects. Visit the Digital Safari's website at www.DigitalSafari.org