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TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION AND PATHWAY TO SUCCESS.

 

The purpose of the Advanced College and Career Readiness Center is to expand pathways for over 2000 11th - 12th grade students across seven schools in TPSS. By allowing teachers to be centrally located within The Center, TPSS juniors and seniors will have increased access to college dual enrollment courses, as well as opportunities to attain basic and advanced credentials. This innovation will support students’ college and career readiness, so they are able to access meaningful post-secondary opportunities.

Career and Technical Education courses are open to all students. All career and technical education opportunities will be offered regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.

 

 

 

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Students in the Medical Assistant course have worked hard all year and are starting to pass their difficult CCMA exams!  Congratulations!

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TPSS Advanced College & Career Magnet students Dante Frayer (Loranger) and Jaylin Pfeffer (Sumner) competed Saturday in the regional SeaPerch competition hosted by the Southern Northshore STEM Center, with the underwater ROV they designed and built.  

They were named High School Class Grand Champions! Earned 2nd place overall in the mission course, and 2nd place overall in the obstacle course. Along with their trophies, they brought home an invitation to compete at the international SeaPerch competition in Maryland at the end of May!

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Physics students did lab experiments to explore momentum and elastic collisions. They also calculated elasticity and spring constants and measured pendulum swings to see if they could prove Hooke's Law.

Chemistry students learned how electrons fill atoms using Aufbau mats and beads.  They also explored three types of quantities that a mole measures.

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There's no better way to learn than from those who are doing it every day. 📈 Huge thanks to the @Anntoine Marketing + Design team for coming to speak with our Social Media Marketing class. They’ve truly inspired our students to dream big and “Make It Possible”! Tag a marketing pro or business owner who inspires you below! 👇🧡

#marketing #tangischools #guestspeaker #ACCMC 

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We're adding Criminal Justice and Conservation Law courses to the ACCMC next year.  Class registration for 2026-2027 will reopen in April!

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ACCMC ProStart students, in collaboration with HHMS ProStart students, through a sponsorship by Louisiana Seafood, competed in St. Bernard Parish's Cookoff for the Coast, where they prepared and served over 500 seafood potatoes to guests and judges. At the end of a great day, the team took home first place in the student category!  (Additional info on educational culinary programs: LRA Education Foundation & CTE in TPSS)

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We're adding Drone Piloting courses to the ACCMC next year.  Class registration for 2026-2027 will reopen in April!

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ACCMC Hospitality students, with the generous support of S & W Foods, prepared over 60 quarts of gumbo for distribution through Our Daily Bread Food Bank. We are grateful for opportunities to practice our skills while giving back to our communities. Thank you, S & W Foods and Our Daily Bread

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We're adding Firefighter courses to the ACCMC next year.  You need to take EMR to be eligible.  Check your email for information about how to sign up for classes for 2026-2027.

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Our Digital Image earned a pile of Adobe certifications in the fall semester, included advanced credentials!

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Our TV Production students started off the spring semester by trying out the awesome production equipment in the class, like microphones and DSLR cameras!

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Our ProStart culinary students practiced piping and cake decorating with Ashley Johnson from Albertson's Hammond. Our students had a great time practicing their skills, and we are grateful for Chef Ashley's generosity with her time and talent!

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In Speech class, Lucy directs an oral interpretation of the stage musical Hamilton by Vivian and Allie.

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Psychology students are working together to match cognitive and motor skills with the correct categories of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.

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Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to our Teacher and Support Staff of the Year!

The Advanced College and Career Magnet Center is proud to celebrate our Teacher of the Year Nancy Harrelson and our Support Staff of the Year Chelsea Doby.  You both go above and beyond!

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Making Jack-o-Lanterns with Chemistry!

This is a chemical reaction illustrating the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with a Halloween flair. The students came up with the idea to have a Halloween experiment and practiced measuring skills by measuring out the metric amounts required for the reaction. The reaction vessel that the students chose was a carved pumpkin. They also assisted in "scooping" out the pumpkin.

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Homecoming, Red Ribbon, and Halloween Celebrations!

We had multiple reasons to dress up this week at the Magnet Center.  Special shoutout to Amite High for having piles of school spirit!

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Principles of Engineering Drawbridges!

Our Principles of Engineering students just completed their Civil Engineering unit with an incredible hands-on project — designing and building hydraulic-powered drawbridges! Using the principles of hydraulics, teamwork, and creative design, students constructed working models that demonstrate how fluid power can move large structures with precision. The results were amazing!

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Learning Patient Assistance

In the CNA class, students learned how to make beds, help patients ambulate and transfer from wheelchair to toilet, and record weight.

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Fingerprinting in Forensics

The Forensics classes learned how to dust for and lift fingerprints off surfaces then analyze them with stereoscopes. 

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First Nine Weeks Teacher Celebration

Celebrating Teachers in the First Nine Weeks

Faculty were celebrated after a productive first nine-weeks with certificates, drinks, and root beer floats delivered to their classrooms!

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Unity Day

October 22nd is Unity Day

Students and faculty/staff showed their support for unity against bullying by wearing orange!

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Learning about Patient Diets in Medical Assistant Class!

Groups are making posters about diseases caused by various foods or disease that require a change in a patients diet

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Perfect Attendance Celebration

On October 20th and 21st we celebrated Perfect Attendance!  Every student who had perfect attendance at the ACCMC in the first nine weeks was treated to a special breakfast provided by our ProStart culinary class. Great job to all of these students!

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Conditioning Project

Shaping Behavior Exercise in Psychology DE!

Students are studying Positive Reinforcement and Shaping.  In class we practiced this by nonverbally rewarding our "test subjects" with candy as they got closer to completing the desired behavior.

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Forensics Class

Who wouldn't love taking a Forensics Class at our TPSS Advanced College & Career Magnet Center? Watch as WGNO goes behind the scenes to crack the mystery behind this cutting edge class.

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Lights, Camera, Action!

"With cameras, lights, an audio board and lots of student interaction, this TV and Film Production class at TPSS Magnet Center is full of action." See WGNO's cover as they shine the spotlight on our TV studio. 

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Pharmacy Program

WGNO recently highlighted the Pharmacy Program we have to offer at our TPSS Advanced College & Career Magnet Center.

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