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The Union County Academy for Information Technology (UC-AIT) is a full-time four-year public high school located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States, on the Union County Vocational Technical Schools Campus. The school is part of the Union County Vocational Technical Schools (UCVTS), which serves students in all of Union County. AIT focuses on education in computer science and computer engineering with an emphasis on Mathematics and Science. In 2006, 51 students were members of the school's first graduating class. "The Academy for Information Technology is a four-year college preparatory program with a specialized focus in information technology and business. The program includes honors-level academics along with course work in Information Systems, Database Management and Java programming. Business courses include Computer Applications in Business, Business Concepts and Practices, Business Communications, Economics and AP Economics. Certifications include A+, Microsoft Office Specialist, Oracle, and Java Programming." As of the 2012–13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 259 students and 26.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.84:1. There were 17 students (6.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Academy For Information Technology ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2015.〕 Students have a very demanding curriculum on par with AIT's sister school, the Union County Magnet High School. The Academy for Information Technology offers students the opportunity to become certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist, an A+ Hardware/OS Technician, an Oracle database Designer/Programmer and a Programmer in the Java programming language. The Academy for Information Technology's CEEB code is: 311381 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== In September 2013, the academy was one of 15 schools in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which Education Secreatary Arne Duncan described as schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".〔Rundquist, Jeanette. ("15 N.J. schools named as national 'Blue Ribbon' winners" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', September 24, 2013. Accessed September 25, 2013. "Five Catholic schools, six county vocational-technical schools and a Yeshiva are among the list of honored schools in New Jersey. Also named as 2013 Blue Ribbon Schools were Dover, Harrison and Wildwood high schools."〕〔(2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private ), pp. 15-17. United States Department of Education, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed September 25, 2013.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 468th in the nation among participating public high schools and 39th among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.〕 The school was ranked 143rd in the nation and ninth in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. Accessed May 22, 2012.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (unchanged from the 2010 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 20, 2012.〕 Based on the performance on the Class of 2006 in the completion of their Oracle 9i exams, the Academy for Information Technology was named an Oracle Academy of Distinction by the Oracle Corporation. A team of AIT students were recognized as international "Best of Category" winners in the October 2004 Oracle ThinkQuest competition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Academy for Information Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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