Click Here for College Visitor Schedule!  College representatives visit the Career Center daily in the fall. Please see attached list of colleges coming to Dana Hills HS.

Students...ROP registration for the spring  2012 has begun. 

If you are 16 years of age or older and are interested in taking an ROP class go to the Career Center to enroll.  The following courses are offered for the fall.

Animal Health Care

Automotive Repair

Careers in Fashion

Computer Graphics

Dental Assistant I and II

Digital Video

EMT

Floral Design

Criminal Justice

Emergency Medical Responder

Health Careers

Medical Assistant I and II

Medical Terminology

Network Communications

PC Hardware/Software

Programming Tools

 Production Art/Graphic Design

Production Art/Silk Screening

Small Business Management

Sports Medicine

Retail Careers

Restaurant Careers

Welcome to Dana Hills High School ROP/Career Center. The Regional Occupational Program or (ROP) offers students a great experience and an internship opportunity in a particular field. Students earn elective credits for high school.

Mrs. Speirs is located in room 501 and is here to assist students in finding an ROP class.  If you are interested in enrolling in an ROP class and are 16 years of age or older please see Mrs. Speirs.

Earn College Credit by taking articulated ROP course in high school.  An articulation agreement is a formal agreement between a high school/ROP and a community college.  It allows high school students to earn community college credit for taking ROP/CTE (career technical education) courses in high school.  Students who take ROP/CTE courses in their high school may receive advanced placement and/or advanced credit by examination at the community college.  Examples of ROP/CTE courses that articulate with Saddleback, Santa Ana and Coastline Community Colleges: Automotive Repair, Careers in Fashion, Child Care Occupations, Computer Graphics, Digital Media 1B/Digital Video Production, Firefighting - Basic skills and Technology, Floral Design, It Essentials I, Medical Terminology and Small Business Management. 

Registration for second semester  will begin November  2011 and continue until the classes are full/closed.  Students need to complete a registration form with Mrs. Speirs  Some ROP classes may have requirements that students must meet before they may enroll in the ROP class.  To get additional information log on to the Capistrano Laguna Beach ROP website at www.capolagrop.org  or go to the Career Center.

 ROP is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The annual  Senior Job Shadow/Career Day will be held on November 16, 2011 from 6:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students have an opportunity to get a sneak-peek of a particular occupation for the day. Occupations available for students to job shadow range from Attorney, City Management (at least 8 different departments) School teacher; Fire Department and Law Enforcement just to name a few. The event is sponsored by the Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary club and coordinated by Capistrano-Laguna Beach ROP.  Students are transported to the Ritz Carlton Hotel for breakfast. After breakfast they will listen to  motivational speaker, Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney . Students are then paired off with their mentor for the day where they will be able to ask questions and see first hand what the occupation requires. Lunch will be included at the end of the event at "On the Border" in Aliso Niquel. After lunch students will return to campus.

Please have students come to the Career Center in room 501 to pick up the list of occupations and permission forms required for the event.