College and Career Ready Credentials and Skills:
- Career and Technical Education Endorsement on the high school diploma which certifies the student as college and career ready.
- 12 research college credits through SUNY Albany that can be transferred to most colleges as elective credit, research credit, and for career ladders that require college credit (i.e. salary steps in the military and civil service jobs),
- Map making (SPACE – Geographic Information Systems certificate),
- Resource management and conservation (NOCTI Natural Resources Systems certificate),
- Financial Management (EverFi certificate),
- Research project management skills (New York City Science and Engineering Fair & Cold Spring Harbor’s Urban Bar Code Program certificates),
- Rigorous foundation in marine science (i.e. aquatic chemistry, zoology, ecology, genetics, microbiology, etc.),
- Rigorous foundation in college research (i.e. technical reading & writing, and applied statistics),
- 21st Century skills: grit, problem solving, leadership, team work, information technology, creativity, etc.