Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering
The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering is an American high school located in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 2018, it is the first tuition-free residential high school focused on the integration of cyber technology and engineering across all academic disciplines. The school puts a focus on the teaching various topics relating to cyber, technology, and engineering, integrating such topics into core classes. The school is a magnet school which serves the entire state of Alabama. It requires an application. It receives fund through the state education department, and through sponsorships of major companies, in exchange for students to intern at those companies their senior year.
Academics
ASCTE offers core classes, as well as additional topic-specific classes related to cyber, technology, and engineering. These classes include Mathematics, Science, English, History, Cyber, and Engineering. The school operates on trimesters, and each class takes two terms to complete. This allows students who start as freshman to do four years of classes in three years. Should a student start as a sophomore, they will be placed in freshman level classes, with the exception of English Language classes. At the start of their senior year, the student will have finished 4 courses of English Language and 3 courses of every other subject.Students who start as freshman will spend their senior year doing an internship at one of ASCTE's several sponsors. Notable sponsors include Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Leidos, and RTX. This is preceded by a capstone project, which is chosen by the student. For their first semester they will take the last courses needed for graduation in addition to completing their capstone project. They will complete a shorter internship in their last semester.