1998-1999 School Year Academy Status Report: the past two years have taught us much about the importance of teamwork, patience, persistence and compromise. We have gone through our share of growing pains, but we have come through with some outstanding results. We are starting our third year as an academy,and with the support of the California Partnerships Academy and the Printing Industries Association of Southern California, and its members, we are less than one year away from celebrating the graduation of our first academy class. The class of 2000 is an amazing story of persistence and achievement. When our present seniors first joined the academy in the 9th grade their average GPA was 1.52. Now, these same individuals have an average GPA of 3.10. Our "family" started with five teachers and 56 students in 1997. Now we have grown to over 148 students, nine teachers, and one administrator.

Statistical Information, July, 1999	10th grade c/o 2002 Male: 29 Female: 27 Total: 56 11th grade c/o 2001 Male: 21 Female: 31 Total: 52 12th grade c/o 2000 Male: 19 Female: 21 Total: 40 Academy Total: Male: 69 Female: 77 Total: 148
Increased math requirement	One more year of math classes is required for academy students, totaling four years of math in high school. By doing so, we hope to increase the math and computational skills of all our graduating students.
Starting university early	Dr. Benjamin Lee of CSU Los Angeles is working with IGCA to develop an innovative program that will allow the top 25 academy seniors to take classes in Graphic Communications and Printing Management in t he winter and spring quarters of the year 2000.
Activities	LA County Fair Demo Booth; CSU San Luis Obispo/UC Santa Barabara Field Trip; Long Beach Aquarium; Color Graphics; Anderson Litho; Cultural Diversity Festival; Gutenberg Festival Long Beach; Magic Mountain Career Day; Heidelberg Plant.
Campus activities	Cultural Diversity Festival held in February aimed to help students understand and respect each others' differences. Students printed a brochure of a country or region. A food sample accompanied each brochure.

Academies and Special Programs Manual Arts High School September 2000