Castaic High School officials recently revealed the latest logo for the new addition to the Hart School District, including their plans to involve the community for student success.

The newly revealed logo presents the school colors of charcoal gray, white, and burnt orange.

In October of last year, the school colors were announced, along with the official mascot, a coyote.

District officials also released the logo for the iCAN Academy, a program that will enable students to not only receive their high school diploma when they graduate, but also have a year of college coursework under their belt, according to officials.

Melanie Hagman, the founding principal, also mentioned that students will be able to benefit from the community and graduate with entry-level skills for employment.

“We have goals at our school, and my goal is to encourage you to be part of our school as well,” said Hagman. “My vision, and my staff’s vision, is that we want to provide students with the learning environment that is inclusive and fosters success.”

Castaic High School staff plans to incorporate the same curriculum that is seen at every Hart District high school, but also factor in career pathways such as health and medical services, media production, blogging, journalism, welding, and manufacturing.

“All of those will lead to certification for students so that they are walking out employable right out of high school,” said Hagman.

In the future, William S. Hart Union High School District officials intend to add sports medicine, certified nurse assistant, construction, and legal services to its list of classes.

“One of our objectives at the Hart School District is to release to the world productive, employable people,” said Dave Caldwell, spokesperson for the Hart School District. “We want to partner with the business community in the Santa Clarita Valley to make certain that we are educating these students to fill the needs of 21st century businesses.”

With the district’s partnership with College of the Canyons, extracurricular activities are set to be facilitated through the iCAN Academy.

“College of the Canyons will be supplementing courses to help instruct our students in these particular areas,” added Hagman.

The principal says that having an opportunity to explore different topics will save students time and money in the future.

“We also want kids to be able to look into things as high school students so they’re not spending thousands of dollars to figure what their passion is in life,” said Hagman.

Project Manager Randy Wrage also shared updates on the physical structures, which are on schedule to be completed for the school’s first freshman class.

Despite recent storms, there are about 190 workers on the Castaic site. Over the course of the project, there’s been at least 1,500 trades people, and by the time the project is done, there will be about 464,000 man hours spent on the project, according to Wrage.

“This is going to turn into a community center in Castaic through the athletics that will be going on during the weekends,” said Wrage. “This is really going to be a popular place for the community.”

Since the school has been designated as an open enrollment school, which will give any Santa Clarita student the chance to study at the new facility, officials say they are trying to avoid moving hundreds of students already registered in neighboring schools. For this reason, Castaic High will open to 9th graders only.

The first set of students beginning in August 2019 are expected to graduate in 2023, according to officials.

For more information about the project, visit the website here.

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