Pres ent ; ▁acting / inter im ▁Princi pal ) ▁ ▁Academ ies ▁Main land , ▁like ▁many ▁other ▁schools ▁in ▁Vol us ia ▁County , ▁has ▁several ▁" ac adem ies ." ▁Academ ies ▁are ▁special ▁programs ▁of ▁study ▁that ▁focus ▁a ▁student ' s ▁education ▁on ▁a ▁specific ▁subject . ▁Main land ▁has ▁five ▁academ ies : ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Medicine , ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Communic ations ▁and ▁Mult imedia ▁Technology ▁( AC MT ), ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁D raft ing ▁and ▁Man ufact uring ▁Technology ▁( AD MT ), ▁the ▁Sports ▁Science ▁Academy ▁( SS A ), ▁and ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sim ulation ▁and ▁Rob ot ics ▁( AS R ). ▁These ▁academ ies ▁ent itle ▁gradu ating ▁students ▁to ▁a ▁special ▁di pl oma ▁upon ▁completion ▁of ▁the ▁program . ▁ ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science ▁& ▁Medicine ▁AS M ▁is ▁Main land ' s ▁largest ▁a cademy . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁science ▁and ▁medicine ▁a cademy . ▁Stud ents ▁are ▁required ▁to ▁take ▁two ▁extra ▁math ▁courses , ▁five ▁extra ▁science ▁courses , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁computer ▁science ▁course ▁prior ▁to ▁gradu ation . ▁Begin ning ▁with ▁students ▁that ▁enter ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 – 2 0 0 9 ▁School ▁year , ▁the ▁name ▁will ▁gradually ▁be ▁ph ased ▁to ▁" AS M ", ▁or ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Medicine , ▁with ▁the ▁engineering ▁track ▁being ▁removed , ▁and ▁more ▁emphas is ▁being ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁medical ▁and ▁environmental ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁field