Butler Traditional High

The Traditional Magnet Program provides a rigorous academic curriculum in a highly structured learning environment that is essential for maximum student achievement. The Traditional Program contributes to a student’s growth by placing an added emphasis on high academic standards, proper conduct, citizenship, and the development of self-discipline. A focus on the core subjects and an emphasis on critical thinking help students build basic knowledge and gain high competence in fundamental skills.

Our mission is to produce informed, responsible, contributing members of society. In order to do this, we offer a safe and structured learning environment that fosters a positive self-concept and perpetuates self-motivation and high academic achievement. After leaving Butler, alumni can rest easy knowing that they’re better prepared for college and for the life they have ahead of them.

School Highlights

• Traditional education and rigorous college-preparatory curriculum
• Honors Program and Advanced Placement (AP) courses
• Dual-credit courses through the University of Louisville (UofL) and Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC)

Career Pathways

• Allied Health
  • Skills training and experiential learning opportunities
  • Prepares students for nursing, pharmacy technician, sports medicine/athletic trainer, medical assistant, EKG technician, phlebotomist, and veterinary assistant careers
• Army JROTC
  • Focuses on citizenship, character, and leadership
  • Emphasis on community service through partnerships with communities and educational institutions
• Pre-Nursing
  • Prepares students to apply basic health science principles and technical skills
• Automation Engineering
  • Opportunities to achieve career goals and industry certifications through career-themed engineering courses
• Teaching and Learning
  • Opportunities to participate in classroom activities
  • Emphasis on construction of knowledge, development of dispositions for teaching, and reflections on teaching and learning
  • Opportunities to learn to design engaging, standards-based lessons and assessments
• Web Development/Administration
  • Opportunities to create, design, and produce interactive multimedia products and services
  • Courses that cover developing digitally generated or computer-enhanced media and adhering to web standards used in business, training, communications, and marketing
  • Preparation for furthering students’ education or entering the workforce as leaders in a broad range of careers
• Network Administration
  • Instruction on new administration support skills or upgrading existing computer information systems skills
  • Opportunities to learn how to install networking software, configure software for a simple server environment, connect it to a physical network, and more
• Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Lessons on planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the functions and processes of a firm or organization
  • Instruction on management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision making