PS 305 Mckinley Vocational High School is located at 1500 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY. This public school is situated in the Buffalo City School District and provides education opportunities for students in grades 8 through 12 for residents of Buffalo New York, in Erie County. Erie County is an urban center located on the western border of the State covering 1,058 square miles. The County is bounded by Lake Erie to the west, Niagara County and Canada to the north, Genesee County and Wyoming County to the east, and Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties to the south. The City of Buffalo serves as the County seat and Mckinley Vocational High School is governed by the Buffalo City School Board.
Mckinley Vocational School has a special goal in the foreign language department to expose students to a language and culture in order to make them knowledgeable and active participants of a global society. Students will learn to use a second language for meaningful communication in both spoken and written form. The foreign language program exposes students to language as it is used in various real-life situations that students are most likely to encounter. Through foreign language study, students develop sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic heritage of other groups and their influence on our own, and are prepared to participate in a society characterized by linguistic and cultural diversity.
