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Welcome
to Emmett O'Brien Technical High School. Please take the time
to carefully review the information outlined on our website. We
encourage every student to reach his or her highest potential.
Our faculty is dedicated to providing outstanding technical and
academic instruction. Instruction is diversified in order to prepare
students for the world beyond high school. It is our goal to give
students the marketable skills that are necessary for post high
school education and employment in a rapidly changing technological
society. We offer ten occupation specific technologies in addition
to our academic courses and adult education programs. Our curriculum
is new, innovative, and will prepare our graduates for the challenges
presented by post-high school academic study, and will provide
them the problem-solving skills essential for success in a technological
career. The curriculum is aligned with the Connecticut Frameworks
and our students have advanced on challenging statewide assessments
that gauge progress for The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The
overall goal of NCLB is to have all students-100%-achieving at
grade level in 2014.
O'Brien
Technical High School completed the New England Association of
Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Evaluative Study in the March of
2004, and we have maintained our accreditation. The NEASC study
noted signs of growth. We have enhanced and diversified our academic
and technical curricula. In the future, students will choose from
elective courses, and will participate in lessons that are presented
through differentiated instruction. Our campus redecoration and
renovation continues. We are adding language arts and mathematics
learning labs, new technology, and redecorated classrooms. A sense
of anticipation and excitement is clear. We are very pleased that
we can be a part of it.
We
welcome your inquiries. We believe that working in concert with
our students, their parents/guardians, and the community provides
them with greater opportunities to grow, learn, and appreciate
our world.
Lisa Hylwa
Principal
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