Aleman, the health technology department head at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School, and some 20 10th-graders learned the benefit of having such a facility recently when they attended the Stop the Bleed program, taught by Echo Hose Ambulance Co. members.

At the first faculty meeting of the school year, the superintendent of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, Dr. Nivea Torres, arrived with a trophy with the assistant superintendent carrying numerous blue and white balloons and presented the No. 1 school award to Dr. Nikitoula Menounos for being tops in the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System.

Nivea L. Torres was presented with the Education Award at the 10th annual Latino de Oro Awards, recognizing Latino and non-Latino individuals who have worked to improve the Hispanic community in Connecticut.

The CTHSS hosted community open houses at schools around the state in October, November and December. The goal of these open houses was not only to expose prospective families to the excellent facilities, teachers and programs at our schools, but also to reach deeper into our surrounding communities to continue to build partnerships.

The Connecticut Technical High School system last week hosted state government, business and educational leaders for a discussion on how organizations are leveraging shifting demographics in Connecticut to fill anticipated workforce needs.

Join the “One Read CTHSS” Google Classroom and Post your plan by December 1st. Use this code to join the classroom: 4k92w0z . Plan organizers are posted in the google classroom.

By the time A.I. Prince Technical High School students Canetshly Acevedo, Cody Caetano, Kyaw Kya and Joseph Sandone learned of the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC), the team had only three weeks remaining to submit their design – roughly one-third the amount of time other teams had.

Steven Torres wins National Silver Gloves Boxing Championships. Posing in front of Ringside.