Voice4Change Awards $240K to CTECS; Student Projects Funded
In a first-of-its-kind statewide civic engagement initiative, Voice4Change empowered high school students to propose and vote on how more than $1.5 million in federal relief funds would be invested to reimagine Connecticut’s schools. Students submitted proposals to the State Department of Education outlining how they would spend $20,000 in [...]
CTECS Students Compete in 2022 SkillsUSA State Conference: Awards Announced
CTECS students from the state's 17 technical high schools got a chance to compete in the annual SkillsUSA State Conference on March 25, 2022. These students completed on-the-job challenges in several categories for a chance to move on to the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference set to take [...]
Annual Auto Competition Offers $82K in Scholarships
Twelve of the top automotive technology students from across CT’s technical high schools participated in the annual Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association (CARA) automotive technical competition on April 7, 2022. Held at Gengras Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in East Hartford, CT, nearly $82,000 in scholarship awards were available to the [...]
March is CT Board of Education Member Appreciation month!
The month of March is Connecticut Board of Education Member Appreciation month. A big "thank you" to CTECS board members for their dedication, commitment to students and helping to provide the best career and technical education opportunities in the state!
Culinary Program Celebrates Black History Month
Oliver Wolcott Technical High School celebrated Black History Month with recipes from one of the oldest African American cookbooks and one of the most modern ones. What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking is believed to be the first cookbook by an African American published in 1881. They also [...]
