Grasso Chopp-ED Competition
As a part of a yearly tradition, grade 10 Grasso Tech Culinary Arts students participated in a "Chopp-ED Competition", modeled off the popular television show Chopped. This comprehensive challenge for the students serves as a graduation activity where they utilize the culinary skills they've learned as underclassmen as they [...]
Lawmakers visit Middletown to highlight CT tech schools hours extension
Middletown Press Staff May 19, 2021 MIDDLETOWN — Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz visited Vinal Technical High School recently to highlight Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal for the use of federal COVID-19 recovery funding that Connecticut is receiving from the American Rescue Plan Act. The American Rescue Plan Act is the sixth federal COVID-19 relief bill passed [...]
E.C. Goodwin Technical High School hosts Construction Career Fair
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, E.C. Goodwin Technical High School in New Britain hosted over 50 exhibitors in the Carpentry, Masonry, Electrical, HVAC and Plumbing trades at a Construction Career Fair. The event, coordinated by the Minority Construction Council (MCC) and sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT [...]
Platt Tech Teacher Named CTECS 2022 Teacher of the Year
Jeff Tyrol, a carpentry instructor at Platt Technical High School, located in Milford, CT, has been named the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) Teacher of the Year, Superintendent of Schools Mr. Jeffery Wihbey announced today. “Jeff’s dedication to teaching, care for his students, and can-do attitude is [...]
Noujaim Tool Co. molds Kaynor Tech students into apprentices
WATERBURY - Two days after his 16th birthday, Ryan Belmont began his career. He was a student at W.F. Kaynor Technical High School, and had a couple years before taken a tour of the Noujaim Tool Co., and met owner Joseph Noujaim. “Joe said, ‘When you turn 16, come [...]