CTHSS Eco-Houses to be Featured on CPTV
 The Eco-House Projects which began
this school year at several CT Tech High Schools will be featured on Connecticut
Public Television in June. The model being built at Goodwin Technical High
School in New Britain, Connecticut will be part of a series on Green
Technology.
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Abbott Tech Wins $20,000 CL&P
“Live Green, Win Green” Grant
 Abbott Technical High School in Danbury, Connecticut recently
won the $20,000 Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) “Live Green, Win
Green” Grant.
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Norwich Tech Wins Bob’s High
School Heroes Blood Drive for the Second Year in a Row
 Norwich Technical High School earned the Grand Prize from Bob's
High School Heroes for the 2010- 2011 school year for the highest percentage
of participation. This is the second year in a row that Norwich Tech has
won a part of this competition.
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O’Brien Tech Students Work with
Valley United Way on Harvest House Project.
 Students from the Computer-Aided
Drafting and Design (CADD) and Carpentry shops at O'Brien Technical High
School in Ansonia have been working on a special project with the Valley
United Way of Connecticut.
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Prince Tech Establishes Unique
Partnership with UCONN School for Engineering and the Connecticut Science
Center
Since 1999, the National
Science Foundation (NSF) has been awarding the GK-12 (Graduate STEM Fellows
in K-12 Education) grants to universities across the nation. In 2010, With this award the UCONN School of Engineering began a
partnership with eight technical high schools including Prince Technical High
School in Hartford. Through the GK-12 program, UCONN graduate students
are able to present science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM),
to classrooms through hands-on and exciting activities. See More Details.
Homeless Awareness Poster Finalists
Announced
 In June, the two finalists in the first Homeless Awareness
Poster Contest were announced. With over 160 entries, the coordinators were
very impressed with the participation by students in the competition.
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Student Congress Holds Final Meeting of the 2010-2011 School Year
 The Connecticut Technical
High School System Student Congress held its final meeting of the school year on May 20, 2011.
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Ellis Tech Students Take Second Place in
the State in Stock Market Competition
 A team of senior students from Ellis Technical High School in
Danielson, Connecticut came in second place in the state in the annual Stock
Market Competition.
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Whitney Tech Culinary Arts Instructor
Wins Competition on Food Network
 Chef Heather Priest from the Culinary Arts program at Whitney
Technical High School in Hamden, Connecticut recently won a culinary
competition on the Food Network's TV show, "Chopped".
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Vinal Tech National Honor Society Donates Over
Two Thousand Books
 Working with other local high schools in the Middletown
area, Vinal Tech National Honor Society members
donated over a thousand books to a local elementary school.
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CTHSS Schools
Have Strong Spring Sports Season
 The following schools won Constitution State Conference
(CSC) Spring Sports Championships:
Boys Track and Field Tournament Champions - Windham Technical
High School
Baseball Champions - Wilcox Technical High School
Boys Tennis Conference Champions – Prince Technical High School
Girls Tennis Tournament Champions - Wilcox Technical High School
Softball Champions - Cheney Technical High School
Golf Champions - Norwich Technical High School
See More Details on the CSC
Website.
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