Grasso Technical High School Opens; New Programs Offered
October 4, 2019
CTECS celebrated the official opening of the new Grasso Technical High School on September 5, 2019, with a number of state officials, business leaders, and community members.
“You have all these opportunities … to get the best education in the world and stay right here in Connecticut,” said Governor Lamont, who had said Connecticut’s strength is that it has the “best trained, most productive, most highly skilled workforce in the world.”
With the opening of the new building, the high school added a new welding and shipfitting program and a digital media and sound production program. It also added a two-year guest services management program for grade 11 and 12 students in the region.
Three Rivers Community College will offer a Manufacturing Apprenticeship Center in one of the shop areas of the new building that will provide courses to train college students and adult learners for positions in manufacturing at Electric Boat and small manufacturers in eastern Connecticut.
“Graduates leave the technical schools ready for all life has to offer,” CTECS Superintendent Jeffrey Wihbey said. “Our students graduate with certification, real-life work experience in their trade, soft skills sought after by employers, college readiness and a high school diploma on top of that.”
