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Student Success Stories
WTNH Highlights the Talent and Skill of CTECS Students and Graduates
Jayden Harris, an Eli Whitney Technical High School student specializes in Plumbing, has already earned his OSHA certification to work on job sites. Through the Work-Based Learning program, he’s also working part-time as an apprentice plumber. “You get all this hands-on experience for free without having to [...]
Carpentry Student Lines Up Job in National Defense
Hadley Gonzalez is “building freedom”. At least that is what her intern cohort in General Dynamic Electric Boat’s Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) would repeat at the start and end of each work day. Electric Boat designs, constructs and provides support to submarines for [...]
CTECS Students Place with High Honors at SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference
CTECS students from around the state showcased their skills and earned honors at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 20-24, 2022. The conference held more than 6,500 career and technical education students from around the country and focused on 108 different [...]
Seniors at Wolcott Tech celebrate future employment with Career Signing Day
Dozens of parents, students, employers, and industry partners gathered at Oliver Wolcott Technical High School in Torrington, Connecticut last Wednesday for a Career Signing Event and celebration. 27 seniors from Oliver Wolcott Tech were honored as they signed contracts for full-time positions after graduation with their future [...]
Day-in-the-Life of a Work-Based Learning Student Stories
Abbott Tech Precision Machining & Stanley Engineered Fastening
We got an inside look, visiting Kim Collins-Horner, HR Specialist at Stanley Engineered Fastening in Danbury, CT, and WBL student Carlos Mogollon Torres, a senior in the Precision Machining Technology program at Henry Abbott Technical High School. Here’s what they had to say.
Cheney Tech Electrical & Thorogood Electric
We got an inside look, visiting Dane Thorogood, owner of Thorogood Electric in Enfield, CT, and his WBL student Devin Sanchez, a senior in the Electrical program at Howell Cheney Technical High School. Here’s what they had to say.
