End of Free Summer Meals from CTECS
End of Free Summer Meals from CTECS The Free Summer Meals program that was available through the Connecticut Technical High Schools across CT will be ending at the end of the summer programing. Please see the end dates listed below. For optional Open Feeding Sites near your location, please [...]
Superintendent Wihbey on Manufacturing: Training, Career Opportunities & Increasing Females in the Trade
Jeff Wihbey, Superintendent of Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS), discusses manufacturing on the Made in America podcast. Mr. Wihbey shares his 23 year background in education as a teacher, department head, principal, and now superintendent. He details the endless opportunities CTECS offers, how the school system is [...]
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 [...]
