by Career Tech | Jul 19, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
From an early age, Liliana Gomez understood the importance of education. Neither of her parents had an opportunity to attend college and she dreamed of one day going to college and earning a degree. Her dream came true this spring — well before the 18-year-old Bound...
by Career Tech | Jul 13, 2020 | Career Programs, Schools
Read this article as it originally appeared on ROI-NJ July 13, 2020. When Carl Carbone starting teaching at Morris County School of Technology four years ago, plumbing was a half-day program with only seven students, and it was being considered for elimination. Today,...
by Career Tech | Jun 30, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
This article originally appeared June 29, 2020 in ROI-NJ.com. Blaine Edlefsen had a lot to keep track of during his last two years of high school in Jefferson Township. In addition to all of his regular high school courses, he spent half of each day in the engineering...
by Career Tech | Jun 22, 2020 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools, Student Achievements
In a year of virtual graduation ceremonies prompted by the coronavirus, 161 students who attend vocational technical high schools across the state got to celebrate twice – as they graduated from community college and again when they finished high school. The students...
by Career Tech | May 28, 2020 | Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
Read this article as it initially appeared on May 26, 2020 on ROI-NJ. For the last two months, the graduates of New Jersey’s vocational and technical high schools have been on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19, saluted by their communities as health care...
by Career Tech | May 22, 2020 | Schools, Student Achievements
Three seniors from vocational technical high schools in Bergen and Monmouth counties were among the five New Jersey students named 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars. The U.S. Presidential Scholars award—one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students who...
