by Allyson Roberts | Jun 20, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Schools, Student Achievements
An impressive 216 county vocational-technical school seniors earned an associate degree before even graduating from high school, taking advantage of unique opportunities presented in their high school programs to accumulate portable college credits. The hard work and...
by Allyson Roberts | Jun 3, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Schools
In an expansive two-story space that could easily be mistaken for a warehouse, Essex County Schools of Technology students are putting the finishing touches on a scaled-down version of a family home. In that very same space, another group is in the early stages of...
by Allyson Roberts | Apr 21, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Employer Engagement, Featured News, Schools, Student Achievements
New Jersey SkillsUSA are contests held across the state to enable ambitious career-focused high school students to showcase their technical skills. They are also a win for employers who recognize the unique opportunity to connect with the top future talent for their...
by Allyson Roberts | Mar 17, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Featured News, Schools
The scents permeate the hallways: peanut butter cupcakes and cinnamon rolls from a culinary arts class, fresh sawdust from a carpentry class, and the burning sparks from welding rods in an automotive class — sights and smells as old as the traditional vocational...
by Career Tech | Feb 16, 2022 | Career and Technical Education, Career Programs, Schools, Student Achievements
Olivia Cruz has danced her way into the Magic Kingdom and the set of a major motion picture. She first learned that she could turn her love of dancing into a career at Gloucester County Institute of Technology. While enrolled in the school’s Performing Arts-Dance...