Career & Technical Education

Preparing Student for Beyond the Classroom

Every child has his or her own interests and learning style. If a child becomes bored or can’t see the long-term applications of what they are learning in school, they may drop out of school. Over 80% of dropouts say relevant, real-world learning opportunities would have kept them in high school.

We are experiencing a skills gap in this country which is causing over a million jobs to remain open and unfilled. The hardest jobs to fill in the United States are in the trade, transportation and utilities sector and manufacturing.

CTE addresses the needs of high-growth industries and helps close the skills gap.

Williamsport Area High School offers courses in the following Career and Technical Education subject areas:

All courses are taken at the high school. Specialized classrooms with proper tools, safety equipment and supervision provide students with  real world environments to further help them envision themselves in a particular career field.

A student works at a station in the Robotics & Engineering classroom.

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SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is America’s proud champion of the skilled trades. We’re a student-led partnership of education and industry that’s building the future skilled workforce our nation depends on with graduates who are career ready, day one.

 

Nondiscrimination Statement

The Williamsport Area School District is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, and handicap in its activities, programs, or employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX Education Amendment of 2020, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disability Act of 1990. For information regarding civil rights (www2.ed.gov) or grievance procedures, services, training materials, activities, and facilities that are accessible to and usable by handicapped individuals, contact the Title IX coordinator, Mrs. Anne Logue ([email protected]), Director of Human Resources, for issues related to staff, or Dr. Brandon Pardoe ([email protected]), Director of Student Services, for issues related to students. Both are located at the Williamsport Area School District, 2780 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17701. Telephone number 570-327-5500, ext. 40210 for Mrs. Logue and ext. 40310 for Dr. Pardoe.