Somerset County Technology Center

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Somerset County Technology Center
Address
281 Technology Drive

Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somerset
,
Pennsylvania
15501
Information
School typePublic Vocational-Technical School
Opened1972
NCES School ID428040007085
Administrative DirectorKaren Remick
Faculty18 [1]
Employees25
Grades10-12
Schedule typePart-Time
Accreditation Middle States Association - Commission on Secondary Schools [2]
Website www.sctc.net

Somerset County Technology Center (SCTC) is a public vocational-technical school just outside Somerset, Pennsylvania. SCTC has eight sending high schools, in which students attend the center for one-half of the day and their home school for the other one half. It also offers adult education opportunities, both on- and off-site, to county residents.

Somerset, Pennsylvania Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

Somerset is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,277 at the 2010 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Somerset is the principal city of the Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also one of two cities, the other being Johnstown, that make up the larger Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area.

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High School Opportunities

Presently, SCTC has eight sending school districts, [3] which sends Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors from their respective High Schools to the center for one-half day to participate in career workshops. Cooperative Education is also available

Tenth grade, sophomore year, or grade 10 is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten or the tenth year after the first introductory year upon entering compulsory schooling. In many parts of the world, the students are 15–16 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. The variants of 10th grade in various nations are described below.

Eleventh grade, junior year, or grade 11 is the eleventh, and for some countries final, grade of secondary schools. Students are typically 16–17 years of age, depending on the country and the students' birthdays.

Twelfth grade, senior year, or grade 12 is the final year of secondary school in most of North America. In other regions it is also equivalently referred to as class 12 or Year 13. In most countries students then graduate at either ages 18 or 19. Some countries have a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all. Twelfth grade is typically the last year of high school; graduation year.

Sending School Districts/High Schools

School DistrictHigh School
Berlin Brothersvalley Berlin Brothersvalley
Meyersdale Area Meyersdale Area
North Star North Star
Rockwood Area Rockwood Area
Shade-Central City Shade
Shanksville-Stonycreek Shanksville-Stonycreek
Somerset Area Somerset Area
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Turkeyfoot Valley Area

High School Programs

There are fifteen [4] career programs for the High School Students, including:

Carpentry skilled trade

Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters traditionally worked with natural wood and did the rougher work such as framing, but today many other materials are also used and sometimes the finer trades of cabinetmaking and furniture building are considered carpentry. In the United States, 98.5% of carpenters are male, and it was the fourth most male-dominated occupation in the country in 1999. In 2006 in the United States, there were about 1.5 million carpentry positions. Carpenters are usually the first tradesmen on a job and the last to leave. Carpenters normally framed post-and-beam buildings until the end of the 19th century; now this old fashioned carpentry is called timber framing. Carpenters learn this trade by being employed through an apprenticeship training—normally 4 years—and qualify by successfully completing that country's competence test in places such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa. It is also common that the skill can be learned by gaining work experience other than a formal training program, which may be the case in many places.

Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, non permanent hair removal such as waxing and sugaring and permanent hair removal processes such as electrology and intense pulsed light (IPL).

Forestry economic sector

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. The science of forestry has elements that belong to the biological, physical, social, political and managerial sciences.

High school clubs and organizations

Students may belong to the following clubs or organizations [5] while attending SCCTC

SkillsUSA organization

SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 high school, college and middle school students and professional members enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations.

National Association of Home Builders organization

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States, based upon 2011 annual budgets. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Adult Education

Adult education opportunities abound at SCTC, which include: Distance Learning, Intergenerational Learning, Short-Term Programs and Adult Literacy

Customized Training

SCTC offers agencies and businesses in the community work-related training [6] to maintain a trained workforce, either on or off site.

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References

  1. ↑ "NCES - School Search". U.S. Department of Education.
  2. ↑ "Accreditations". Somerset County Technology Center. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sending Schools". Somerset County Technology Center. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Courses". Somerset County Technology Center. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Clubs & Organizations". Somerset County Technology Center. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Customized Training". Somerset County Technology Center. Retrieved 25 December 2011.

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