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Health Related Technology students posing together at the HOSA event.

Lincoln’s Future Health Professional (HOSA) Place Top 10 Internationally

There was screaming, celebrating, and happy tears on June 24th, a sweltering hot day in Dallas, Texas, as (4) Health-Related Technology (HRT) students from Abraham Lincoln High School CTE program took the stage at the 46th annual HOSA international leadership conference. The team of E. Cesar, N. Fofana, C. Ossai, and R.O. Ossai competed in the...

Sparking the Dream Initiative: Giving Students a Seat at the Table

Denzel Perez, a senior at Northeast High School is interested in all facets of real estate and wants to pursue a career in the field. His classmates Jalyn Jaquez-Reyes and Maya Carrasquillo are interested in business and the law. On May 19th, they participated in Sparking the Dream Initiative, a weekly radio show that airs...

Suit Up Business Competition Yields $25 Amazon Gift Cards

This year, business, marketing, and accounting CTE students from George Washington, Northeast, Lincoln, MLK, Roxborough, Dobbins, and FLC participated in SuitUp, a business competition yielding the winning team participants $25.00 Amazon gift cards. SuitUp is a 501(c)(3) education non-profit that increases career readiness for all students through innovative virtual and in-person business competitions. Through SuitUp,...

CAPA CTE Students win awards from Film Festivals

Our winners of the 2023 Greenfield Youth Film Festival are: From the Digital Media Production Program: Kaleaf Fairfax and Tamsen Luff: Most Creative Film Award Foster Barone: 2nd Place Best Experimental Film We also want to congratulate Dylan McHale and Toby McDonald for winning Best Music Video! At the 2023 FilmNOW Regional Film NOW HS...

South Philly CTE Culinary Students Win Scholarships

CCAP (Careers through Culinary Arts Program) awarded two scholarships to SPHS Culinary students. Summer Reid gained a scholarship to attend Monroe College’s Culinary Institute Program this summer. Summer Reid will live on campus and hone her culinary skills with an all expense paid opportunity. Culinary student Ismael Caballero-Popoca received a $2,500 cash scholarship. He plans...

Photo of 2023 Skills USA State Conference attendees from the School District of Philadelphia

SkillsUSA State Conference Success!

The 2022-2023 school year has been an amazing year for the District’s CTE schools that participated in SkillsUSA. For those who do not know, SkillsUSA is a Career & Technical Student Organization (CTSO) that plays an integral part in CTE at the state and national level. It is a nonprofit educational organization that serves to...

Mayfair School – The Dope Student Podcast talks about CTE

Listen to the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyTE69EHqc or listen below:

Northeast & George Washington High School DECA entrepreneurs pitch business ideas

Nearly 500 students comprising of 125 middle to high school teams pitched ideas at the Shark Tank-inspired competition at Bloomsburg University. Northeast High School team 1, Jayln Reyes, Chelsea Vinas, Lighia Lima, and Maya Carrasquillo impressed the judges and won 6th place. This is the teams 2nd year competing (last year in 2022, they placed...

OCEAN has been ACCEPTED into the 2023 FilmNOW Festival

Congrats to Ziggy Hensely, a CAPA CTE student! Ziggy made an animation short film that has been accepted as an official selection into the 2023 FilmNOW Festival as a finalist in the Animation film category! Ocean will play on the big scren at the historic Ambler Theater in April!

Sandwiches on a table, made by SPHS Culinary students.

Rams Cafe Catering

SPHS's CTE Culinary students catered a luncheon for Assistant Superintendent Dr. Brown, Learning Network 13 Executive Team, Learning Network 13 Principals, & Central Office Staff for a school budget expectations meeting which was held on March 9th, 2023.

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