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Building

Building includes the skills and art of engineering, surveying, drafting, industrial safety, digital electronics, interior design, process technology, and home construction. With ever-increasing employment opportunities, the engineering and building pathway abounds in possibilities for students.

Business

From Microsoft Office certifications and website design to computer network theory and Cisco certification, our business department offers both introductory courses as well as a wealth of technical skills.

Fitness

Fitness pathway is for students interested in careers in sports and fitness, careers such as physical education, coaching, personal training, sports marketing, officiating, corporate fitness, dietician, nutritionist, physical therapy, chiropractic medicine, sports medicine, rehabilitation specialists, and therapeutic arts.

Health

Healthcare is one of the fastest growing fields in the United states. The goal of CTHS’s health pathway is to prepare students for immediate jobs or for continuing education in the healthcare field.

Human Services

Human Services introduces students to the assisting skills of the dentistry, veterinary, and medical industries. Students will meet practicing professionals from these professions and learn all the prerequisites for adding value to these occupations. Customer service, effective communication, office teamwork, professional confidentiality, and technical skills that aid in the service of these professions will be of primary importance. Hands-on training will be coupled with formal learning to maximize career preparation.

Natural Resources

Alaska is one of the most beautiful, and resource rich places in the world. There are many professions that give you a chance to explore the rugged complexities of Alaska's Natural Resources and introduce students to a career in forestry, land management, and wildland firefighting.Students combine knowledge obtained in the classroom with hands-on field experience in the pursuit of best practices in natural resource management.

Tourism

This class aims to guide students through the foundations of the subject and beyond. Students will get the chance to apply their problem solving and critical thinking skills within a challenging learning environment that requires active participation. Stop by one of our classes to see for yourself.

Transportation

With a focus on aviation, diesel power, and process technology. The transportation pathway will make you job-ready in some of Alaska's highest paying industries.

Career Pathways

Choose your path.

Opened in 2007, Career Tech High School is a comprehensive high school which focuses on career readiness, technical skills, and college preparedness.
Just as college students choose a major, Tech students choose a career pathway, which means they will take pathway electives where they explore the various jobs that relate to their professions of interest.
Students select from one of our eight pathways: Building, Business, Fitness, Human Services, Health, Natural Resources, Tourism, and Transportation. As students explore pathway careers, they can change pathways at any time, just as a college student would change majors, although without the cost.
From bookkeeping and accounting to web design and computer networking in our business pathway, or computer drafting and pre-engineering to interior design and home construction in our building pathway, students experience practical, hands-on activities that shows them each pathway’s art and skill.
An application school, Career Tech places a high priority on civic responsibility, professionalism, and customer service. Consequently, our students meet a high standard for both academics and behavior, a high standard that is reflected in our 98.67% graduation rate, our AdvancedEd accreditation, and our recent 5-star ASPI rating as a Highest Performing School from the Alaska Department of Education. CTHS was also awarded from the Department of Education in Washington DC the 2015 Blue Ribbon, School of Excellence, award.
Career Tech does not offer sports, music, drama, art, or other common popular electives; our electives revolve around career exploration and employability.

Why Career Tech?

Committed to Excellence

Career Tech is about helping young people figure out what they want to do after high school while they are still in high school. To help students make these decisions, we base our courses, as much as possible, on industry standards. We are continually asking our business partners what they want to see our students familiar with and fluent in—and our curriculum responds very quickly to such industry advice.

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Your pathway to success.

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