Career & Technical Education

Newton Public Schools affords its students the opportunity to experience a variety of Career & Technical Education (CTE) courses. Students who pursue a Chapter 74 CTE Program of Study may earn a Certificate of Program Completion in the career area studied in addition to a high school diploma. If one of the Chapter 74 Programs is a career area of serious interest for a student (whether after college or right out of high school) and the student is willing to commit to commuting to and from South and North, the student should pursue a Chapter 74 exploratory course that is offered at North. This avenue will allow for a smoother transition into a major for the chosen CTE program.

Students who are not sure about their future endeavors but would like to sample a variety of career interests should register for the career area electives offered at South. If after taking career area electives at South a student believes they would like to continue studying a career area that is one of our CTE programs and will commit commuting to and from South and North, the student’s counselor and the Director of CTE will work to ensure the student is enrolled in the CTE program of interest at North; this interest should be shared with the counselor and Director at the time of course registration.