A.I. Prince Technical High School
Encyclopedia
A.I. Prince Technical High School(Also known as Prince Tech) is a technical high school located in Hartford, Connecticut
. The school is one of 17 technical high schools in the Connecticut
system.http://www.cttech.org/
to the 400 Brookfield Street campus
in October 1960. The school was renamed after Albert I. Prince, former managing editor of The Hartford Times
newspaper, he was also a member of the State Board of Education for 18 years and served as the Chairman of the State Board of Education for 12 years.
The Hartford Trade School was founded in 1915 on Washington Street and in 1958 construction for the Brookfield Street campus began, and in late 1960 the new school opened.
Technology
Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing
Automotive Technology
Carpentry
Culinary Arts
Electrical
Fashion
Technology
Graphics
Technology
Hairdressing & Barbering
Information Systems
Technology
Masonry
Plumbing
& Heating
Music and Thearter Production Technology
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
. The school is one of 17 technical high schools in the Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
system.http://www.cttech.org/
History
A.I. Prince Technical School was the name given to the Hartford Trade School when it was moved from 110 Washington StreetStreet
A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...
to the 400 Brookfield Street campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
in October 1960. The school was renamed after Albert I. Prince, former managing editor of The Hartford Times
The Hartford Times
The Hartford Times was a daily afternoon newspaper serving the Hartford, Connecticut community from 1826 to 1976. Several accomplished individuals contributed to the newspaper, including Brit Hume, as a reporter; the television writer Robert Palm; the American painter, James Britton, employed as a...
newspaper, he was also a member of the State Board of Education for 18 years and served as the Chairman of the State Board of Education for 12 years.
The Hartford Trade School was founded in 1915 on Washington Street and in 1958 construction for the Brookfield Street campus began, and in late 1960 the new school opened.
Trades
Advanced ManufacturingManufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
Technology
Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing
Automotive Technology
Carpentry
Carpentry
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
Culinary Arts
Electrical
Fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
Technology
Graphics
Graphics
Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. Examples are photographs, drawings, Line Art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings,or...
Technology
Hairdressing & Barbering
Information Systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
Technology
Masonry
Masonry
Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine, limestone; concrete block, glass block, stucco, and...
Plumbing
Plumbing
Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping...
& Heating
Music and Thearter Production Technology