The state of Connecticut funds and operates the Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS), a statewide system of 16 degree-granting technical high schools and one technical education center, serving approximately 10,200 full-time high school students with comprehensive education and training in 38 occupational areas. CTHSS also serves approximately 5,500 part-time adult students in apprenticeship and other programs. Two full-time adult programs are offered in aviation maintenance.

High school students receive a college preparatory curriculum and earn a Connecticut high school diploma as well as a certificate in a specific trade technology. Approximately 45 percent of graduates go on to college and approximately 50 percent go on to employment, apprenticeships or the military following graduation.

Adult students are provided full-time post-high school programs, apprentice training and part-time programs for retraining and upgrading skills. Many customized educational programs and services for youth and adults also are provided. These include English for language learners (ELL) programs, tech prep relationships, handicapped and psychological services, and a full complement of remedial programs. Program relevance is ensured through an extensive network of technology advisory committees, authentic assessment and an aggressive response to the implementation of emerging technologies of the workplace.

List of Schools in the Connecticut Technical High School System

• Emmett O'Brien Technical High School
  Emmett O'Brien Technical High School
  Emmett O' Brien Technical High School is one of 17 technical schools operated by the State ofConnecticut located in Ansonia. O' Brien mainly serves the towns of Ansonia, Bethany, Beacon Falls, Shelton, Naugutuck, Derby, Seymour, and Oxford. The school is awaiting a long planned $80 million dollar...
  
  
• Bullard Havens Technical High School
  Bullard Havens Technical High School
  Bullard-Havens Technical High School is one of 17 vocational state schools in Connecticut, and is a part of the Connecticut Technical High School System...
  
  
• Bristol Technical Education Center
• Connecticut Aero Tech Center
• Henry Abbott Technical High School
  Henry Abbott Technical High School
  Henry Abbott Technical High School is a vocational-technical high school in Danbury and is among three high schools within Danbury, which include Danbury High School, and Immaculate High School.-Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing:...
  
  
• H.H. Ellis Technical High School
• Howell Cheney Satellite
• Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School
  Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School
  Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School, or Grasso Tech, is a technical high school located in Groton, Connecticut. It is in the Connecticut Technical High School System. It receives students from many nearby towns....
  
  
• Eli Whitney Technical High School
  Eli Whitney Technical High School
  Eli Whitney Technical High School, previously known as Eli Whitney Regional Vocational Technical High School, is a four year high school for grades 9 through 12. It is located in Hamden, Connecticut and opened in 1956.-References:**...
  
  
• A.I. Prince Technical High School
  A.I. Prince Technical High School
  A.I. Prince Technical High School is a technical high school located in Hartford, Connecticut. The school is one of 17 technical high schools in the Connecticut system.- History :...
  
  
• Howell Cheney Technical High School
  Howell Cheney Technical High School
  Howell Cheney Technical High School is a high school in Manchester, Connecticut. It was established in 1915 by Howell Cheney as a textile school, in order to provide training for those wishing to work at the local silk mills.- History :In 1915, the school moved into the nearby Franklin Building...
  
  
• H.C. Wilcox Technical High School
  H.C. Wilcox Technical High School
  H.C. Wilcox Technical High School is one of 17 vocational state schools in Connecticut, and is a part of the Connecticut Technical High School System. Located in Meriden it serves the region of central Connecticut, offering a trade to learn and master within four-years of high school along with the...
  
  
• Vinal Technical High School
• Platt Technical High School
  Platt Technical High School
  Platt Technical High School is one of 17 regional vocational state schools in Connecticut, and is a part of the Connecticut Technical High School System...
  
  
• E.C. Goodwin Technical High School
• Norwich Technical High School
• J. M. Wright Technical High School
  J. M. Wright Technical High School
  J.M. Wright Technical High School, also known as "J.M. Wright Vocational-Technical School" and, more familiarly, as "Wright Tech", is a vocational high school run by the state of Connecticut in Stamford, Connecticut, United States...
  
  
• Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians
• Oliver Wolcott Technical High School
• W.F. Kaynor Technical High School
  W.F. Kaynor Technical High School
  Warren Fox Kaynor Technical High School is located in Waterbury, Connecticut. Students from Waterbury and the surrounding area can attend Kaynor. The school is operated by the Connecticut Technical High School System. Kaynor offers their students a multitude of trades to choose from coupled with...
  
  
• Windham Technical High School

See also

• United States Department of Education
  United States Department of Education
  The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
  
  
• Vocational school
  Vocational school
  A vocational school , providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills needed to perform a particular job...
  
  
• Vocational education
  Vocational education
  Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
  
  
• Association for Career and Technical Education
  Association for Career and Technical Education
  The Association for Career and Technical Education is the professional association of CTE educators . It is a nonprofit membership association based in the United States. Its members are primarily educators and administrators of career and technical education , which is sometimes known as...