Welcome to Sussex County Technical School
Message from the Superintendent
Are you a student who wants to get a head start on life after high school? Do you want to jump right into the workforce after graduation, or do you want an advantage over your fellow students when you start college?
Before You Come to Class
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SCTS will be closed 2/10/10.
Sports News
Congratulations Fall Athletic Teams! Sussex County Technical student athletes and coaches made the fall of 2009 a season to remember.
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Boy's Varsity Basketball
The boy’s varsity basketball team wins Perth Amboy Christmas Tournament. Click Here for details...
Congratulations to Sussex Tech Submarine Team
Every two years, SCTS Engineering students design, fabricate, and race a human powered submarine in the International Human Powered Submarine Race (ISR). During the summer of 2009, SCTS students were not just competitive. They won in two areas of competition and received significant recognition for their work. Read about the competition Click Here...
Guidance Newsletter
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Attention Junior and Senior Parents!!! NJ Stars eligibility changes begin as of December 2008. Stars I & II Update.
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2008 School Profile
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Community Service
On November 1 SCTS, participated in an event run by the JDFR. The total raised for the event was $52000. Click Here for more info.
Culinary Program
SCTS students recently worked to make this Thanksgiving a Happy one for a local family by preparing a meal with all of the fixings and desert for up to ten people. Click here for the article.
Future Students and Parents
Sussex Tech has recently developed a computer program that allows you and your local district the convenience of applying for admission online on our secure network.
Freshman Summer Enrichment Program
Skilled Trades Seek Workers
With the shortage of welders, pipe fitters and other high-demand workers likely to get worse as more of them reach retirement age, unions, construction contractors and other businesses are trying to figure out how to attract more young people to those fields.
Article Highlights Shortage of Skilled Trade Workers
A recent news article drew attention to the growing shortage of skilled trade workers in the United States and the growing opportunities for young people interested in careers in the trades. The article, from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, describes how many older trade workers are approaching retirement and fewer younger people are set to take their place.
Despite Recession, Demand for Skilled Labor Is High
For these hard-to-fill jobs, there seems to be a common denominator. Employers are looking for people who have acquired an exacting skill, first through education — often just high school vocational training — and then by honing it on the job.
'Soulcraft' Honors An Honest Day's Work : NPR
Matthew Crawford was on what most people would think was the "right track." Then he left his job as executive director at a think tank in Washington to open a motorcycle repair shop. In his new book, Shop Class as Soulcraft, he makes the case that our society has placed too great a value on white-collar work and not enough value on the trades.