Tuition-Free Full-Day Kindergarten

Dear St. Vrain Valley Families, We are excited to welcome your kindergarten student next year and continue our partnership to ensure your child’s success. Recently, you may have read information in the news about the passage of additional state funding for full-day kindergarten, and we wanted to share some information regarding the positive impact this […]

St. Vrain Valley Student Film Festival

The 2019 St. Vrain Valley Student Film Festival proved to be another great show with 20 student films featured from eight different area schools. The highlights of the festival included films from two graduating seniors: Ryan Yancey from Mead High School and Aamuro Kanda from Niwot High School. Both students are alumni of the CETC […]

National Technical Honor Society Ceremony

NTHS members attended the 2019 NTHS ceremony at the Career Elevation and Technology Center. 

ProStart/Culinary FCCLA State Conference Winners

Congratulations to the following FCCLA State Conference Winners from the Career Elevation and Technology Center ProStart/Culinary Arts program.  Gourmet SavoryLizbeth Lopez – SilverGourmet SweetVanessa Cera –  2nd in State GoldThematic Table SettingAnnie Vanderveen – 1st place In State SilverBaking and PastryLauren Leitner – 2nd place in State SilverEmma Crampsey – 2nd place in State SilverCake […]

National Technical Honor Society 2019 Members

Congratulations to the 2019 National Technical Honor Society Members. To be eligible for this honor, members must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA at their home high school as well as in their Career Elevation and Technology Center class.  Brandon Bartush Alicia Bohren Ethan Bolster Katelyn Bond Ismael Dominguez Nicholas Hoffman Owen Holt Amy Lara-Gonzales Makayla Little Aidan McKay Patrick Millard […]

Career Elevation and Technology Center Spring Plant Sale

Career Development Spring Plant Sale begins May 10th. 

Career Wise Internship Recipient

Congratulations to Owen Holt for receiving the Career Wise Internship at REO an Optical Engineering Company. Owen competed with other students in the Denver Metro area for this internship. Owen has taken Welding 1, Welding 2 and will continue at Career Elevation and Technology Center in Welding 3 next school year. Owen will graduate from […]

Automotive students earn medals at Skills USA

Automotive students earn medals and present the street rod that was designed, fabricated and built by CETC engineering technology, welding and automotive students.  Gold- Action Skills –Cameron Silvernail Gold- Job Skill Demonstration A . – Ashton Hicks Gold- Job Skill Demonstration Open -Jonatan Carillo-Castro Silver- Job Skill Demonstration A. – Justin Tabares Bronze- Job Skill […]

First Place Team Fabrication Winners at Skills USA

CETC welding students: Owen Holt, Brogan Leach and Ralphail Shtern competed in the Skills USA competition in Denver. The team placed first in the Team Fabrication category by fabricating the top of a windmill. They will head to Kentucky to participate in Nationals.   

Advanced Agriscience students learn to use a cutting torch.

Welding instructor, Jim Cade instructs Career Elevation and Technology Center Advanced Agriscience students on using the cutting torch. 

Kiwanis club members enjoy a lunch at CETC

ProStart students cater to the Kiwanis club in the Careeer Development Center Sunset Cafe located at 1200 South Sunset Street in Longmont. Lunch is served to the public throughout the month. Check out the menu.

CETC students participate in Film Festival

The St. Vrain Valley Student Film Festival is planned and presented by the Career and Technical Student Organizations of the Interactive Media students from Career Developmet Center and Stage Tech crew from Niwot High School. SVVSFF is open to middle and high school students in St. Vrain Valley, Thompson, and Boulder Valley School Districts. 

CETC’s Engineering Techology, Auto and Welding students work together to build a Hot Rod

Career Elevation and Technology Center’s Automotive, Engineering Technology and Welding students worked together to build a hot rod from the ground up.

CETC students attend Longmont Estates Career Fair

Students from the different programs at Career Elevation and Technology Center participated in the Longmont Estates Career Fair. Students from each program had a hands on activity for the elementary students to participate in. ALl the students had a great time. 

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Adoption Public Review

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Adoption Public Review The elementary social studies curriculum adoption committee is reviewing three programs after starting the process with six programs.  The three programs are from Nystrom, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill.  The three programs will be available for public review on Monday, February 25 and Tuesday, February 26 from 3:00 […]

Traveling trophy

Welding students at the Career Elevation and Technology Center fabricated a traveling trophy for #stvrainstorm–the school with the most tweets will get to keep the trophy for a month.

CETC Photoshop 1 students take photos for CETC media outlets

Photoshop 1 students at CETC took photos of all the programs offered at CETC. The photos were published on different CETC media outlets. Intereactive Media Technology offers classes in videography and graphic design pathways. All of the classes offer concurrent enrollment with Front Range Community College. 

CETC Dental students can earn an industry certification to work in the dental field as a dental assistant

CETC students who complete Dental 1 and Dental 2 will earn an industry certification to work in the dental field as a dental assistant. Dental students learn the process of creating teeth whitening molds for patients. 

Veterinary Science Students field day at the National Western Stock Show

Veterinary Science Students from the Career Elevation and Technology Center were invited to attend vet 101 field day hosted by the National Western Stock Show. Only two schools were invited to this event this year. The students spent the day working through live animal rotations with practicing veterinarians of different specialties. 

CETC Welding Students working on community projects

Career Elevation and Technology Center welding students are working on community projects. Stairs and railing are being created in the CETC school welding shop. 

CTE course/programs that are offered throughout the St Vrain Valley school district.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are offered at Career Elevation and Technology Center and at Home High Schools. Below is a list of programs and where they are offered within the school district. CTE Promotional Guide – St. Vrain Valley Schools (1).pdf       Spanish CTE Promotional Guide – St. Vrain Valley Schools (1).pdf

Superintendent Update – The Future of America

Across the district, we have been championing a new motivational motto that is uniting our shared vision for excellence in learning and student advancement: We are taking public education by #StVrainStorm!  Every day, I observe countless examples of students, teachers, staff, and community partners exemplifying the highest levels of achievement and drive that represent the very best […]

Middle students tour Career Elevation and Technology Center.

Middle school students toured Career Develpment Center. Freshmen can take Agriscience, Health Sciences, Culinary, Engineering and Manufacturing classes at CETC.