Career & Technical Education (CTE)

Business Education

Business education courses are thoughtfully designed to provide a solid foundation of the business world through a variety of courses offered. These classes will prepare students to be real world thinkers teaching skills such as problem solving, communication, collaboration, and planning. The business pathway is encouraged for all students, no matter if they plan to attend college, a technical school, enter the job force, or armed forces.

these courses are designed to provide a basic background in general business education leading to:

Informed and Thinking Individual
Understanding of Business Principles and Procedures
Acquisition of Specific Skills for Personal and Business Application.

Classes Offered

Accounting
Advanced Accounting
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement
It's The Law
Marketing

Family & Consumer Sciences

The philosophy of the Family & Consumer Science courses reflect Amity’s Common Core of Learning goal to prepare students for life by offering them opportunities to acquire skills and competencies in the areas of careers and family living.

Course variety gives students the chance to experience growth and learning in many of the areas essential to becoming productive and contributing members of society.

These courses provide students with opportunities to pursue academic excellence through a variety of learning experiences which address the needs of a diverse student population. Heterogeneous grouping allows for experiences which reflect a microcosm of society (mutual respect, sense of caring/cooperation, sense of community etc.).

The various electives offered should interest students who will pursue post-secondary education, are job bound or wish to develop personal and leisure time interests.

Classes Offered

Culinary Essentials
International Cuisine
American Cuisine
Creative Kitchen
The Science of Food
Advanced Culinary 1 & 2
Interior Design

Technology Education

Technology Education presents exciting, hands-on technical courses in communications, manufacturing, construction, and transportation fields. Students collaborate with peers and faculty on real-world problem solving, learning industry standard skills through the use of cutting-edge equipment and technology. Varied learning opportunities are available to help students plan for a variety of post-secondary career and college pathways.

CLASSES OFFERED

Communications Technology

Production

Transportation

Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship

MANUFACTURING PRE-APPRENTICESHIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Through the Amity Pre-Apprenticeship program, students will have the opportunity to develop entry-level skills in pursuit of a career in manufacturing. Upon completion of the program, students will earn a Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate 200 hour on the job (OJT) credit applicable to a manufacturing apprenticeship program registered with the CT Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship Training.

A student, as a registered pre-apprentice, may also earn additional on-the-job credits toward a Registered Apprenticeship if employed, on a part time basis, after school as part of a Work Based Learning release program that may be established by the school and an apprenticeship employer sponsor approved by the Office of Apprenticeship Training.

Pre-Apprentices can carry up to 200 hours of on-the-job experience into their registered apprenticeship program upon graduation similar to how an Advanced Placement (AP) program is designed and recognized.

Learn More in the Program of Studies