education
Reading, Writing
and Auto Repairs
At Passaic County Technical Institute, students prepare for post-graduation careers
P
assaic County Technical Institute in Wayne
is not your average high school – its 3,700 stu-
dents spend much of their time building parts
for NASA, cooking professional-quality meals
and working in paid co-ops for real-world
experience. But that’s just part of the picture.
The school opened its doors in Wayne over 40 years
ago. Today, PCTI has programs in engineering, culinary
arts, auto technology, arts, business and construction tech-
nology. “Our programs are industry-driven. As we grow
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and expand, we look at the industry demand and provide
the training in accordance to that,” says Mark A. Cacace,
the supervisor of instruction. “We prepare students for
college and career readiness, so whether they decide to
pursue higher education or not, they’ll have the experience
they need to succeed.”
Students spend from 100 minutes (freshman,
sophomore and junior students) to 140 minutes
(seniors) per day in their technical areas.
Meet four of them here.
WRITTEN BY ISAIAH McCALL