CTE
Career Technical Education

Purpose

The mission of Career and Technical Education (CTE) is to empower all students to be successful citizens, workers and leaders in a global economy. CTE gives purpose to learning by emphasizing real-world skills and practical knowledge.

What we've done

Career and Technical Education fulfills an increasingly significant role in school reform efforts. Students who concentrate in a CTE area are better prepared for the further education and advanced training required to be successful in 21st century careers. C.D Owen High School Career and Technical Education teachers partner with business and industry and with community colleges and other post-secondary institutions to ensure Career and Technical Education serves the needs of individual students. Career and Technical Education serves as a bridge between academic courses and the real world. CTE helps students apply concepts learned in their academic classes to situations they will face in their careers.

Welcome to OHS CTE 2025-2026 &

Congratulations Ms. Allie Padgett!!

Young entrepreneurs hard at work creating innovated product design.

Be Pro Be Proud of North Carolina!

A heartfelt thank you to the Be Pro Be Proud team for giving our students the opportunity to explore a variety of career paths and learn more about local employment opportunities.

Shoutout to Avery for earning the highest welding score!

Mr. Nester's Animal Science I class gets their chicken ready for show!

Working hard @ school!

Owen FFA with a strong showing @ the county fair grounds! Nice work!!

ROTC - Thank you Major King & Sergeant Garland!

Mr. Phillips woodworking II class working hard in the shop! GO OWEN!

Health Science Expo @ Isothermal Community College

OHS Student of the Month - September 2025

Thank you 2024-2025!

Congratulations - Kayleigh Schofield who received the Explore Asheville Scholarship!! Owen proud!

Health Science students @ mission hospital

WNC Construction Career Day!

Ms. Beauregard's Foods students having a blast in the kitchen!

Mr. Phillips and his woodworking students designed and built two beautiful food carts for the OHS cafeteria!

Career Cafe @ OHS - This is an opportunity for students to explore different career pathways. thank you to our business partners who joined us!

HCA Heath Care

ABTech Nursing

Big Ivy Beef Cattle Co.

Don Collins Center - Early Childhood Education Center

Meet our OHS Teacher of the Year!! Congratulations Mr. Nester!

The OHS barn is thriving!

Early Childhood Education field trip to the Don Collins Center

Ag. Mechanics II class working on their bridge designs for this years bridge contest!

Mateo Diaz analyzing his bridge structure for the bridge build on contest in Ag. Mech. II

Ethan Hall working diligently on his bridge build.

2024-2025 Owen High School Career Fair

HAUTE COUTURE

Ms. Whitworth's Apparel students design their very own Haute Couture pin up fashion designs. Excellent job!!

Mr. Phillips woodworking crew learning the basics.

Owen High School

FCCLA National Competitors - Kohwyn Clark and Emily Kleive (click their names to watch the good news. Minutes 28:13-29:14)

Emily and Kohwyn received well-deserved recognition at the Buncombe County Board Meeting during the Good News section for their outstanding FFCLA achievements this summer!

Addy Lefebvre keeps on keeping on as she showed her Holstein steer (Mr. Moo Moo) @ the WNC Mountain State Fair. Addy was the reserve grand champion showman for the WNC Dairy Steer Project!

Congratulation to Owen Future Farmers of America Livestock Team!

Ms. Addy Lefevre

Ms. Addy Hartman

Ms. Annabelle Unguris

Ms. Lydia Williamson

Each member placed at the Hickory American Legion Livestock Show. We are so proud of you!!

Hello 2024-2025!!

Congratulation to Ms. Addison Lefebvre as she is the queen on dairy steer showmanship!

Final project! Excelling to the very end! Good BYe 2023-2024

Down on the Farm!

Congratulation to Ms. Brylee Wightman who has been selected to be a part of the MAHEC Medical Mentoring Program!!

Mission Healthcare Mobile Lab - Thank you Mission!

Construction Career Day

AG Day @ Owen High School. Thank you Black Mountain Primary for coming to visit!

Mrs. Beauregard's Foods II class achieved their National Accredited Servsafe Certifications. Mrs. Beauregard is Top in the Buncombe County School District!

Mrs. Beauregard's Food & Nutrition Classes Hard at Work

Congrats to Addy Lefebvre as she was selected for this years dairy steer project

Animal Science students with our new babies

Agriculture Mechanics

AB Tech Applied Technology Open House

Woodworking Students @ Owen HS learning the tricks of the trade!

8th Grade Tours - Welcome Owen Middle School!!!

DECA Regional Completion - Owen HS @ it's finest! Great Job!

FFA Banquet - So proud of our FFA team members! They did an amazing job!

Interior Design Studio

Mrs. Beauregard's Food & Nutrition II student making sweat treats for faculty and staff! Thank you Mrs. Beauregard!

Yum!

A big thank you! Delicious!

Whitworths crew and their Haute Couture Designs

Excellent work to the 1st place finisher!

Great job ladies!!

Great Job!

Mrs. Whitworth's Appearl Students - creating dresses for Black Mountain Children's Home. A little way to give back...

Career Fair 2024

A big thank you to all the business partners & investing in our school!!!

Early Childhood Education - Don Collins Center

Student interacting with kids from the Don Collins Center. A big thank you to Ms. Monnie & Ms. Johnson for hosting the students of Owen High School.

AB Tech Cosmetology Field Trip

DECA District Competition - Distributive Education Clubs of America. DECA is organized into two unique student divisions each with programs designed to address the learning styles, interests, and focus of its members.

Congratulation to Ms. Madison Mitchel!!

Madison placed in the top five in her competitive event at this year DECA district competition . Go Madison! Great Job.

Going Pro in Sports: The Asheville Championship is an early- season men’s college basketball tournament held at Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville each Nov. As part of the Championship, we created a way to positively impact the local high school students in the area called the Going Pro in Sports program. The goal of Going Pro in Sports is to provide hands-on experiences and access to lessons and guidance from a variety of professionals within the sports industry, while opening the door to potential new career opportunities for the students.

Congratulations to Tinley Clark for winning "Going Pro in Sports."

Tinley won an on-site job shadow experience with the PR and marketing team at the Asheville Championship, and a $1,000 college scholarship courtesy of Champion Credit Union.

Food & Nutrition II

Mrs. Beauregard Foods II

Interior Design - Flea Market Flip

Foods & Nutrition Pumpkin Curving Contest

Be Pro Be Proud NC

Be pro be proud NC delivers a groundbreaking set of tools and resources designed to help students explore, plan & launch careers in today's technical roles. The Be Pro Be Proud NC Tour takes their unique Mobile Workshop experience to schools & community centers across North Carolina as the largest and coolest mobile tour supporting the workforce initiative today.