CTE in Action

2025-2026

Banks High School: Agriculture

Agriculture students hosting the annual holiday plant sale, showcasing student creations

Creekside Community High School: Culinary

Food and Nutrition for a Healthy Community: Our students will learn to prepare industry-level food we grow ourselves and use it to feed our community in both body and spirit. They will also learn the technology and marketability of food as they develop student-led businesses around value-added grocery store products and professional catering. We believe that coming together to break bread has the power to unify our community and foster social well-being.

Students at work in the kitchen

Treats ready for sale

Students run the Creekside Cafe on campus

Creekside Community High School: Natural Resources

Environmental Stewardship for a Healthy Community: Cascade Education Corps CEC is a tight-knit community of youth engaged in ecological restoration, conservation, leadership, and learning. This is a year-long opportunity for students to learn outdoors while gaining valuable work experience. Our students will discover career paths that are both ecologically and economically viable, while connecting to nature, community, and self.

Creekside Community High School: Manufacturing

Designing and Building for a Healthy Community: Community Design in Manufacturing. Student will look around our school and local community for opportunities to help others or solve problems through design, engineering, making, and building with purpose. With the support of expert teachers, access to a comprehensive shop-space that blends high-tech and traditional tools, and a team of like-minded collaborators, students will help craft a healthy built environment for their community in this manufacturing CTE pathway

Forest Grove High School: Viking House Construction Program

The Viking House is a single-family home project built by Advanced Construction students from Forest Grove High School. These young builders perform all of the major carpentry tasks on the home through the course of the school year in conjunction with industry professionals. One project has been completed every year since 1975, and the program is self-funded using profits from previous projects.

Forest Grove High School: Metals Manufacturing Program

The Metals Manufacturing Career Pathway is for students interested in pursuing a future in the welding or manufacturing industries.

The pathway gives students a basic foundation in welding and machining skills. Students who complete the Metals Manufacturing Career Pathway will be prepared to go into a certification course, an Associate’s Degree in welding or machining, or to enter directly into the workforce.

Students involved in FFA competition

Forest Grove High School: Agriculture Program

The Agricultural Science pathway exposes students to a variety of career paths in agriculture, horticulture, animal science, and natural resources. Students have the opportunity to participate in the National FFA Organization, which is the largest youth leadership organization in the United States. This program will enhance students’ resumes and scholarship applications, as well as build their skill sets and help them make connections for future employment.