Lenape Tech is a comprehensive career and technical school offering training in 14 technical areas. Students in the Apollo-Ridge, Armstrong, Freeport, and Leechburg school districts may attend Lenape Tech for two or three years beginning in 10th grade. All 10th grade students attend Lenape part-time, whereas 11th and 12th grade students have the option of attending full-time. Lenape students receive training in both their chosen technical field and in complementary academic disciplines.
Today, employers demand technical skills along with academic knowledge and problem solving capabilities. At Lenape Tech instruction is integrated using state of the art technology. This delivery system enables students to view the relationship between academic concepts and technical skills needed for employment in today’s workforce.
Lenape Tech’s technical curricula is designed in part by business leaders known as Advisory Committees, and taught by educators who have industry experience. Lenape Tech also partners with local businesses and industry to offer students work based experiences such as co-op, apprenticeship, internship and job shadowing opportunities. Students attending Lenape have the opportunity to begin their post-secondary education with college credits earned from either their successful completion of their technical program (SOAR) and/or College in the High School classes.
Lenape Tech – “Education at Work!”