North Shore Technical High School
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| North Shore Technical High School | |
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| 30 Logbridge Road Middleton, Massachusetts, 01949 USA |
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| School district | North Shore Regional Vocational School District |
| Superintendent | Ms. Amy O'Malley |
| Principal | Mr. Daniel O'Connell |
| Assistant principals | Mr. Ray Harrington |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Color(s) | Blue & White |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Homepage | http://www.nsths.mec.edu |
North Shore Technical High School is a public application-type high school located in the city of Middleton in the U.S. state of Massachusetts under the North Shore Regional Vocational School District. It currently serves ninth through twelfth grade students from 16 communities all on the North Shore. They include Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Lynnfield, Manchester-By-The-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Rockport, Salem, Swampscott, Topsfield, and Wenham. NST is the home to their logo and mascot the bulldog.
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[edit] Class/Technical Structuring
The school operates on a rotating schedule that alternates between academic and technical studies weekly. A-Week begins on a Wednesday, and ends on the end of the next Tuesday whilst B-Week begins on the upcoming Wednesday and alternates between weeks each Wednesday continuously throughout the school year.
[edit] Career/Technical Exploratory Program
Upon completion of a twelve week career/technical exploratory program during grade 9, students then select one technical area in which they concentrate for the remaining three years. Technical programs, or shops rather, include Automotive Technology, Carpentry, Collision Repair, Commercial Art, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Electrical, Graphic Arts, Health/Science Technology, Information Systems Technology, Machine Technology, Marketing and Information Systems, and Masonry.
[edit] In The News
"A teacher in Massachusetts was suspended without pay for potentially exposing his students to rabies when he skinned a coyote he found on the road in front of his students." [1]
