The GACTC premieres Baking & Pastry Arts program
The GACTC is excited to unveil a new program, Baking & Pastry Arts! The program, which is open to high school and adult learners, prepares students for a career as a baker, pastry chef, or commercial baker. “Baking is covered as part of our Culinary Arts program, but increasingly students want to specialize in this area – and there are more jobs in this field, so creating a Baking & Pastry Arts program is a [...]
Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center finds creative ways to serve students through coronavirus crisis
Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center (GACTC) transitioned to online learning as of April 6 in order to continue serving students while complying with Gov. Wolf’s stay-at-home recommendations. According to Eric Palmer, Executive Director, the school’s instructors and students have reacted with an incredible amount of creativity and resilience. “Obviously, vocational learning is predominately hands-on, so the fact that we can’t get our students and instructors together to work in lab settings presents a special [...]
