GACTC Inducts 70 Students Into National Technical Honor Society
In a night of recognition and celebration, the GACTC proudly welcomed 70 outstanding students into the prestigious National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) during a banquet held on November 16th. The event, coordinated by NTHS advisors Andrea Lascoli and Kelly Mayville, showcased the incredible talents and achievements of these high-achieving individuals. Students and instructors from Culinary Arts, Baking & Pastry Arts, and Service Occupations played an integral role in preparing both the venue and a [...]
GACTC adds adult dental assistant program
The GACTC continues to respond to the needs of area students and employers by adding new adult education programs. Today the school announced a new dental assistant program for the 2024-2025 academic year as part of their adult education programming. In the Southern Alleghenies region, dental assistants remain as a high priority occupation. The dental assistant diploma program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment as dental assistants. Students [...]
GACTC hosts open house for high school and adult career training programs
The Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center invites prospective high school students and adult learners to visit the GACTC during an open house on Tuesday, December 5th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. During the open house, individuals may tour the facility, learn about our high school and adult career training programs, speak with counselors and student services personnel, and more! The GACTC offers 25 programs for high school students, and many diploma and certificate programs [...]
Congratulations to our students on the GACTC Honor Roll (Q1, 2023-2024)
Congratulations to the honor roll students for their outstanding performance in the first quarter of this school year! Your dedication to learning is evident, and your well-earned positions on the honor roll are a testament to your hard work. Well done! Dwayne Giarth Rally Hoover Logan Luke Zachary Phillips Neil Brubaker Ethan Claycomb Roman Dunio Wyatt Heeter Colin Horton Levi Moyer Jacob Musselman Colin Postles Nicholas Thompson Enoch Van Egdom Addyson [...]
GACTC Students Partner with Altoona Area High School to Create and Install Sensory Garden
Students of GACTC instructor Bill Doutt's masonry program built and installed planters for the new sensory garden at Altoona Area High School. The GACTC students worked from designs and schematic drawings produced by AASD's engineering and design students in a collaborative effort to create a new calming and welcoming space that stimulates “the sense of sight, smell, touch, taste and sound” at the high school. As reported in the Altoona Mirror, “The garden also serves [...]
Events held for practical nursing graduates
The GACTC graduated 26 students from the full-time Practical Nursing program on August 17, 2023. Graduation activities included a pinning ceremony on August 15th and commencement, held on August 17th at the Altoona Area High School. The “pinning ceremony,” a symbolic welcoming of new nurses into the profession, can be dated as far back as the 12th century, and became standard in the United States by 1916. During the ceremony, students are pinned by nursing [...]
