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Hanna Academy lands $10K grant to boost construction trades program
Hanna Academy has received a $10,000 grant from Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County to strengthen its construction trades program during the 2026-2027 school year…
CTE Grants Cultivate Culinary & Agricultural Skills
Sonoma County students will soon be building animal facilities, working in an apiary and earning food-handling credentials through a new round of Career Technical Education (CTE) grants. CTE Foundation Sonoma County has awarded $140,274 to 15 programs at 13 school sites for the 2026–27 school year…
Partnership Rolls out Free STEM Program for Local Schools
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), the public power provider for Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and the Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation are expanding hands-on clean energy education through a free STEM Kit Lending Library now available to middle and high school teachers throughout the region…
‘Spark the Future’ event raises $350,000 for Sonoma County career education
Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County hosted its ninth annual Spark the Future fundraiser April 16 at The Backdrop in Santa Rosa, raising more than $350,000 to support career-connected learning programs for students across Sonoma County…
Sonoma Valley High Metal Fabrication Students Win Award at County Event
Sonoma Valley High Schools advanced metal fabrication students won the Best in Showcase award for a project they worked on and presented at the Ninth Annual Spark the Future fundraising event in Santa Rosa last month…
New local internship program recruits high schoolers to try out careers
A new program for Sonoma County juniors and seniors wants to offer them the opportunity to explore potential careers and gain valuable work experience while earning college credit…
Close to Home: Seizing the moment for classroom to career success
As students head back to class, Santa Rosa City Schools is reimagining some of its secondary campuses for a new 7-12 model. This shift creates an unprecedented opportunity for younger students to gain earlier exposure and even access to programs, classrooms and industry-standard tools that prepare them for college and careers…
Santa Rosa fundraiser celebrates students, raises more than $335,000 for education nonprofit
Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation hosted its annual Spark the Future fundraiser April 24 in Santa Rosa, bringing together community members, educators and students to celebrate career-connected learning across Sonoma County…
Close to Home: Creating paths from classroom to career
In a vibrant classroom at a Sonoma County high school, a group of students is busy assembling and coding fully functioning robots. In another, a culinary class is preparing food and beverages in a student-run café. Nearby, students are practicing CPR and learning about health careers. All of them likely preparing for internships with local employers. These are examples of career technical education — or CTE — students connecting learning to careers and futures they’re passionate about…
‘Something went wrong’: state reconsiders who will get $470 million for college and career grants
In June 2022, the California Legislature decided to invest a half billion dollars into the Golden State Pathways Program, a career and college preparation program that Gov. Gavin Newsom called a “game-changer” for high school students. But two years later, frustration is rising among school leaders who have begun another school year without the promised funding…
Sonoma County’s Approach to Career and Technical Education and Pathways
On this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Shawnee Caruthers speaks with Kathy Goodacre, Principal Gabe Oliveira, and Vice Principal Erika Raffo about the transformative work happening in Sonoma County through the CTE Foundation and its partnership with Elsie Allen High School…
Sonoma County middle schoolers show off STEM skills from Tinker Academy summer program
Sounds of whirring and beeping filled the Sonoma State University Makerspace on Thursday afternoon. A symphony of 3D printers, robot critters made out of plastic cups, wood burners and vinyl cutters filled the room…
Sonoma County public schools, office of education receive $9 million to expand college and career paths
Sonoma County public schools and the Sonoma County Office of Education were awarded more than $9 million to help prepare students for their post-high school futures through the Golden State Pathways Program…
Rancho Cotate High students build, launch and retrieve atmospheric weather balloon
Twenty-four hours after the dawn of Monday’s total solar eclipse, a group of five Rancho Cotate High School students were gathered Tuesday morning in Healdsburg with the eyes turn skyward, but for a different science mission: tracking their atmospheric weather balloon as it soared over Sonoma County…
Career tech programs growing in Sonoma Valley
Two schools in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District have received grants from the Career Technical Education Foundation that will enable them to experiment and innovate with learning projects designed to inspire students’ future goals…