Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Education Park Drive Schnecksville Pa Latest 2023

40°39′52″N 75°36′28″W / 40.664315°N 75.607878°W / 40.664315; -75.607878 Information School type Career and Technical Opened 1971 Status Open Director Thomas J. Rushton Faculty 93 (on an FTE basis) Classes offered 37 Website www.lcti.org

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute (LCTI) is a career and technical institute located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is one of the largest career and technical institutes in the United States.

LCTI has a variety of programs offered to all of its students, and also offers an academic option.

History

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute (LCTI) (formerly Lehigh County Vocational-Technical School, Lehigh County Community College when founded in 1971), is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

Located 10 miles north of Allentown, the school serves students in grades 9-12 from the nine Lehigh County school districts:^{[citation needed]}

This region includes: Allen High School, Dieruff High School, Catasauqua High School, Emmaus High School, Northern Lehigh High School, Northwestern Lehigh High School, Parkland High School, Salisbury High School, Southern Lehigh High School, and Whitehall High School.

LCTI offers more than 50 programs in a hands-on format, with a focus on national skill standards and rigorous academics. LCTI recently completed a modernization project that has increased lab sizes, updated equipment, and added an Academic Center.^{[citation needed]}

Student options

Typically, students report to their sending school, for homeroom and daily announcements. before being transported by bus to LCTI. Once there, students will either be in a lab, which is their chosen career specialty, or the academic center, an all-day option for students, which provides them with the typical state required education, and their specialty segment. Students have the option of attending in either the AM or PM session.^{[citation needed]}

LCTI offers Labs based on Careers within the Lehigh Valley. Career programs offered to students include:

Career opportunities

Students enrolled at LCTI have a variety of options. One of the major components is SkillsUSA, and other national leadership competitions. There is also the National FFA Organization for the students of Landscape Construction/Environmental Design and Floral Design/Greenhouse Management.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Official website
  • Lehigh Career and Technical Institute on Facebook
  • Lehigh Career and Technical Institute on Twitter

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Schools in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

School districts
Allentown	Allen High School Dieruff High School Harrison-Morton Middle School Raub Middle School South Mountain Middle School Trexler Middle School
East Penn	Emmaus High School Eyer Middle School Lower Macungie Middle School
Northwestern Lehigh	Northwestern Lehigh High School Northwestern Lehigh Middle School
Parkland	Parkland High School Orefield Middle School Springhouse Middle School
Salisbury Township	Salisbury High School Salisbury Middle School
Southern Lehigh	Southern Lehigh High School Southern Lehigh Middle School
Whitehall-Coplay	Whitehall High School Whitehall-Coplay Middle School

Other schools
Bethlehem Area (partially located in Northampton County)	Freedom High School Liberty High School Broughal Middle School East Hills Middle School Nitschman Middle School Northeast Middle School
Catasauqua Area (partially located in Northampton County)	Catasauqua High School Catasauqua Middle School
Charter schools	Circle of Seasons Charter School Executive Education Academy Charter School Innovative Arts Academy Charter School Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Medical Academy Charter School Roberto Clemente Charter School Seven Generations Charter School
Northern Lehigh (partially located in Northampton County)	Northern Lehigh High School Northern Lehigh Middle School
Private schools	Salem Christian School
Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown	Allentown Central Catholic High School Bethlehem Catholic High School
Vocational schools	Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School Lehigh Career and Technical Institute

Authority control	ISNI 1

Coordinates: 40°39′52″N 75°36′28″W / 40.664315°N 75.607878°W / 40.664315; -75.607878