2007 Tech grads work here:
A1 Expert Mechanical Applebees Auto Zone Bali Hair Basic Pet Care Best Buy Best Little Hair House Bocu Salon Cablevision CAM Equipment Cactus Salon Cheyenne Electric Circuit City CM Richey Crave Cafe Dejana Truck Donovans Dr. Lewin Firestone Station Good Samaritan Hospital Habberstad BMW Harborview Hunters Garage Huntington Electric Huntington School District Jiffy Lube La Moda Hair Salon Local 3 Electrical Union Master’s Haircutting Mavis Tire Center Monet Salon Mower Doctor Mr. Frost Heating & Cool N & V Hair Company Queen of the Rosary Richard James Salon Ruby Tuesdays Security Dodge Sizzles Salon Staples Star Multi Care TGI Fridays TNT Air Conditioning Tower Electric Town of Huntington Town of Babylon Toyota U.S Army, Marines, Navy
Tech students win many scholarships:
Wilson Tech can help students earn scholarships for post secondary education. Scholarships and amounts may vary from year to year. Here are just a few of the ones Tech typically awards. Other scholarships may also be available through individual colleges for successful Wilson Tech graduates. • Frank Torre Memorial Scholarship • Five Towns College • New York Institute of Technology • Thomas Delaney Memorial Scholarship Award • ALIVE (Association of LI Vocational Educators) • Dowling College • Joseph McGuire Memorial Scholarship • Steven Leeds Memorial Scholarship • Babylon IDA • Marion Vanderlaske Scholarship • LI Association of Career & Technical Administrators • LI Blood Services Scholar • Donald Brooks Award • Warner Eulau Scholarship • Western Suffolk BOCES Faculty Association Scholarship • ACTEA of NYS Scholarship • SkillsUSA Leadership Scholarship • Greater New York Auto Dealers Association
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2007 Tech grads enrolled in:
Adelphi University Art Institute of Philadelphia Baran Institute Branford Hall Briarcliff College College of Aeronautics College of New Rochelle Connecticut Culinary Culinary Institute of America CUNY Queens CW Post College De Vry Institute Dowling College Embry Riddle Fashion Institute of Design Fashion Institute of Tech. Five Towns College Island Drafting & Tech John Jay College Johnson and Wales Lincoln Tech–New Jersey Molloy College Morgan State University Nassau Community College NYC Technical College NY Institute of Technology Ohio Tech School of Visual Arts St. Joseph’s College Suffolk Community College SUNY at Albany, Alfred, Cobleskill, Delhi, Farmingdale, Oneonta, Oswego, Stony Brook Thompkins Cortland CC Universal Technical University of Hartford University of Rhode Island Vaughn College Virginia State College Wagner College Western Suffolk BOCES
Wilson Technological Center
631/667-6000, ext. 300 www.wilsontech.org
Dr. Michael J. Mensch
Chief Operating Officer
Kenneth R. Burr
Executive Director, Career & Technical Education
Nancy Kelsey
Assistant Director, Career & Technical Education
Note: The follow-up survey of the 685 June 2007 graduates of Wilson Technological Center was conducted by the career and technical education placement staff six to nine months after the students had graduated from high school. The response rate was 94% based on 642 responses. Wilson Technological Center is the career and technical education program of Western Suffolk BOCES.
Tech
Success after
5/08
2007 Wilson Tech Graduates Build Success!
59.8% Further Education 33.8% Employed 4% Unemployed 1.1% Military
2007 Wilson Tech Grads Perform at the Top!
High School Success Rate
100%
Unemployment Rate
75%
97.9%
50%
received HS Diploma or Equivalent
4%
16.6%
for same
age group Nassau/ Suffolk (2/08 data)
25%
for 2007 graduates (survey taken 6–9 months after graduation)
0
District Programs Construction Careers
Percent Employed Percent Further Education Percent Military Percent Unemployed
Amityville Babylon Cold Spring Harbor Commack Copiague Deer Park Elwood Half Hollow Hills Harborfields Huntington Kings Park Lindenhurst North Babylon Northport Smithtown South Huntington West Babylon Wyandanch
Percent Employed 24 8 0 41 33 35 48 17 19 27 32 41 21 52 42 31 48 41
Percent Further Education 63 62 50 56 61 63 52 74 81 60 68 55 74 38 52 61 50 53
Percent Military 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
50%
37% 64.5% 72.4% 62.9% 63.6% 52.7%
1.6% 0% 1.4% 1% 0% 1.8%
9.6% 2% 4.3% 3.5% 4.5% 2.7%
Carpentry, Construction Electricity, Drafting/Computer Aided (CAD), HVAC (Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning), Welding
Graphic & Media Arts Careers 33.3%
Advertising Art, Photography, Video Production
Health Careers Service Careers Technical Careers Transportation Careers
21.7% 30.5% 31.8% 41.8%
Medical Assisting, Medical Laboratory, Nurse Assisting, Professional Health Careers
Certified Personal Trainer, Computer Information Technology, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Early Childhood Education & Care, Equine Studies, Fashion Merchandising/Design, Horticulture/Floriculture, Police Science and Law, Veterinary Assistant
Computer Networking/Repair, Technical Electronics
Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Auto Body Repair, Auto Mechanics, Aviation Science w/Flight, Outdoor Power Equipment Technology
Note: 1.1% of the Class of 2007 were unavailable or unable to work.