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All academic and career-technical courses follow the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks, and
students are encouraged to take a program of study that prepares them for college and a career. All
ETHS academic courses are college preparatory and include Honors and Advanced Placement
options. We have an Early College Program with North Shore Community College along with
articulation agreements with other colleges and universities that provide our students with
opportunity to take college courses and to receive credit for career-technical courses at ETHS.

Our Cooperative Education Program places upperclassmen in businesses where they work among
professionals in their career majors. Several of the career-technical programs are open to the local
community – the Maple Street Bistro and Café, the Salon, Pet Grooming, Automotive and Collision
Repair, and Blooming Designs offer students opportunity to serve customers. Business and industry
representatives on our Program Advisory committee ensure our curricular focus is on workforce
needs. The majority of ETHS graduates attend two- and four-year colleges, and we continue to
place 100 percent of graduates in colleges, jobs, or the military.

Education goes beyond curriculum. ETHS provides students with extracurricular activities that
include MIAA competitive sports, intramural athletics, and various clubs and service groups,
including SkillsUSA and FFA, organizations that encourage students to explore and develop
additional skills across their career technical disciplines. Essex Technical High School offers a
unique combination of career-technical programs from current industry and agriculture, a
comprehensive academic program, and broad-ranging student activities unavailable in one school,
on one campus.

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