The Career and Technical High School (CTHS) is an application-based school of choice serving students in grades 9-12 in a full day school setting.

Students will receive core course instruction (Mathematics, English/Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies), elective course instruction (Languages Other Than English, Health, Art) and highly specialized Career and Technical course instruction in a career program of their choice.

Students will also have the opportunity to fulfill their Art and Physical Education course requirements at the Career and Technical High School. They may also choose to participate in a performing Fine Arts or Athletic program at their home comprehensive high school, although it will not always be possible or convenient. A UIL class on the zoned campus may not be offered at a time that is compatible withstudents’ CTHS schedules or shuttle bus transportation. However, students may be able to compete in some UIL events without participating in the related class.

The Career and Technical High School is organized around six career academies with specific career-oriented programs and pathways within each academy.The six career academies are:

Specific career-oriented programs are taught within each of the six career academies.

Each career-oriented program has a total number of available seats.

Each of the five PISD comprehensive high schools will be allocated a specific number of seats in each career program.

The number of seats allocated to a particular high school is based upon that campus’ total student enrollment as a percentage of the total high school student enrollment for PISD. This will ensure that students from each high school have an opportunity