Norwich Technical High School

Norwich Technical High School, or Norwich Tech, is a public technical high school located in Norwich, Connecticut. It is one of the Connecticut Technical High School System schools located within the state, and receives students from nearby cities and towns including Canterbury, Groton, New London, Norwich, Old Saybrook, Waterford, and many more within southeastern Connecticut.

Norwich Tech offers a 72-seat restaurant which is open to the public and operated by the culinary arts students. The daily restaurant menus are updated on the homepage of the Norwich Tech website. Additionally, Norwich Tech features an automotive garage in which automotive tech students work on vehicles, similarly it is also open to the public for simple/moderate automotive repairs and maintenance.

History
Norwich Technical High School (originally founded as Norwich Regional Vocational Technical School) was founded in 1954 with its original campus located at 590 New London Turnpike, a facility that was later renovated and expanded to a size of 88,442 square feet. Norwich Tech operated at this location for over 50 years, accommodating roughly 500 students each year.

Prior to 2009, Norwich Tech made arrangements to swap locations with Three Rivers Community College - their Mohegan Campus, located at 7 Mahan Drive. Under this arrangement, sections of Three Rivers' old campus - over 99,000 square feet - would be renovated, and an additional 94,000 square feet would be constructed to accommodate a brand new cafeteria, gym, library and fitness room - in addition to lab space, classrooms, trade shop spaces and the renovated auditorium. The new location at 7 Mahan Drive was completed in 2009, and existing students relocated after finishing their first semester of the year to the campus. This new campus includes much more modern equipment, computers and classroom configurations - as well as climate controlled rooms, ambient lighting and larger workshops.

Technologies
In addition to a complete academic program leading to a high school diploma, students attending Norwich Tech receive training in one of the following trades and technologies:

Plumbing and Heating
Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship
Health Technology
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Hairdressing and Cosmetology 
Graphics Technology
Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics 
Electrical
Culinary Arts
Carpentry
Biotechnology
Automotive Technology

References

Category:Public high schools in Connecticut
Category:Educational institutions accredited by the Council on Occupational Education