Career Technical Education and Regional Occupational Program
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CTE and ROP courses at Colton High School will provide you with real world 21st century skills that make you career and college ready. Many of these courses meet a-g requirements necessary for entrance into the UC college system and/or are eligible for community college credit through articulation agreements.
Career Technical Education provides you with not only career and academic skills, but soft skills that are needed for the modern workplace, such as: critical thinking; communication; teamwork; citizenship, integrity, and ethical leadership; research tools; creativity; and innovation.
Students also have the opportunity to participate in career technical student organizations such as FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) and Skills USA. These organizations help students develop their leadership skills and network with other high school students.
Colton High School offers courses and pathways in the following industry sectors:
Industry Sector
Teacher(s)
Course(s)
Tom Wurz
tom_wurz@cjusd.net
*Graphic Communications
Kevin Bice
kevin_bice@cjusd.net
*STEAM
Jenifer Poulsen
jenifer_poulsen@cjusd.net
*Life Management
*Fashion, Textiles and Apparel Construction
*Fashion Design and Merchandising (coming Fall 2018)
Jennifer Wymer
jennifer_wymer@cjusd.net
*Introduction to Business *Marketing, Sales and Service
Dawna Hughes
dawna_hughes@cjusd.net
Healthcare Education And Leadership Pathway
*Medical Terminology
*Medical Services
*ROP Nutrition
Mike Sola
mike_sola@cjusd.net
*Sports Medicine
Kathleen Dickerson
kathleen_dickerson@cjusd.net
Jennifer Wymer
jennifer_wymer@cjusd.net
Culinary Arts and Hospitality Pathway
*Food and Nutrition
*Hospitality Marketing
*Culinary 1
*Culinary 2 (coming Fall 2018)
Bruce Ingram
bruce_ingram@cjusd.net
*ROP GIS Fundamentals
*ROP Digital Business Communications
Chris Barta
chris_barta@cjusd.net
*Welding Occupations 1
*Welding Occupations 2
*Welding Occupations 3/4
Angelina Alcantar
angelina_alcantar@cjusd.net
*Auto General Service Tech. 1
*Auto General Service Tech. 2
*Auto General Service Tech. 3/4