WORCESTER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

WTHS honors American Education Week and the power of learning! This week brings fantastic opportunities to recognize the incredible work of our students, teachers, staff, and the entire school community. Education isn't just about textbooks; it's about building skills, fostering creativity, and opening doors to limitless futures. Join us at WTHS and celebrate the amazing teaching and learning that is taking place every day. Families may visit AM classrooms between 8:30-10:30am and PM classrooms between 12:30-2:30pm throughout the week. Please check in at the main office upon arrival and please bring a photo id with you when you come. We hope to see you soon.

Congratulations to Worcester Tech instructor Mary Miller – recipient of a $5000 community foundation grant award. Ms. Miller is using the grant award to fund drones and robotic equipment for her robotics clubs at the middle and high school levels. Ms. Miller has had a lot of success with her students transferring their robotics knowledge over to SkillsUSA where her students compete at high levels at state and national competitions. Congratulations Mary Miller!

School Safety Reminder: The well-being of our students and staff is our highest priority. Learn more about our safety protocols here: https://www.worcesterk12.org/page/school-safety-protocols
#WeAreWorcester #SafetyMatters

Our SkillsUSA leaders are STILL hard at work (it's 9:30pm) at the Fall Leadership Conference in Ocean City, MD. Students are working on their Statesman and Advanced Statesman degrees culminating in a myriad of scored presentations and interviews tomorrow. Let's Go Marlins!

It's your last chance to make your voice heard on what you'd like to see in next school year's calendar. Take the survey at https://tejoin.com/scroll/337054584 before it closes tomorrow, November 7.

Our WTHS staff was engaged in the Science of Learning Professional Development this afternoon. Our staff puts a lot of thought into strategic lesson planning so that our students are engaged in challenging, real-world, work-related experiences every day. We have such an amazing team of teachers and support staff! We encourage all high school students to take a program at Worcester Tech.

Future engineers taking flight! 🚁 Our pre-engineering students spent the evening at Ocean Pines Library teaching younger students how to pilot drones — no crash landings (well… not too many)! 😄✈️

Check out Worcester Tech @ https://wths.worcesterk12.org

The Nest Early Learning Center is currently enrolling students ages 6 weeks through Pre-K4. See flyer for details or call the Nest office at 410-632-5553 to speak with our Director Georgia Wierengo.

WTHS Criminal Justice students under our talented instructor Mike Levy are working in a unit on fingerprinting. From ink and electronic fingerprinting to dusting and lifting prints off of paper, glass, steering wheels, and more, these budding detectives are some seriously sharp sleuths. Watch out folks!

WTHS displayed some school (and Halloween) spirit today. Each hallway dressed together and competed for best costume. Although it wasn't officially announced, our trades hallway (Kenwood Radios) took center stage along with Grandma Tammy Hearne.

Life is a Puzzle...Solve it Drug Free! This year's Red Ribbon Week theme culminated in a little competition at WTHS. Each program received a pumpkin and teachers and students were challenged with coming up with a pumpkin design that best illustrates the Red Ribbon Week theme. We have a lot of great entries here! Everyone stay safe and healthy!

Worcester Families, please review this flyer about how a potential disruption to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding could affect student eligibility for free meals under the School Meal Programs. #WeAreWorcester

Families, due to an outage over the weekend, phone lines across all schools in WCPS have been impacted, including WTHS. WCPS IT is working to have this resolved and quickly as possible; however, in the meantime, you can reach us by emailing Heather Clarke at HKClarke@worcesterk12.org or by calling our temporary number at (410) 449-0716. We will notify you when the issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

WTHS students competed in Round 1 of the Cyber Patriot Cyber Security Challenge today. Their task was to look at Linux and Windows operating systems and secure user accounts. There were a lot of obstacles and it was great to see students problem solving and finding solutions. Let's Go!

NAPA Auto Parts Donates $15,000 in Supplies to Worcester Technical High School Automotive Program

BERLIN, MD – October 15, 2025 – Worcester Technical High School is proud to announce a significant donation of automotive supplies, valued at $15,000, from NAPA Auto Parts. The donation, which includes essential items such as oils, fluids, and various other shop consumables, will provide a major boost to the students' hands-on learning experience.

The donation was driven by a commitment to supporting the next generation of automotive professionals. It began when Jon Young, NAPA’s Market Director of Store Operations, encouraged store managers to forge local partnerships. Christy Mitchell, manager of the NAPA store in Berlin, MD, recognized an opportunity to help. With several graduates of Worcester County Public Schools on her staff, Mitchell naturally looked to Worcester Technical High School.

"We believe in investing in our local community and the future of the skilled trades," said Mitchell. "Seeing the dedication of the students and faculty at WTHS made this a clear choice. We are thrilled that NAPA was able to provide these essential materials."

Mitchell coordinated the substantial donation with support from Bill Harper, Regional Human Resources Manager, and Jon Young. Due to NAPA's efficient business processes, the company was able to leverage their operations to donate a large volume of high-quality supplies.

For the WTHS Automotive Program, this donation is transformative. The program can now realign its projected spending, freeing up funds that would have been used for these consumable materials and allocating them toward other critical needs, such as automotive parts for complex repairs and projects.

The school's administration expressed gratitude, stating, "This generous donation from NAPA is invaluable and will truly allow our Auto Program to 'level up.' It provides our students with the top-tier products they need to train effectively while allowing us to invest in other areas of the curriculum. We thank Christy, Bill, Jon, and the entire NAPA organization for their support."

Digital Audio and Video Production instructor Chris Jones is working with student Judah Harmon in the production studio. A lot of great music is being recorded here at WTHS. The studio is also open to the public. Call the school for details.

Families, just a quick reminder to complete the HS graduation survey before it closes on Friday. Take the survey at https://tejoin.com/scroll/813499985. Thank you for your input!