School Profile - Sussex County Technical School

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Sussex County Technical School
105 North Church Road, Sparta, NJ 07871
Phone: 973-383-6700 Fax: 973-300-5225
CEEB Code: 311409
Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent/Principal
Board of Education
Counseling Services Staff
President: Gary Sargent Supervisor/Vice Principal Joseph Armstead
Vice President Jarrod Cofrancesco Supervisor Special Education Michael Podhoretz
Member Mark Fiedorczyk Counselor Lorraine Bollmann
Member Scott Mackenzie Counselor Michael Tresslar
Member/ Dr. Rosalie Lamonte Counselor Bina Varkey
County Superintendent Social Worker Cheryl Braun
School Psychologist
Dr. Eric Herschman
Secretaries
Sharon Monell
Sharon Eltzholtz
The Community & School
Sussex County is the northernmost county in New Jersey, where this rural area has a population of
159, 909 according to the 2008 census. Of which, 94.6% consists of Caucasian Americans, 6.0% Asian
American, and 2.1% African American. Sussex Tech is a vocational/technical high school with an
enrollment of 635. Students are able to major in one of the 22 technical or vocational areas. Sussex
Tech is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association for
Colleges and Schools.
The Curriculum
Class periods run forty minutes, five days a week, 180 days a year. Students may be in technical
majors for two to four periods daily, depending on their academic program requirements or postsecondary
plans.
Graduation Requirements
Class of 2010 140 Credits
4 Credit Years English/Language 4 Credit Years of Physical Education
4 Credit Years of Technical/Shop Area 3 Credit Years Mathematics
3 Credit Years Social Studies 3 Credit Years Science
1 Credit Years World Language 1 Credit Years Fine Arts
Grading & Ranking
Letter Grade Numeric Grade Letter Grade Numeric Grade
A+ 98-100 C 77-79
A 95-97 C- 74-76
A- 92-94 D+ 71-73
B+ 89-91 D 68-70
B 86-88 D- 65-67
B- 83-85 F 0-64
C+ 80-82 WF 0
Courses are weighted as follows:
General Classes 4.0 Honors Classes 4.75
Career Classes 4.25 Concurrent Classes 5.0
College Prep Classes 4.5

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Honor Roll criteria is an 87.5 average, and for high honor roll an average of 92.
Unweighted GPA based on a 4.0 scale is recorded on transcripts. Weighted GPA is calculated solely
for the purpose of computing class rank and is not reported. In order to be ranked students must
have attended Sussex County Technical School for one whole school year.
Tech Prep/College Credit Bank Programs
SCCC has partnered with us to develop a program focused on Business Management and Business
Administration. This program allows students to earn tuition free college credits while they are still
in high school. Students can seamlessly transfer to SCCC after graduation and complete their
associate’s degree in 1 1/2 years after their high school graduation. Students can receive up to 15
credits for their high school performance in their technical programs at partner colleges such as, but
not limited to, Penn College of Technology, UMDNJ, Sussex Community College, SUNY/Delhi,
Philadelphia Art Institute, Johnson and Wales, Culinary Institute of America, Berkeley College, and
NJIT.
Concurrent Program
Students may attain dual credit for college courses taught by Sussex Tech instructors who have been
accepted as adjunct professors at Sussex Community College. Students must pass the Accuplacer
Basic Skills Test or earn a 550 on the verbal section of the PSAT to gain placement into these classes.
They must also earn a ‘B’ average overall to earn entrance into the program. The cost of tuition per
course is $125. Courses offered include: English Composition I and II, General Psychology, Intro. to
Sociology, American Literature I and II, U.S. History 2, Statistics and Economics.
Cooperative Industrial/ Office Education
Upper class students have an opportunity to be employed for part of the school day in their specific
technical major. Work experience is supervised and students continue to receive instruction from
their technical instructors. Cooperative work experience is noted on the transcript with the
designation of CIE/COE preceding the technical major.
Class of 2010 Profile
Class Size: 117
Post-Graduation Plans
Mean SAT scores
4 year college 16.2% Mathematics 505
2 year college 54.7% Verbal 489
FT/PT Job 14.5 % Writing 477
Technical School 10.2% Bloustein Scholars 3
Military 1.0 % NJ STARS 17
Other 3.4 % Mean ACT score 24
National Occupational Competency Testing
Automotive Technician 85.6 Culinary Baking 95.3
Building Trades Maintenance 85.5 Electrical Construction 82.1
Carpentry 92.7 Electronic Technology 95.4
Clerical Skills 91.2 Graphic Communication Tech.91.6
Commercial Art 89.4 HVAC/Refrigeration 82.2
Commercial Foods 100.0 Horticulture/Landscaping 95.9
Enginnering Technology 97.9 Welding 97.7
State Certification /Licensure Examination: Cosmetology 100%

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