Buffalo Schools Career and Technical Education Department

08/05/2026

07/30/2026

Summer CTE Mayors Summer Youth programming has a busy day today at McKinley High School! Horticulture students are taking care of the greenhouse and refurbishing their selling tables, and Carpentry is building a custom shed!

Buffalo Public Schools BPS Family and Community Engagement Mayor Sean M. Ryan

07/28/2026

The JROTC programs at South Park High School; Community School, Hutchinson Central Technical High School, and McKinley High School are doing great things this summer through the Mayor's Summer Youth Program!

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/jrotc-cadets-restore-veteran-grave-markers-at-buffalo-cemetery?fbclid=IwdGRjcATWAUhjbGNrBNYBQmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHuGAwg56SzPKKL4JUT7SSagd3tUJ-Dm9OnY6tjayxgiUXRgMCGrv6U5ME3jU_aem_kQGkLjzR8lVhZS1chDZJ6A

More than 30 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets spent a summer day cleaning and restoring veteran grave markers at Buffalo Cemetery in Cheektowaga.

07/24/2026

CTE Summer Internships are in full swing around Buffalo through our partnership with the Mayor's Summer Youth program! Students are working this summer in their CTE programs, including: culinary, horticulture, nurse assisting, carpentry, cosmetology, and JROTC.

Today's spotlight: the hard working culinary students at Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management!

Mayor Sean M. Ryan Buffalo Public Schools BPS Family and Community Engagement

07/14/2026

So proud of our PTECH building trades students who just graduated McKinley High School and are jumping right into the new Construction Pathway Summer Program-- a resume-building, industry-credentialed training program with work experience before they continue on to Alfred State College in January. Thank you CAHill TECH, Workforce Buffalo and LIUNA Local 210 Buffalo NY for all that you do!

06/24/2026

PTECH BIT students from Lewis J Bennett HS began their summer paid internship with IBM today. They will work alongside professionals and with other PTECH interns across the country!

06/23/2026

Please share! The beautiful cabin being constructed by the building trades students at McKinley High School is almost ready for its new home in the community.

This project is made possible every year by our friends and partners at Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY, Inc.!

Buffalo Public Schools BPS Family and Community Engagement

06/12/2026

Great job to the Horticulture team at McKinley High School!

05/01/2026

Congratulations to our four 2026 graduates from Alfred State College through our P-TECH BEGREEN Building Trades program! These 2024 grads from McKinley High School continued on to earn their associates degrees at Alfred State Building Trades at no cost to them! 27 McKinley students have now completed this program to date, with hundreds more earning dual college credit through Alfred State College while still in high school.

Special thanks as well to industry partners Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY, Inc., and Blue Sky for sponsoring our wonderful celebration luncheon.

Buffalo Public Schools

04/29/2026

148 Career and Technical Education students from 13 Buffalo Public Schools high schools were inducted to the National Technical Honor Society today!

To earn this honor, students must have over 90% in their CTE program, 85% GPA, and 85% attendance. Many congratulations to all these dedicated CTE students!