Student Testimonial
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i believe p-tech is best for my future because of the free college and everything and it's putting it put me on the path that
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i've known uh these past couple years because when i was in eighth grade i did not know what i was gonna do i changed
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like what my career was gonna be every single day with p-tech i've laser focused sort of on what i want in
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a career and what i want in my future
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my name is dakota primo and this is the p-tech program p-tech stands for pathways in technology early college high school and basically
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it's just an accelerated version of high school with college classes integrated into it
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we learn concepts based on steam which is science technology engineering arts and math
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and basically the two main things that they express are electronic engineering and mechanical engineering those are two of
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the pathways that you could go in when you fully go to the mvcc campus at mv they treat you like a full college
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student you have two years there either you go there in your junior year or you go there in your senior year
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of high school i was not in the best place at whitesboro i was not having the best grades the only
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thing that was really up was my positivity and my friends because i'm a very sociable person what led me here was actually my school counselor at the time
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she thought that p-tech would be very good opportunity for me and the free college was a big step
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in the right direction for me i do feel better this year especially
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i've been doing way better than i have the previous years and my grades have my grades always tended to stay in like the
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mid 80s to high 80s but now this year they're in the mid 90s and everything so
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p-tech is for the student who doesn't usually follow a normal high school life like they don't
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they need everything more fast-paced and everyone in p-tech is family and everyone talks to each other you
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make friends pretty easily because although we all come from different backgrounds most of us have the same interests like star wars and harry potter all that
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fun stuff that's the best part because if i were to go to whitesboro white's rose generally big high school so you usually
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keep to your own friend group but here i talk to everyone this room is very technology forward
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obviously since it is the stem room and you get to do all sorts of fun stuff with
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mrs p you get to create all these 3d models and stuff like you create we created
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a phone stand last year and i created one for my mom yeah she uses it sometimes and then we
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also created a 3d model of
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of something we researched for international night
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if you want to learn more about p-tech and about this wonderful program go see your school counselor and ask them to
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get you an application or get you in contact with the p-tech program or you could go to the boces website
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and learn more about p-tech that way
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Video Transcript
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hi my name is taylor and i'm a freshman here at p-tech one of my favorite things here so far is the fact that there's a smaller amount of people in each grade this really helps in getting to know
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both the students and the teachers more it also allows the teachers to help you with assignments a lot more as they can focus on you easier with a smaller amount of students
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i get a lot of feedback on things this way p-tech or pathways in technology early college high school is a four to six year program where
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students earn a high school diploma an industry-recognized associate's degree and gain relevant hands-on experience
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in a growing field my favorite thing about attending ptac is not only the free degree you get when you graduate but also
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you create a very strong bonds with your business partners your teachers and your peers being in p-tech means you're a hard-working individual
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who strives for the best and wants to make the best for themselves p-tech ohm is an integrated high school and college curriculum
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focusing on science technology engineering and mathematics while also providing workplace skills including leadership
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communications and problem solving at this point in my time in p-tech i've already completed one full semester full-time at mvcc i was able to do so
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even with straight a's because of the incredibly diverse skill set that p-tech prepares for you when leaving high school i was able to learn computer programming
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coding i even learned how to write college level papers when i was just a freshman in high school because of this i felt fully prepared to
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go to college at such a young age and it was a really natural transition upon completion of the program students will earn a new york state regents
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diploma issued from their high school an associate's degree from mohawk valley community college and positive relationships and work
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experience with members of the industry p-tech is a really close community where you have an opportunity to excel somewhere no matter what we have fitness
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club art club prom committee yearbook club even gamer club which was a really really big hit last year it was a lot of fun
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hello i'm jaden and i'm a member of ptac one project that i'm currently working on is making articles for the school newspaper there's always something new
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to learn and around every corner someone's willing to help you my favorite part about attending ptech is the opportunities given to us that we would have never gotten at a regular
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high school along the way ptech has and is supporting me in every single possible way no matter what route you take or what
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degree you choose for what pathway you're on you are surrounded by support p-tech will never let you be alone in your journey through helpful staff
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welcoming peers and self-motivation everybody has all the tools that they need to do wonderful in p-tech p-tech has guided me in a path to feel
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more motivated and compassionate about my future my favorite thing about attending p-tech would definitely be the opportunities
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that arise to those who work hard only 8th graders are eligible to apply to p-tech ohm
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if you're interested in finding out more please follow the link and schedule your information session
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