Excited Park City School District administrators, students and other supporters gathered around the new wing of the high school Friday evening to cut a ribbon to a new wing of the school hosting facilities for students interested in career and technical education opportunities.“This new CTE wing represents the incredible potential we can unlock when we work together,” interim Superintendent Caleb Fine said. “It also reflects our commitment to the Park City School District’s ‘We All Belong’ campaign, ensuring every student has a place to thrive, no matter their interests or passions. I’m excited to see how our students will thrive here, with hands-on learning experiences that prepare them to be the leaders and innovators of tomorrow.”Lyndsay Huntsman, the high school’s director for CTE programs, thanked the community for their votes in favor of a 2021 $150 million general obligation bond that has allowed the district to pursue new construction projects such as the CTE wing.“Together, we’ve created learning spaces that will transform education for our students, particularly in the realm of Career and Technical Education,” she said. “Within Park City School District, 74% of our students in grades 6-12 are enrolled in at least one CTE course. These cutting-edge spaces provide hands-on, real-world learning experiences that prepare students to thrive in an ever-changing workforce.”Jude Meister, an eighth grader at Treasure Mountain Junior High, left, gets a lesson on the flight simulator from Tommy Jacobson, a senior at Park City High School. “A lot of kids including myself never had an idea of a career path to go into,” Jacobson said. He explained that the aviation courses at PCHS introduced him to his intended path for post-high school education and eventually a career. His dream job is to go into commercial aviation, but he has recently begun to explore life flight and search-and-rescue aviation as a potential career. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park RecordThe new wing boasts a large woodshop, commercial and domestic kitchens, medical training equipment, aviation-training simulators and other learning facilities for students whose desired career paths don’t necessarily align with typical classrooms and traditional curriculums.Students on Friday demonstrated a lot of the equipment and utility of the new classrooms, resources and facilities as well as the lessons they learn in the new wing. Christin Vieyra and Joseph Pineda gave a presentation on why a Wingstop franchise location could be a smart investment in the Park City area. Visitors look through the windows of the woodshop room on Friday. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park RecordStudents learn in the commercial kitchen space on Friday in the CTE building at PCHS. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park Record“It gives us new opportunities to learn more about businesses and how to create our own business,” Pineda said.Vieyra, who takes marketing and entrepreneurship classes in the new wing, said those classes help him with what he wants to pursue in the future: business and economics.“These classes specialize to move students more into a strong work environment,” he said.Pineda added that, for him, the classes promote independence, allowing him to pursue his own endeavors and giving him a skill set a more traditional education setting wouldn’t.“You have a lot of opportunities here,” he said. The Miner mascot walks down a flight of stairs in the new CTE building at PCHS on Friday. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park RecordThe post Park City High School cuts ribbon to new career and technical education wing appeared first on Park Record.