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TECHNICAL
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Our CTE Courses
When you click on the CTE courses below, you will find an overview and the curriculum. Within the overview section, you can find career opportunities attached to each program.
Hear from our Alumni!
Hear from alumni about what they think of McKee High School
Rafael Santiago
From a first-hand experience McKee H.S formulates young men and women to become part of the working class with great career opportunities and/or provides a substantial education to start college. Today I’m part of Local Union 638 Steamfitters of the NYC building trades; which I have been for over 10 years. The Construction Tech program I became part of while attending McKee prepared me for the Blue Collar World. The program has taught me responsibility, common blueprint reading, using the proper tools to complete a job, working well with others, and most importantly being on time!
Mr. Dennis O’Connell
My name is Dennis O’Connell, I graduated from Ralph R. McKee Career & Technical High School in 1993. I was a Carpentry/Cabinet Making student during my time at McKee. Ralph R. McKee CTE HS provided me with a small, safe learning environment that prepared me for my post-secondary experience. I’m currently the Carpentry and Building Trades Instructor at McKee High School. The Carpentry/Cabinet Making Program provided me with real-life trade experience. During my years in the program, I was able to gain industry knowledge along with hands-on experience. All these exercises were simulations of what was and is currently occurring in the NYC Building Trades. This program provided me with a vast number of opportunities following graduation. I was presented with a direct entry ticket into the NYC Carpenters Union, I was offered a full-time apprenticeship position with a local Cabinet Making Shop. That was the one I chose. Following that I was presented the opportunity to train to become a Carpentry Instructor. For the last 22 years, I have been the Carpentry/Cabinet Making Instructor here at McKee CTE HS. That is how the program helped prepare me for my career. I have now spent my years at McKee preparing young men and women for the world of work. Just as the program prepared me as a young person.
Dominick Mecca
Hi, my name is Dominick Mecca reaching out regarding my years in McKee and my career after. I graduated in 2017 from McKee and the experience I had was great. Currently, the job I have in Local 137 is a sign hanger/fabricator we build and hang signs all over the 5 boroughs, Long Island, and upstate. The construction program prepared me very well for my career by giving me a general idea of how the workforce goes, teaching me about tools blueprints, and a bunch of other stuff that really helped me build a good base to become a good worker once I was given the opportunity to join local 137. The picture of me below is me hanging signs for Target at 2900 Veterans Rd W by the outer bridge
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