CTHS opens for 2025-26 lottery

Career Tech High School (CTHS) in Wasilla is a comprehensive high school focusing on career readiness, technical skills, and college preparedness. Just as college students choose a major, students attending CTHS choose a career pathway, which means they will take pathway electives where they explore the various jobs that relate to their professions of interest.

Students select from one of our eight pathways: Building, Business, Fitness, Human Services, Health, Natural Resources, Tourism, and Transportation. As students explore pathway careers, they can change pathways at any time, just as a college student would change majors, although without the cost, many graduating with college credits or technical certifications.

Now, students wishing to attend CTHS can prepare for the grade 9-12 lottery for the 2025-26 School Year. The lottery application for the 2025-2026 school year is open from now until February 14th. Current full-time students do not need to reapply. However, siblings of current 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students who desire to attend CTHS next fall must complete the lottery application to be considered for the following year.

Students and parents are invited to attend an information night on Wednesday, January 15 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm for a chance to learn about the school and the 8 career pathways offered, tour the building, and meet the staff.

Rated the #1 school in Alaska during the 2021-2022 school year, the traditional high school offers more than reading, writing, and arithmetic to students, offering 8 career pathways geared to help students for career and college success.

“CTE can be an option for everybody-for those that are post-secondary bound and for those that want to get into the job market right after high school,” says Jason Ross, who has been the CTHS Principal for the past 5 years, in a previous interview.

From bookkeeping and accounting to web design and computer networking in our business pathway, or computer drafting and pre-engineering to interior design and home construction in our building pathway, students experience practical, hands-on activities that show them each pathway’s art and skill.

CTHS offers a systemic approach to addressing the challenges young people face as they confront the demands of high school and prepare for post-secondary education and the world of work.

An application school, Career Tech places a high priority on civic responsibility, professionalism, and customer service. Students at CTHS must meet a high standard for both academics and behavior, a high standard that is reflected in our 98.67% graduation rate. CTHS has also been awarded the Department of Education in Washington DC the 2015 Blue Ribbon, School of Excellence.

The lottery will be ran on March 4th so parents and students will be notified before Spring Break if they have been placed or waitlisted.

CTHS is located at 2472 North Seward-Meridian Parkway, Wasilla. Transfer buses are available from your child’s traditional high school to CTHS, making these programs accessible to everyone.