Northwest Career and Technical Academy

Northwest Career and Technical Academy
Location
8200 West Tropical Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89149
Information
Type	Bar Magnet
Established	2007
Principal	Frank Pesce III
Mascot	Hawk
Information	702-799-4640
Website	http://ccsd.net/schools/nwcta/

Northwest Career and Technical Academy, or NWCTA, is a nine-month magnet school in Las Vegas, Nevada in the Clark County School District (CCSD). The school first opened for the 2007-2008 school year, admitting only freshman and sophomores. Each year, another grade was added to accommodate the influx of students until all four grades were implemented in the 2009-2010 school year.

Program areas

NWCTA offers ten program areas: Engineering & Design, Hospitality, Transportation Technology, Culinary Arts, Construction Management, Early Childhood, Teacher Education, Medical Professions, Media Communications, and Biotechnology.

Each program area is dedicated a section of the school, including each having an assigned glass-walled "project room". The programs also have access to unique facilities, such as the TV studio for Media Communications, a garage for Transportation Technology, a workshop for Construction Management, a kitchen for the Culinary Arts, along with a kindergarten for Early Childhood and Teacher Education students.

The new building received the international annual design award of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International for 2008, the James D. MacConnell Award for outstanding new educational facilities.

NWCTA was named a Magnet School of Distinction by the Magnet Schools of America (http://www.magnet.edu/) in 2010 and 2011.

References

http://www.magnet.edu/

External links

• School Website