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Cape Cod Regional Technical High School District i Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, home of the Cape Cod Tech Crusaders, was established in 1973 as a public vocational technical high school. Cape Cod Tech enrolls students from the towns of Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth offering studies in technical programs for students in grades 9 through 12. This year there were 140 students in the Cape Cod Tech 2003 graduating class with 49% of our graduates employed in their trade, 34% of our graduates going on to further their education, and with the remainder 17% of our graduates working outside of their trade or joining the armed services. We had a total school enrollment of 664 students with 59% of our students participating in a cooperative educational experience. We also offer a secondary contingent of adult education, adult and youth employment programs, and an 8a'grade pre-vocational program. The New England Association of Schools & Colleges (MEAS&C) sent an accreditation team for the decennial evaluation of our school in April of 2003 and we proudly announce that the NEAS&C voted to continue the accreditation of Cape Cod Tech. This accreditation will last for the next 10 years but there will be a 2-year written review and a 5-year focus visit by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges. The report from the NEAS&C commended us for our school climate, our positive links to the community, the condition of our school building and grounds, and our initiation of the High Schools That Work and Senior Project programs. We were asked to look at increasing non-traditional student enrollments, to review our course structure, and to redesign our scheduling process. Cape Cod Tech continues to implement two related major initiatives entitled Senior Project and High Schools that Work. The Senior Project was expanded in 2003 to include all technical programs and will become a graduation requirement for all students with the class of 2006. h Students will follow a structured plan in choosing a project that will relate to his or her technical field. The High Schools That Work is a whole-school improvement model funded by a three- year comprehensive school reform grant through the Massachusetts Department of Education. The goal of this initiative is to raise the achievement of all students in Reading, Math, Science, r and technical shops. The 2003 MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) showed improvement over the previous year in both English Language Arts(ELA) and Math. MCAS English Language Arts (ELA) passing percentages increased 11% in 2003 over the results of 2002 and our MCAS Math passing percentages increased 6% for that same time period. We had over 800 people attending our Tech Night in April where prospective students and their parents come to our school to see the programs we offer. Our Annual Advisory dinner was attended by more than 150 members of local business and industry. Our Vocational and Industrial Clubs (VICA) of America had 50 students participating in the VICA District competitions bringing home 20 medals, 36 students participating in the VICA State competitions winning 12 medals, 4 of them gold, with 4 students going onto the VICA