East Career and Technical Academy
East Career and Technical Academy also known as East Tech or simply ECTA is a nine-month Clark County School District magnet school in Sunrise Manor, Nevada. ECTA opened for the 2008–2009 school year, admitting only freshmen and sophomores. Each year, another grade was added to accommodate the influx of students until all four grades were implemented in the 2010–2011 school year. Currently, the school has a 4.9 star rating out of 5 with the district.
History
ECTA is a four-year comprehensive career technical high school and is one of four Career and Technical Academies within the Clark County School District. ECTA gives students the opportunity to participate in career technical training programs. The course of study consists of career technical instruction as well as academic classes that meet college and district requirements, which leads students to a career and technical education certificate and a high school diploma.Opened in 2007, the school offers multiple career technical programs, a variety of academic courses, and student activities that can satisfy the needs of those young persons seeking additional choices to the regular high school curriculum. Student activities can come in the form of Career and Technical Student Organizations, there organizations are linked to student technical program of choice, where they can further enhance their skills and knowledge.
ECTA was built due to the success of its sister Career and Technical Academy, Southeast Career and Technical Academy. ECTA was in Clark County School District's plan to build four more Career and Technical Academies, upon the remaining of SECTA. ECTA helps promote a positive image about the career technical learning environment present at the school, and to become part of the five Career and Technical Academies in Las Vegas.
Mission statement
"The mission of the East Career & Technical Academy is to empower students to problem solve, collaborate, communicate effectively, be technologically literate, and be ethical citizens so that they will successfully meet the challenges of a changing global workplace."Program areas
ECTA offers 8 programs: Early Childhood Education, Medical Professions, Culinary Arts, Entertainment Marketing & Hospitality, Automotive Mechanical Technology, Information Technology Systems, Construction Technology, and Electronics Technology.Each program area is dedicated a section of the school, including each having an assigned glass-walled "project room" or known to students and staff as "fishbowls". The programs also have access to unique facilities, such as a daycare and playground for Education, a lecture hall for Marketing, a hospital room for Medical Professions, a high-scale kitchen, cafe, banquet hall, and studio kitchen for Culinary Arts, a garage for Automotive Mechanical Technology, a construction area for Construction Technology, and classroom labs for Information Technology.
A new program has been added for the 2017-2018 school year called: Health Information Management. It will be taking the place of the school 's former Electronics Technology program that has been removed for this change.
Houses
The school is set up into 3 Houses. Each House holds their respective programs.| House | Programs |
| House 1 | Early Childhood Education, Medical Professions |
| House 2 | Culinary Arts, Entertainment Marketing & Hospitality |
| House 3 | Automotive Mechanical Technology, Information Technology Systems, Construction Technology, Health Information Management |
In 2016, ECTA administration has hereby removed the Electronics Technology program from its list of Career and Technical Education programs. A new program called: Health Information Management has taken its place and will be in affect during the 2017-2018 school year.
Each House is known for its own characteristics:
House 1- This house is characterized by the gifts of caring for others, honorable studies, the desire to teach.
House 2- This house is characterized by the skills of wit, vision, and persuasion.
House 3- This house is characterized by the skills of production, repair, invention.
Rankings and awards
This details how East Tech compares with other schools based on U.S. News Ranking Criteria 2014.| Category | Ranking |
| Medal Awarded | Silver |
| National Rank | #1897 |
| State Rank | #6 |
| Magnet Rank | #258 |
Has been awarded Magnet School of Distinction by the Magnet Schools of America in 2012 and 2014.
Students/teachers
These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.| Category | Count |
| Total Enrollment | 1,786 |
| Total Minority Enrollment | 85% |
| Total Economically Disadvantaged | 60% |
| Full-Time Teachers | 81 |