Career Technical Education (CTE)

The CTE departments hosts primarily elective course offerings that stress real world practical skills and interdisciplinary topics of study. The courses offerred are recognized by the State to develop skills and knowledge that are relevant to local industry needs and where curriculum is guided by industry developments. The CTE department is also home to the Los Altos High School Academy of Engineering and Design, a program that has students apply the skills learned in other department courses during their senior year in an Innovative Design Capstone course to create a real solution to a real problem or improvement in society.