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Essex Tech Receives $750 Grant from Foundation Trust

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019

Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Essex Tech Receives $750 Grant from Foundation Trust

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that Essex Tech has been awarded a $750 grant from the Foundation Trust to support efforts to increase diversity awareness.

The $750 grant will support the school’s Cultural Awareness Collective, a group of students at Essex Tech who work to educate faculty, staff and students to respect the differences between various cultures and promote acceptance and inclusion. Approximately 40 students are involved in the club, with 15 students actively attending each weekly meeting.

“We’re thrilled to have been awarded this funding from the Foundation Trust, which will support the vision and work of our Cultural Awareness Collective,” Superintendent Riccio said. “Cultivating a school community that recognizes and celebrates diversity and is sensitive to multicultural concerns is critical for supporting all of our students and preparing them to be thoughtful, considerate and informed citizens.”

A small group of students came together to form the Cultural Awareness Collective approximately two years ago, and since then have worked together to educate Essex Tech staff and students about diversity and sensitivity. Members of the group have provided professional development to faculty during in-service days to raise awareness of cultural sensitivity and proficiency. The students are also working to grow the Cultural Awareness Collective, and continue to welcome new members to their organization.

Thanks to the grant funding, the group will be working together to develop a service project that benefits the community at large.

“The Cultural Awareness Collective is undertaking important work to foster an inclusive atmosphere at ENSATS. The Foundation Trust is proud to support their efforts to advance kindness and understanding,” said Lauren Liecau, Manager of Outreach and Development at the Foundation Trust.

The Foundation Trust 

The Foundation Trust is a private philanthropic foundation serving Greater Boston. In supporting the important work of small to medium-sized nonprofit organizations, the Foundation Trust strives to enhance individual well-being and community development.  Learn more at www.FoundationTrust.org

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Essex Tech Selected for Competitive Cybersecurity Awareness Training

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019

Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Essex Tech Selected for Competitive Cybersecurity Awareness Training

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that Essex Tech has been selected to take part in the state’s Cybersecurity Awareness Grant program.

Overseen by the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, the Cybersecurity Awareness Program seeks to address training and assessment gaps in cybersecurity throughout the Commonwealth. In an effort to bolster general cybersecurity throughout the state’s municipal agencies and public schools, the grant provides organizations with training, evaluation, threat simulation and assessment resources and tools.

“We are eager to learn more about cybersecurity as we use technology on a daily basis,” Superintendent Riccio said. “Our mission is to educate the future workforce and they will be exposed to technology in every career path they choose. We are grateful to the state for giving our staff the tools they need to hone their knowledge of cybersecurity, and to pass those skills on to our students as well.”

The one-year program will train 20 full-time Essex Tech employees from five departments, beginning this November. Additional staff members may join the training as well. The training initiative will be overseen by the Executive Office of Technology Services & Security (EOTSS) and ProofPoint, a California based cybersecurity company.

To learn more about the program, visit www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-the-cybersecurity-awareness-program.

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Essex Tech Homecoming Gala Raises $68,000 for Catherine Larkin Memorial Cottage

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019

Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Essex Tech Homecoming Gala Raises $68,000 for Catherine Larkin Memorial Cottage

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that the Essex Tech community raised approximately $68,000 to support the Catherine Larkin Memorial Cottage project at the Homecoming Gala this October.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, more than 200 people attended the Homecoming Gala on the lawn in front of Smith Hall, where they gathered to support the project and enjoy a meal prepared by Essex Tech culinary students.

Funds from the gala will support the rebuilding of the Larkin Cottage, which was originally built in 1950 and was named after Catherine Larkin, an alumnus and World War II nurse Lieutenant who died in a plane crash in 1945.

“Thank you to everyone who attended the gala, and who have supported this endeavor,” Riccio said. “The Larkin Cottage has a rich history on our campus, and this project is an exciting chapter for our school. Once finished, the new facility will provide a wonderful space for classes to meet as well as for community gatherings, and the cottage will also house a collection of historic artifacts showcasing Essex Tech’s past.”

State Rep. Ted Speliotis, State Sen. Joan Lovely and State Rep. Thomas Walsh all attended the Gala. Members of the Larkin family also attended and spoke about Catherine.

The first Catherine Larkin Lifetime Service Awards were also awarded to Essex Aggie Alumni Bob Woods, owner of Wood Trucking, and Ted Dunjnaski, owner of Dunjnaski Dairy, at the event.

Funds raised at the gala include a $25,000 donation from the Essex Agricultural Society, as well as approximately $43,000 in private donations.

The new cottage will include an agricultural museum, learning center and community function space. The building will be located directly across Route 62 from the Farm Stand on the school’s main campus. Hundreds of students from various programs at Essex Tech are taking part in the project, including students studying carpentry, masonry, electrical, plumbing and agriculture.

Essex Tech has raised approximately $250,000 for the project through donations as well as grant funding, and has set a fundraising goal of $1 million.

To donate or learn more about the Catherine Larkin Memorial Cottage, visit essexnorthshore.org/larkin/.

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Essex Tech Recieves $100,000 Grant to Support Career and Technical Education Partnership Programs

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019

Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Essex Tech Recieves $100,000 Grant to Support Career and Technical Education Partnership Programs

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that Essex Tech has received a $100,000 grant to help grow Career and Technical Education (CTE) partnership programs with nearby communities, and increase the opportunities available for North Shore students to access CTE.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded a Career and Technical Education Partnership Implementation Grant to Essex Tech. The funding will be used to support its newly launched programs that engage high school students from Peabody and Salem.

With the grant, Essex Tech will be able to increase capacity and enhance the amount of students served by the partnership with Salem and Peabody, enabling previously-waitlisted students to enroll.

Essex Tech was one of just six districts or technical schools in Massachusetts to receive this grant.

Students in the new two-year programs attend class each weekday at their respective high schools in the morning, and travel to Essex Tech for vocational and technical education in the afternoon.

The purpose of this federally funded grant is to support regional and local partnerships to expand existing and develop new CTE programs and initiatives that increase student access to CTE opportunities, primarily through more effective use and integration of existing capacity and resources.

The newly-awarded grant funding comes in addition to a $300,000 Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation grant awarded in June to support the creation of an Advanced Manufacturing and Construction and Craft Laborer program for high school students at Salem and Peabody High Schools.

Last school year, Essex Tech launched it’s first CTE Partnership Program, allowing students from Gloucester High School to take half of their courses at Gloucester High before being transported by bus to Essex Tech to learn landscaping, masonry and carpentry skills. This school year, Essex Tech expanded that program to allow Salem and Peabody Public School students to participate in an Advanced Manufacturing program or a Construction and Craft Laborer program. Essex Tech has partnered closely with the Construction and Crafts Laborers Union Local 22 to make the Construction and Craft Laborer program a reality.

Through a partnership with North Shore Community College, participants can take additional courses to gain credits toward an associate’s degree. Both advanced manufacturing and construction workers are in high demand for workforce placement in northeastern Massachusetts.

“These programs provide a vital link to career pathways for students in our surrounding communities, expanding access to diverse educational experiences and opening up so many opportunities for them once they graduate,” Superintendent Riccio said. “I’m so grateful for this support, and for the work it will empower us to do to strengthen our work and make these programs as effective as possible for all of the students involved.”

There are 25 students from Peabody and Salem currently enrolled in the program.

The federal program is funded under the Strengthening Career and Technical Education in the 21st Century Act and is designed to support existing programs like the ones at Essex Tech.

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