Skilled Seniors Celebrated
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6th Annual Career Signing Day
Our Cooperative Education (Co-Op) program held its 6th annual Career Signing Day on May 15. The ceremony recognized our senior Co-Op and career placement students, who proudly announced their career or military plans and signed commitment letters to work with their employers after graduation.
Vocational Director Kerri Baltramaitis welcomed the soon-to-be graduates, parents, instructors, industry partners, and school administrators before highlighting each student's achievement in their trade area and the Co-Op program.
The Class of 2026 produced record-setting Co-Op numbers with 180 students participating in the program. Since March of 2025, students have worked more than 75,0000 hours and earned a combined total of more than $1.3 million in wages. The Co-Op experience is made possible through partnerships with a growing number of local businesses that support students each year, demonstrating the program’s positive impact on the local workforce and community.
During the ceremony, students signed employment contracts with representatives from local companies, including A.S Jones, Adaptive Plumbing & Heating, AFDJ Contracting, Armed Services, Avenue Fifty, Back Bay Mechanical, Boots on the Ground Landscaping, Boston Lawnmower, Boston Volvo, Boucher Energy Systems, Bulldog Fire Apparatus, Capurso Electric, Control Point, Crothers Tire & Auto Repair, D.C. Bates Equipment, G&C Plumbing & Heating, Grasseschi Plumbing, J&P Truck and Auto, JTS Diesel Performance, Kevin Allen Carpentry, L.R Favreau Septic, Lavallee Systems, Marty's Auto Service, Medway Oil & Propane, Milton CAT, Nicks Landscaping, Northbridge Smiles, Notturno Home Services, nVent, Pace Auto Service, RJM Custom Autobody, Rob Roy Hair Salon, Scott Caffrey Plumbing, T&J Plumbing & Heating, Tegra Medical, Top Notch HVAC, Valente Plumbing, Heating & AC, Waters Corporation, Wayne J. Griffin Electric, and Z&E Landscaping.
Career Signing Day reflects a growing upward trend of students pursuing employment over post-secondary education. These modern vocational students are heading directly into industry careers with high-skill, high-wage employment while continuing to build experience through full-time work and on-the-job training.
For more information, visit our Cooperative Education and Signing Day webpages.