High School Environmental Education

When Geena Stasiek applied to Essex Technical High School in 2014, she wasn’t thinking about a career in cosmetology or automotive repair. Instead, the Ipswich native wanted to battle global warming. “I came here because I was passionate about the environment, and I knew I could go to college and be ahead of other students who didn’t come here,” says Stasiek, now 16. The 11th grader is one of nearly 1,400 students enrolled at Essex Technical High School, a 40-acre complex of classrooms, labs, barns, and woodlands that opened two years ago in Hathorne. The $135 million project merged Essex Agricultural a

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High School Environmental Education

Unbound by classroom walls, students at Essex Technical High School are tackling 21st-century environmental issues. In the process, they’re transforming everything we know about vocational schooling.

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