Eastern Center for Arts and Technology to hold open house on Sunday

Eastern Center for Arts and Technology, located at 3075 Terwood Road in Willow Grove, will hold an open house from 1 – 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 27.

“The open house gives everyone in the community an idea of what the school is all about,” Amy Shields, Eastern’s organizational advancement director, said.

Eastern offers 11^th and 12^th grade students half-day specialized career programs, so that students may attend their district’s high school, while also taking courses at Eastern.

Eastern, the only career and technical school in eastern Montgomery County, offers 14 specialized career programs:

• Allied Health
• Automotive Technology
• Collision Repair Technology
• Commercial Art
• Computer Network Administration
• Construction Technology
• Cosmetology
• Culinary Arts
• Electrical Technology
• Electronics Engineering Technology
• Heating
• Ventilation
• Air Conditioning
• Landscape Contracting
• Protective Services
• Welding Technology

During the open house, instructors of each specialized program will provide presentations to visitors.

SkillsUSA officers, Eastern students elected to the school’s student council, will be dressed in red jackets and guiding guests throughout the day.

Eastern students come from several surrounding school districts, including Upper Moreland, Upper Dublin, Abington and Hatboro-Horsham.

Visitors will also get the opportunity to meet with the school’s occupational advisory committee, local business representatives that complement the instruction of the specialized career programs.

According to Shields, Eastern also offers a “Student Warranty,” which guarantees students relevant and useful skills needed to attain jobs in the career programs they’ve chosen for up to one year.

“We’re very confident with the success of all our graduates,” Shields said.

The Eastern open house will also feature an auction to help support the Foundation scholarships and awards program. Auction items include gift baskets, framed Leroy Neiman sports prints and framed paintings.

Eastern culinary students will conduct catering for the event.

Parking is available at the Upper Moreland High School campus, with a bus shuttle from 1 p.m.

For more information, visit the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology website.