HIGH SCHOOLS

​Cristo Rey Boston High School
https://www.cristoreyboston.org
 
Cristo Rey Boston is a tuition-free, Catholic, college-preparatory high school in Dorchester, serving exclusively students from under-resourced communities with the mission of college and career success. Each student works one day per week as part of the Corporate Work Study Program. This real-world job experience not only helps pay for about half the cost of education for each student but also instills the hard and soft skills for their eventual success. Often, it even helps shape a student's career trajectory.

CRB seniors earn 100% college acceptance, and alums finish their degree programs at three times the national average for similar economic demographics. Corporate Partners, including the Boston Harbor Hotel, Club Quarters Hotels, Hotel Commonwealth, The Newbury Boston, and the Massachusetts Convention Center, can attest that this is a rewarding, local mentoring relationship that showcases the value of investing in a diverse workforce development pipeline.
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For more information, contact:
 
Marcin Kunicki,
Director, Corporate Work Study Program
[email protected] or 857-220-2471

Greater Lowell Technical High School
www.gltech.org

Greater Lowell Technical High School commits to ensuring students’ readiness for career, college, and citizenship in the 21st century. We challenge and support students as they realize their individual potential for personal and professional success.  We are the largest technical high school in Massachusetts, with 2,200 students.  A student-run restaurant, The Artisan, is open to the public for lunch on Tuesdays through Fridays. Hospitality Management students operate The Artisan in their Sophomore year, and learn and work every position from Dishwasher to Manager on Duty. Juniors experience hands-on learning at local hotel partnership properties to learn every job role and department within various classifications and brands of hotels. Students must master the check-in, check-out, LEARN Model, hotel industry bed making, and cleanliness processes through hands-on assessments.  In January, eligible Juniors qualify for co-op opportunities to be employed within the hospitality industry. Instead of attending shop at school, students are employed in the hospitality industry and earn their weekly shop grade while earning a paycheck. Seniors have the option of co-op employment or to continue with local hotel partnerships learning hotel operations and expanding their leadership skills. Additionally, students are exposed to various career paths in the hospitality industry through community partnerships, guest speakers, and field trips.

For more information, contact:
 
Melissa Greene
Hospitality Management Instructor
[email protected]

Nashoba Valley Technical High School
https://www.nashobatech.net
 
Established in 1968, Nashoba Valley Technical High School is a public, four-year, career-focused high school fostering academic, personal, and professional success. They promote a lifetime of learning and achievement, providing students with quality teaching, specialized instruction in industry-approved technical programs, personalized academic support, and leadership development opportunities.
 
For more information, contact: 

Jeremy Bussiere
Hospitality Management Instructor
[email protected] 

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​Worcester Technical School
https://techhigh.us
https://techhigh.us
 
Worcester Technical High School is a highly rated, public school located in Worcester, MA. It has 1,476 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. In Hospitality Management we create an environment that will give students the versatile skills they need to be successful in any hospitality career. They will have the opportunity to plan events, manage our conference facility, and even work in our public, full-service restaurant, the Skyline Bistro. Over the next four years students will gain valuable knowledge in business management, lodging, travel/ tourism, customer service, and much more! Students will also be able to take the skills they have learned and compete against other student leaders through SkillsUSA and NFTE.
 
For more information, contact: 

Amy DeLaRoche
Hospitality Management Instructor
[email protected]

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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​UMass Amherst
https://www.isenberg.umass.edu/programs/depts/htm

​UMASS Amherst is one of the world’s most established and successful hospitality and tourism management programs, with over 75 years of producing hospitality leaders. Part of the Isenberg School of Management, students are exposed to not only hospitality, but business course as well.   

The hospitality and tourism major are one of only two programs in Isenberg that accept applications from current UMass Amherst undergraduate students. Many students choose to add HTM as a double major alongside other business degree programs or programs throughout the university.

 Middlesex Community College
https.www.middle.mass.edu
 
Middlesex Community College is dedicated to educating, challenging, and supporting our students. Our Hospitality and Culinary Arts Programs are central to training employees who meet the workforce needs of the local and global communities.
 
For more information, contact:

Kim Morrissey
Hospitality & Culinary Arts Program Coordinator
Middlesex Community College
[email protected]

MLA MEMBER OPPORTUNITY
Opportunities are available for MLA members to work with these schools include:
Guest Speaker
Property Tours
Shadowing Program
On the Job Training
 
For more information on how to get involved with these schools, contact Beth Stehley at [email protected]