The Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School (JEFF TECH) is a comprehensive career and technical high school offering exceptional training in 15 technical training areas.

---

The mission of Jeff Tech is to prepare our students to be successful citizens and life-long learners.
Take A Video Tour Now!

Jeff Tech.TV Player

Click PLAY to start our regular program stream. Production, web and streaming media services are provided by the Digital Media Technology Program in the IT Academy.

---

FEATURED SCHOOL NEWS

---

Jeff Tech Culinary Provides Holiday Memories! Every holiday season the Jeff Tech Culinary shop conducts a Thanksgiving and Christmas Banquet!  Below are some photographs from this year's special events.  Thanks to Mr. Galluzzi and his students for providing the Jeff Tech family with wonderful holiday memories for years to come! VIEW PICTURE GALLERY HERE!   Jeff Tech Students Use Skills to Celebrate Christmas At a regular high school by-passers might expect to see a real snow man out front of the building.  But at Jeff Tech don’t be surprised if you see a snow man made out of spare parts from the Auto Mechanics shop.  Instructor, Mr. Andy Watt, had students using tires and car parts to make a snow man that the students painted white.  Drafting Instructor, Mr. Thomas Tinker, assigned his senior drafting students the task of building a geographically correct model Christmas village from the ground up. GET MORE INFO AND VIEW PIX HERE!     Jeff Tech Launches New TV Show! “Working with the IT Academy’s Digital Media Technology program we have created a regular television show called ‘Higher Thinking’,” said Dr. Brown.  “The purpose of the show is to start with something the students are familiar with and then challenge them to develop that idea.  By building on a foundation that is already in place students expand their thinking to a higher level.” “Higher Thinking” is a show about students, made by students, and for students and it airs internally on the JeffTechTV network as well as in streaming video format on the school’s website at www.jefftech.us. The segments may be comedy, adventure, instructional, or drama. GET MORE INFO AND WATCH VIDEOS HERE!   Red Ribbon Girl: Red Ribbon Week Promo Video! This video shows real Jeff Tech students confronting the hard realities of the dubious underworld ideas of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Will they fall for the temptations that come across their paths or will Red Ribbon Girl be able to reach them in time with the hard facts of drug consequences? This video was released Monday morning via emails coming to a home room near you. WATCH VIDEO HERE! Jeff Tech's Harvest The Culinary shops garden has been harvested and our Culinary shop is canning! This video shows a few of the Culinary seniors canning their itailian red pepper harvest with shop instructor Mr. Galuzzi talking through the process. WATCH VIDEO HERE!

---

 

Jeff Tech Students Shine in Standardized Tests: Math and Science Scores Dramatically Improve Almost every 11th grader in Pennsylvania took the PSSA test last year. From these tests evaluations of both the students and the schools are made. The tests evaluate student and school progress in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. Scores also represent four different levels: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, and Below Basic. The year 2011 was a very good year for the students at Jeff Tech. Improvements were seen in all four test areas. WATCH VIDEO HERE!

---

 

Jeff Tech Program Teaches Real-Life Financial Skills Our Financial Literacy course offers seniors an opportunity to hone the skills needed to create a realistic and attainable post-graduation financial and educational plan. NEW VIDEO FEATURE: Mrs. Mulhollan's Financial Literacy Class hears from Guest Speaker, Brian Dart from Kades Margolis: WATCH NOW!

---

Students attend JEFF TECH full-time for four years, 9th grade through 12th, receiving training in both their chosen career area and in academic studies. JEFF TECH is located in Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, PA and provides service for the following area school districts:

Brockway Area School District, Brockway, PA
Brookville Area School District, Brookville, PA
DuBois Area School District, DuBois, PA
Punxsutawney Area School District, Punxsutawney, PA

In addition, JEFF TECH also offers career and technical training for adults through full-time enrollment for one year and through various evening school classes.

 

From time-to-time, the students in the IT Academy Digital Media Technology program do live video feeds from special events at Jeff Tech. There are no scheduled live events at this time. To view our past broadcast, go to our video archives here.

POLICY ON NONDISCRIMINATION

Jeff Tech is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex and disability in its activities, programs or employment practices as required by Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and Americans with Disabilities Act. For information regarding civil rights, grievance procedures, or information regarding services, activities and facilities that are accessible to and usable by handicapped persons, contact the Director of Career and Technical Education, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator, at 576 Vo Tech Road, Reynoldsville, PA 15851 (814) 653-8265).