Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School

Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
Location
65 Pleasant Street Upton, MA 01568 United States
Coordinates	42°09′48″N 71°36′55″W / 42.1633°N 71.6154°W / 42.1633; -71.6154Coordinates: 42°09′48″N 71°36′55″W / 42.1633°N 71.6154°W / 42.1633; -71.6154
Information
Type	Comprehensive Public High School
Superintendent	Michael F. Fitzpatrick[1]
CEEB code	222154
Principal	Anthony Steele II[2]
Faculty	93.3 (2014-2015)[4]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,206 (2016-17)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	12.7 to 1 (2014-2015)[5]
Color(s)	Purple, Black, White
Mascot	Sporty the Beaver
Budget	$22,611,266 total $18,989 per pupil (2016)[7]
Website	www.valleytech.k12.ma.us

Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, or BVT for short, is a technical high school in Upton, Massachusetts, serving the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley. The school offers eighteen technical programs that students can enroll in to learn more about that trade.

Demographics[]

BVT is a technical school that serves grades nine through twelve. BVT is located in Upton, Massachusetts. BVT has a total of 1,185 students. 52% of the students are females and 48% of the students are males. Ethnicity rate is 94% non-Hispanic white, 3% Hispanic/Latino, 1% black, 1% Asian, 0.1% Hawaiian Native, and 2% other. There are 93 teachers that include a 13:1 ratio. The graduation rate from BVT is 99% which is a high graduation rate than a normal high school.

For the students who eat lunch, 11% of the students get free lunch while 3% of the students get reduced lunch.

BVT routinely offers a wide range of AP courses in subjects such as Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles, English, Physics, Spanish, and U.S. History. Upon graduation, 57% of 12th graders have taken at least one AP exam during their high school careers, with 31% of those students scoring 3 or higher to potentially receive college credit. For those 12th graders who tested in their senior year, 55% scored 3 or higher. The school’s overall exam pass rate is 47%.^[8]

School district[]

The school serves thirteen towns in the Blackstone Valley:^[9]

Vocational programs[]

Blackstone Valley Tech offers eighteen vocational programs, called "shops,":^[10]

Athletics[]

The BVT mascot is "Sporty" the Beaver. The BVT football team has won three state championships. The first state championship occurred on December 1, 2007,^[11] when BVT defeated Dean Tech 37–8 in the 3A Central-Western Massachusetts Super Bowl at Westfield State. The second state championship occurred on December 1, 2012,^[12] when BVT defeated Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School 6–0 in the Division 6 Central Massachusetts Super Bowl at Worcester State. The third state championship occurred on December 1, 2018, when BVT defeated St. Mary's of Lynn 18–0 in the Division 7 Massachusetts State Championship Game at Gillette Stadium. During the 2017 Football Season, BVT lost in the 2017 Massachusetts State Championship Game to Mashpee 22–16 at Gillette Stadium. During both the 2017 and 2018 BVT Football Seasons the Beavers played in honor of their defensive line coach Derek Yancik, who died on May 14, 2018,^[13] after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Before being diagnosed with cancer, Coach Yancik had been a long-time member of the BVT Football coaching staff and also served as an HVAC Shop teacher at BVT.

See also[]

• List of high schools in Massachusetts

References[]

External links[]

• School Website
• Town of Upton, Massachusetts website