CTE Graduate Profile

Kyle

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Grayslake North High School, Grayslake, IL Lake County

Knowledge of programming (like Java, Python, S hell), Linux, and Databases. Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure. Creativity, troubleshooting techniques (like debugging), curiosity, collaboration, excellent written/oral communication skills, organization, and prioritization.

AP Computer Science, PLTW Principles of Engineering, AP Physics, AP Calculus

Infrastructure Security Threat Hunter

The connections and opportunities you get in college are absolutely worth the cost of attending. Most of my skills I learned on my own or on the job. College teaches you how to learn, curiosity will take you the rest of the way.

HubSpot, Cambridge, MA

Information Technology

The teachers that taught CTE classes were passionate about what they were teaching and it made it easier to learn. I also learned best when teachers nurtured curiosity instead of teaching to a test.