CTE Website

Explore the CTE course offerings, faculty, and more at our website. Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides students opportunities to…

  • Develop skills in collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity.
  • Earn an industry specific certification that can benefit them for future employment.
  • Receive college credit through dual enrolled courses.
  • Participate in Career and Technical Student Organizations related to their program.

Work Permits

Use “Employment Certificate Application System” to obtain your youth work permit!

Vocational Guidelines

Review the guidelines for Vocational Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education website.

Galax Public Schools Annual Public Notice
Career and Technical Education

Galax School Division’s Department of Career and Technical Education offers a variety of career and technical programs to all students at the middle and high school levels. The program areas include the following: Indicate your offered program areas.
• Agriculture Education
• Business and Information Technology
• Career Connections
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Health and Medical Sciences
• Marketing
• Technology Education
• Trade and Industrial Education

For more information about Career and Technical Education, call (276) 236-2991.

The Galax City School Division does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities; and, if applicable, provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. You may substitute the above nondiscrimination statement with the nondiscrimination statement approved by your school board.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Indicate both Title IX and Section 504 coordinators. Combine if one person has both responsibilities.

Title IX
Name: Adam Joyce
Title: Director of Instruction / Title IX Coordinator
Address: 223 Long St. Galax, VA 24333
Telephone: (276) 236-2911
Email: titleIXcoordinator@galaxschools.us

Section 504
Name or Title: Jason Kohl
Address: 223 Long St. Galax, VA 24333
Telephone: (276) 236-2911
Email: jasonkohl@galaxschools.us