OUR STUDENTS
       
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 Most of CTE's 125 students come from Chelsea, a city with the second highest dropout rate in the state and a very low college placement rate of eligible students. A few, first recruited in Chelsea, currently live in neighboring Everett and Revere.
Boston Globe
-_ Students are between the ages of 13 and 19, and all are from low income families whose parents have not attended college.
-_ 42% of students are male and 58% female.
-_ The demographics reflect the composition of the local schools with 17% African American, 63% Latino, 13% white, 4% Asian, and 3% African.
-_ GED and ESL classes enroll approximately 50 adults, of which the majority is parents of our youth.
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Many CTE alumna return to Chelsea in leadership positions. Others are pursuing professional careers in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the United States and the world. See Alumni Achievements for more information.
 
                     
                     
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS
                     
 
Choice Thru Education has reached thousands of multi-racial, ethnic and low income families through the programs, services, and activities developed over many years. Over 75% of our low-income, high-risk CTE youth pursue post secondary education. The following is a partial lists of colleges and universities our students have attended
  
   
   
   
               
               
               
                     
     
American InternationalCollege Massachusetts Bay Community College
Anna Marie College Massachusetts College of Art
Antioch College Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assumption College Massachusetts School of Nursing
Bates College McIntosh College
Bay StateCollege Merrimack College
Benjamin Franklin Institute Middleseax Community College
Bennington College Mount Ida College
Bentley College New England College
Boston Bouve (Northeastern University) New England School of Law
Boston College Newbury College
Boston University Nichols College
Bradford College North Adams State College
Brandeis university North Shore Community College College
Bunker Hill Community College Northeastern University
Burdett College Pennsylvania State University
Butera School of Art Pine Manor College
Cambridge College QuincyCollege
Clark Atlanta Quinsigamond College
Clark Emory Regis Collee
Clark University Roxbury Community College
Colby College Salem State College
Colby Sawyer College Simmons College
Curry College Skidmore College
Daniel Webster College Smith College
Dean College Stonehill College
Duke University Suffolk University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical Institute Suffolk University of Law
Emmanuel College Swarthmore college
Endicott College Syracuse University
Enerson College Tufts University
Fisher college University of Connecticut
Fitchburg college University of Hartford
Framingham State University of Massachusetts Amherst
Franklin Pierce College University of Massachusetts Boston
Garland College University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Gordon Theological University of Michigan
Graham Junior College University of New Hampshire
Hampshire College Upsala University Sweden
Harvard University Urban College of Boston
Hesser Vespa College
Howard University Wellesley College
Husson College Wentworth Institute of Technology
Labour College Westfield State
Lesley University Wheaton College
Lyndon State College Wheelock College
Marian Court College Williams College
Mass College of Pharmacy  
   
         
         
                     
 
Many CTE alumna returning to Chelsea in leadership positions including two judges, three elected to the city council, two to the school committee, the first  Chelsea Latinos serving as Executive Directors of  two major non-profits in the city, the founder of the first and only Vietnamese organization in the city (VAVA),and the director of the local Chelsea Weed and Seed Program ( a federal initiative) Another served as the National Director of the Department of Justice Weed and Seed Program reporting directly to Janet Reno during the Clinton Administration.Numerous graduates are employed in city positions, including the Chelsea police and fire departments and the first Latinos hired by the Receiver’s Office after the city was placed in Receivership.
  
                     
 
Many others moved on to other parts of the country and the world where they are doctors, engineers, lawyers, teachers, entrepreneurs and agents with DTA and Homeland Security to name some of the chosen careers.
  
                     
Choice Thru Education, Inc., 140 Pearl St., Chelsea, MA. 01250
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 505599, Chelsea, MA 02150
(617) 884-4706 - Fax: (617) 884-1601 - info@choicethrueducation.org