Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

The nation's need for electricians is entering a boom cycle. Many community colleges, including LATTC, offer programs to meet this growing demand. "We connect our students and graduates to apprenticeships or to employers who hire them." 🔌✨

Read the CNBC story:

America's demand for skilled electricians is entering a boom cycle AI data centers, EVs, chips, renewable energy, and climate grid upgrades will make the job of electrician a high-demand career in U.S. in the years ahead.

July is ✨National Culinary Arts Month✨, a time where we recognize the professional cooks and chefs who bring innovative and inspiring food to our tables.

Just last week, LATTC Culinary Arts was able to showcase that gift of food and hospitality. The team hosted an engaged group of 10 retired seniors from the Southbay area for a seated lunch following a tour of the facilities. The group’s members are gathered through LA Metro and participate in monthly trips throughout the region, using public transportation to maintain adventurous and independent living.

Nothing brings people together quite like good food and shared interests. Thanks to our Culinary Arts professionals and professionals in training!

On July 20, 2024, LATTC hosted its Fall Open House and Enrollment Fair, welcoming 650 prospective students where they could learn about the college's pathways, speak with a counselor, register for open classes while enjoying free food, music, and giveaways.

📢✨ Reminder: LATTC’s Fall Open House is next Sat, Jul 20! All are invited to a day to explore pathways, view and enroll in open courses, connect with a counselor, submit FAFSA or CA Dream Act applications, and more!

Get an early start on your Fall semester! RSVP via the link-in-bio today.

Get ready for Fall semester by joining our special Fall Open House on Sat, Jul 20 from 9 am–1 pm. Prospective and continuing students, and community members can learn about LATTC's academic and student service programs and enroll in fall classes. Join LATTC for a full and exciting day of engaging activities, including music, free food, and giveaways!

Visit our link below to RSVP to the Open House and learn about other enrollment assistance opportunities.

https://bit.ly/3L7dKpO

Today is the first official day of the summer season and after some serious June gloom, we’re excited for sunny days ahead on campus! ☀️

Summer session at LATTC continues with your next opportunity to enroll in second session on July 15. Visit us at lattc.edu/academics/schedules to explore class offerings.

Happy National Mascot Day! Bucky Beaver has had a whirlwind year supporting our campus and its students through some of its biggest milestones. You may not know it, but the beaver is an appropriate fit for our college and its many career technical offerings. Beavers are known for their remarkable engineering and mechanical skill and their habits of industry.

We take pride in our mascot, Bucky Beaver, as a symbol of the skill and industriousness of generations of Trade-Tech students.

It’s the first day of Summer session! Summer is a great way to get ahead and lighten your load for the regular fall and spring semesters. It’s not too late to add a class or two—join us on campus this summer! ☀️

LATTC Graduates, we can’t wait to celebrate you at the 99th Commencement next Tues, Jun 4 at 10 am at the Greek Theater! 🎓✨ Get ready for the ceremony by attending the commencement rehearsal this Thu, May 30 at 11 am and 2 pm (choose one time) at the North Quad outside the Tom Bradley / C2 Building.

Get important info on the venue, learn how to line-up and get seated for the ceremony—all while enjoying a fun rehearsal day with food (while supplies last!), music, and a photo booth. Remember to visit lattc.edu/campus-life/graduation for all the latest on commencement.

Classes are wrapping up, and around this time of year, we’re always left inspired by the growth and dedication of our students. Fashion Design student, Gloria Macias just completed the Footwear Construction level 1 class. Gloria, pictured here with her derbies, is 87-years-young and plans to launch her very own footwear line. You’re never too old to learn a new skill—Go Gloria!

The Footwear Construction level 1 & 2 classes will be offered this Fall semester. Check out our robust schedule of both Summer and Fall classes at lattc.edu; registration for both semesters is open now.

Yesterday, LATTC’s Employment & Career Success team hosted a special Employer Open House for our Cosmetology students. Throughout the year, the targeted employment fairs have engaged the college’s career pathways—including Culinary Arts and Advance Transportation & Manufacturing—introducing them to major employers in the region like Disney and SpaceX who are looking for workers with their skillsets.

Today, marked a special occasion as we celebrated one of our student athletes, Diara McBroom. Diara has excelled on and off the basketball court. Not only was she the team captain, leading her team in scoring, but she was also on the Dean’s Honor List, served on the Associated Student Organization’s Executive Board as treasurer, and was involved in the Black Student Union.

Athletics recognized this great student, athlete, and leader as she signed her commitment letter to

Congratulations, Diara—we’re proud of all you’ve accomplished here at Trade-Tech, and know you’ll go on to do more great things!

Earlier today, LATTC welcomed nearly 500 students from nine local high schools to experience Senior Day. Students attended helpful sessions on financial aid, enrollment, and student resources—as well as a resource fair, which showcased the very best of LATTC’s academic and career pathways. We hope more high school students will see a future for themselves at LATTC after today’s Senior Day!

Earlier today, students from LATTC Culinary Arts competed in the annual LACCD Culinary Cup competition against LA Harbor College and LA Mission College. The cup ultimately went to LA Harbor College, but all our students did Trade-Tech incredibly proud—including our students who won first place in the Baking category.

Congratulations to all the student competitors. We look forward to next year’s competition at LA Mission College!

LATTC looks forward to celebrating our 2024 graduates at the college's 99th commencement ceremony on Tues, Jun 4! ✨🎓 Graduates, please submit your RSVP to participate in the ceremony: https://bit.ly/3WyyZry

For more info about LATTC's 2024 Commencement, visit lattc.edu/campus-life/graduation

2024 Commencement: This Is Just The Beginning
Date/Time: Tues, Jun 4, 2024 at 10 am
Location: The Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, 90027

We look forward to a memorable and meaningful celebration next month!

It’s National Nurses Day! 👩🏽‍⚕️🧑🏻‍⚕️ Trade-Tech’s Registered Nursing program combines nursing courses with select lab experiences where students provide nursing care to clients in hospitals and other health care facilities. Here, some of our Nursing students work through simulation exercises with a very still “patient” under the supervision of their instructor.

May marks Foster Care Awareness Month! This month, we acknowledge the 463,000 American children and youth in foster care and the family members, foster parents, volunteers, mentors, child welfare professionals, and policymakers who help them find permanent homes and connections.

LATTC’s Foster and Kinship Care Education Guardian Scholars Program (GSP) works year-round to support the educational needs of foster/kinship youth. Last weekend LATTC’s GSP welcomed over 250 attendees to its annual orientation to introduce and connect individuals to the program and offer resources as they embark on their journey toward higher education. We welcome our foster youth and the foster care community—and look forward to providing further support toward bright and successful futures!

This past weekend, a team of 20 LATTC Carpentry students traveled to Golden West College to compete in the annual CIEF Design Build Competition. In recent years, the competition has focused on building with a purpose and charged teams with donating their structures back to their local communities. The LATTC team emerged with an idea to build a chicken coop that will go to the college's Culinary Arts pathway in hopes that the program can raise free range organic eggs. We've got ideas for some delicious eggy menu items!

The team is up for a People's Choice Award for their chicken coop! Cast your vote by the deadline this Fri, 4/19 at 8 am:

https://bit.ly/4aQvG2C

Our students won big this past weekend at the SkillsUSA State Championships in Ontario, CA! The annual event showcases more than 3,000 of the state’s most highly skilled career and technical education students. Trade-Tech earned medals in Baking and Pastry Arts, Culinary Arts—and swept in the Plumbing category, earning the Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Congratulations to all our students who competed—and to Jung Lee (Culinary Arts), Brianna Del Toro (Baking and Pastry Arts), and Frank Kim (Plumbing), the three gold medalists will go on to represent LATTC at the National competition in Atlanta this June.

LATTC’s Applied Sciences pathway got in on the solar eclipse fun! 😎😎 The college’s Astronomy and Physics classes staked out a “partially” sunny spot at the North Quad and enjoyed the eclipse through protective shades and a sunspotter telescope, which projects an image of the sun onto a piece of paper. Here, the sunspotter displays the partial eclipse at 12:11 pm, toward the end of Los Angeles’s experience of the partial solar eclipse. See you in 2044 for the next total eclipse in the U.S.! 🗓️☝🏽

We’re not fooling you, second session starts in just one week (April 8!) with more classes added to the Spring schedule. Take some time during your Spring break this week to add a class or two.

On March 27, LATTC hosted a campus wellness day. Amidst midterm week, students were able to spend time with therapy animals, take part in meditative exercises, enjoy mindful activities like coloring and jewelry-making, and enjoy some healthy food prepared by Culinary Arts.

Wellness goes beyond physical health and encompasses mental and spiritual well-being, fueling the body, engaging the mind, and nurturing the spirit. We hope today provided campus with the lift it needed!

Recent studies have shown that spending just 10 minutes petting a dog or a cat will not only improve your mood, but also lower stress levels. 🐾✨

This week marks midterm/finals week, and we know many of you students are hard at work. Take a break this Wed, Mar 27 from 11:30 am–2:30 pm at the North Quad for our campus wellness day where you can pet some furry friends, make jewelry, take part in mindful exercises, and enjoy healthy snacks. Hope to see you there!

📸 Photos from last year’s campus wellness day.

Yesterday, LATTC celebrated Cesar Chavez Day with filmmaker, activist, speaker, and grandson of Cesar Chavez, Mr. Eduardo Chavez. Attendees enjoyed a conversation with Eduardo followed by a special film screening of his latest documentary film, “Hailing Cesar,” which followed Eduardo on a journey to understand the legacy and struggle of his grandfather.

Next Sun, Mar 31, our nation celebrates Cesar Chavez Day, honoring one of our nation’s great heroes who tirelessly advocated to improve the working and living conditions of U.S. farm workers.

Note, campus will be closed next Fri, Mar 29 in observance of the Cesar Chavez holiday. 🗓️

Photo: Filmmaker Mr. Eduardo Chavez with LATTC President Alfred McQuarters

This past weekend, LATTC Design & Media Arts student Henry Kemp received a VIP LA Kings experience with suite tickets and ride on the zamboni while waving to thousands of fans. 🏒✨

Henry was randomly selected as the winner of a promotion from our friends at Metro Los Angeles for using his GoPass in the month of January.

LA Metro’s GoPass program provides free transit to LA County K–14 students at participating schools, including LATTC. “I am in the fashion program at LATTC and often have to run to the fashion district to grab different fabrics and material for projects. Having the Metro pass has helped with that commute and transporting my materials.”

More than 3,000 GoPasses have been distributed at LATTC this year alone. Students can pick theirs up by visiting Bridges to Success (D3-105) a student ID + semester sticker, then visit the Office of Student Life (C2-105) to get their Metro Tap Card and GoPass activation sticker.

Read more about the LA Metro GoPass in LATTC's latest news post: https://bit.ly/4a1gsYm

Today’s campus view is looks like something straight out of Super Mario World. ☁️🍄🌟

Wishing you a super week ahead!

On this last day of February, we celebrate both Career Technical Education (CTE) and Black History Month, while also looking forward to the month ahead where we celebrate Women’s History Month.

Today, we shine a light on LATTC Welding instructors, Ms. Lisa Legohn and Ms. Darlene Thompson—who stand at the intersection of these three groups we acknowledge.

Ms. Legohn started working as a Welding instructor at LATTC in 1998. She reflects on being one of the few females in a male dominated industry and also some of the prejudice she experienced as a Black student and young professional when she first started out. Her mother encouraged her to let her work speak for itself and over the years, her doubters fell by the wayside as she became proficient and excelled at her craft.

Ms. Legohn has taught many, including Ms. Darlene Thompson. Ms. Thompson began as a student at LATTC and won the college’s Tools for the Trade competition in 2006. She joins LATTC this semester as a full-time Welding instructor after having taught at Pierce College full-time while also at LATTC as an adjunct.

Welding continues to support many other trades, including the auto and electrical industries. The college is proud to have exemplary faculty on board—like Ms. Legohn and Ms. Thompson—who represent the best in training, and do their work as strong, Black women in the trades, with pride and excellence.

Photo: Ms. Lisa Legohn, LATTC President Dr. Alfred McQuarters, Ms. Darlene Thompson

LATTC’s celebration of Black History Month continues with the pop-up exhibition, “Where Black is Brown: The African Diaspora in Mexico.”

The exhibition furthers the understanding of African influence and contributions in the Americas and to foster greater understanding among African American, Chicano/Latinx, and Indigenous communities about their historical connections.

Visit the exhibition Wed, Feb 28–Thu, Feb 29, from 9 am–4 pm in F5-101.