About Us...

Tri-Tech Skills Center is a branch campus of all Tri-Citys area high schools

You are about to learn of the exceptional opportunities you can take advantage of by attending TRI-TECH SKILLS CENTER. The Skills Center partners with your high school to offer advanced technical and professional training. This tuition free training is available to all area public, private, and home-schooled students age 16-20 who has yet to receive a high school diploma.

We are located at:
5929 W. Metaline, Kennewick, WA 99336
(509) 222-7300

Our goal at Tri-Tech is successful job placement or continuing education for all of our students. Tri-Tech Skill Center is based on the following Concepts:

  • Positive Experiences and Expectations
  • Interrelated Sequential Learning
  • Competency Based Individualized Learning
  • Personal, Continual Growth and Leadership Development
  • All Staff Teach – All Teachers give guidance
  • Business and Industry Cooperation and Coordination
  • Job Readiness and Placement
  • Preparation to Continue Learning at a Post-Secondary Institution

The students that enroll at Tri-Tech must be between the ages of 16 to 20 and must not have earned a high school diploma yet. It is the goal of the Tri-City area school districts that all students enrolled in vocational education classes be equipped to enter the world of work upon completion of their high school career. The ability to meet this goal is directly related to the successful efforts of well informed counselors helping students make program selections which are appropriate to their strengths and interests.

To meet this goal, the Tri-City area school districts have a counselor designated in each of their high schools who has the professional background and training to access all available training materials and provide area students with the information they need about vocational education classes.

Tri-Tech Skills Center also has a facilitator to assist students in their program selection, career and technical training, and personal needs.

Get the Skills

One only needs to visit Tri-Tech Skills Center to see the commitment to high standard technical and professional training. Our instructors are industry professionals having years of experience before entering the teaching field. It is this added benefit of industry experience that makes the difference when a student enters the workforce or continues on at the post-secondary level.
The programs are designed around local, state and national skills standards. Even if the student does not go directly into the industry, the workplace skills, such as communication, problem solving and punctuality are valuable lifetime tools.

Stay Connected

One of the major attractions of the Skills Center program is the connection to the student's home high school. Tri-Tech is an extension of their high school where they remain for three periods allowing them to make an important connection to friends, teachers and counselors.
Students also benefit greatly from the extensive connection instructors have with industry. Many students are placed in job shadows, internships and clinicals during the program. Students get to see first hand how business operates, and on many occasions our students have a leg up when it comes to applying for and getting a job. Tri-Tech Skills Center has a connection with colleges and technical schools that allows students to earn college credit at little or not cost while still in high school. Tech Prep programs are saving families money and time when the student moves into advanced training. Over 90% of the programs offered have a college credit option.

So take a moment, look at the programs available to you, then talk to your parents and counselor. What you learn at the Skills Center may change and enhance your future.

Contacts

Columbia Burbank High School
School Phone: 545-8573
787 Maple St.
Burbank, WA 99323 Transportation: 727-5712

Connell High School
School Phone: 509-234-2921
PO Box 829, Fax: 509- 234-9200
Connell, WA 99326 Transportation: 509-234-3771

Hanford High School
 School Phone: 967-6500
450 Hanford St., Fax: 371-2601
Richland, WA 99352 Transportation: 967-6151 or 967-1650

Tory Christensen
Phone: 967-6510
E-Mail: Tory.Christensen@rsd.edu

Debbie Bell (Senoir)
Phone: 967-6511
E-mail: Debbie.Bell@rsd.edu

Teresa Knurik
Phone: 967-6509
E-Mail: Teresa.Knurik@rsd.edu

Kamiakin High School School Phone: 222-7000
600 N. Arthur, Fax: 734-3512
Kennewick, WA 99336 Transportation: 222-5075

Kennewick High School
 School Phone: 222-7100
500 S. Dayton, Fax: 585-3257
Kennewick, WA 99336
Transportation: 222-5075

Kennewick Alternative Ed
School Phone: 222-5029
Fruitland Bldg

Kiona-Benton City High School School Phone: 588-3310
1205 Horne Drive, Fax: 588 -2651
Benton City, WA 99320
Transportation: 588-4951

New Horizons School
Phone: 543-6796
3110 W. Argent, Fax: 546-2864
Pasco, WA 99301
Transportation: 547-2510

Palouse Junction High School
School Phone: 509-234-1055
PO Box 829, 1100 W Clark St. Transportation: 509-234-3771
Connell, WA 99326

Pasco High School
 School Phone: 547-5581
1108 N. 10th, Fax: 543-6764
Pasco, WA 99301
Transportation: 547-2510

Prosser High School
 School Phone: 509-786-1224
1203 Prosser Ave., Fax: 509-786-4227
Prosser, WA 99350

Prosser Falls High School
 School Phone: 509-786-2527
1500 Grant Ave., Fax: 509-786-3427
Prosser WA 99350

Richland High School
School Phone: 967-6535
930 Long Ave.
Transportation: 967-6151 or
967-1650
Richland, WA 99352
Fax: 942-2512

River's Edge High School
School Phone: 967-6450
975 Gillespie
Richland, WA 99352
Fax: 942-2598
Transportation: 946-0648 ext. 349

River View High School
 School Phone: 582-2158
36509 Lemon Drive
Fax: 586-9297
Kennewick, WA 99337
Transportation: 586-1394

Southridge High School
 School Phone: 222-7200
3520 Southridge Blvd, Fax: 734-3812
Kennewick, WA 99337
Transportation: 222-5075

Tri-Tech Skills Center
School Phone: 222-7300
5929 West Metaline, Fax: 734-3609
Kennewick, WA 99336