{"id":293034,"date":"2026-05-14T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293034\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:40:07","slug":"irvin-high-school-p-tech-students-graduate-with-associate-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293034\/","title":{"rendered":"Irvin High School P-TECH students graduate with associate degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The first P-TECH class from Irvin High School graduated on Wednesday, earning associate degrees from El Paso Community College.<\/p>\n<p>A guidance counselor said 35 students received their associate degrees as part of the P-TECH program.<\/p>\n<p>Guidance counselor Nakeia Steel said dozens of students also earned an industry certification as a clinical medical assistant or emergency medical technician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big development for me, especially because it started with something I didn\u2019t know. Now I\u2019m certified in it, I have an associate degree in it, and I\u2019m proud of myself,\u201d said Giselle Torres, a student in the program.<\/p>\n<p>Torres said the program will benefit her as she pursues a career in radiology.<\/p>\n<p>The P-TECH program is a work-based educational model aligned with regional workforce needs. Irvin High School\u2019s P-TECH program focuses on the medical field.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/community\/school-spotlight\/former-el-paso-high-jrotc-cadet-returns-as-instructor-after-20-years-in-army?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former El Paso High JROTC cadet returns as instructor after 20 years in Army<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The first P-TECH class from Irvin High School graduated on Wednesday, earning associate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-293034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}