Connections with Employers, Unions, and Training Programs
On May 4, The Trade Collective hosted its annual Skilled Trades Expo for Evanston Township High School (ETHS) students from freshman through senior year. The event drew more than 200 students, including attendees from Niles D219 and Notre Dame Academy, as well as ETHS CTE teachers, school counselors, and administrators. Forty organizations participated, representing trade […]
Skilled Trades Expo Week: Iron Pour Kicks Off Community Celebration
On May 2, 2026, The Trade Collective launched Skilled Trades Expo Week with a community-wide Iron Pour that drew more than 350 attendees. The event showcased a collaboration between ETHS students and students from Northwestern University’s Segal Institute of Design. Participating students designed objects using design software, which were then sent to a sand-casting mold […]
Fired Up Podcast
The Trade Collective has launched the Fired Up Podcast, now available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Co-hosted by Patrick Hughes, Founder of The Trade Collective, and Dr. Pete Bavis, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at Evanston Township High School (ETHS), the podcast is designed to broaden community awareness of skilled trades careers as […]
Evanston Township High School Hosts Career Exposure Events
This quarter, Evanston Township High School (ETHS) College and Career Experiences Department focused on career-pathway exposure in the fields of education, health sciences, business & marketing, and engineering. The titles of professionals who engaged with ETHS students included registered nurse, community health administrator, sterile processing technician, electrolysis clinician, teacher, lead marketing strategist, marketing manager, business […]
The Trade Collective Connects Students with Opportunities in the Skilled Trades
This quarter, the Trade Collective strengthened partnerships with educational allies Evanston Township High School (ETHS) and Oakton Community College to connect students with meaningful career opportunities in the skilled trades. The team hosted 356 career and technical education students from all grade levels for the ETHS Career and Technical Education Department Panel in October. Panel […]
Evanston Township High School Hosts Annual Wildkit Futures Day
Evanston Township High School’s (ETHS) annual Wildkit Futures Day took place on October 21, 2025. While variations of Wildkit Futures Day, a post-secondary planning event, have been on the calendar for well over a dozen years, the 2025 Wildkit Futures Day program was the most comprehensive and has had the broadest schoolwide impact to date. […]
Evanston’s Trade Collective Hosts Inaugural Skilled Trades Expo
The Trade Collective, a non-profit organization based in Evanston that connects high school students to careers in the skilled workforce, held its inaugural Skilled Trades Expo on May 5 in partnership with Evanston Township High School (ETHS). Held at the Trade Collective, located one block from ETHS, the event was attended by 88 ETHS students […]
ETHS Health Careers Class Visits Northwestern University
In February, Northwestern Medicine welcomed 16 students from Evanston Township High School to the Evanston clinic to learn from leading physicians and healthcare professionals. The students received a tour of the facility, worked on a case study with Dr. Micah Eimer (cardiologist), received a phlebotomy demonstration, saw a heart sonogram, and witnessed an OPTO testing […]
ICAP Gets Results in Evanston
Evanston Township High School is empowering students and their families to make informed decisions about post-high school options with the Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP), their tool for student post-high school success. Through the ICAP, students explore their interests and values, learn about diverse career paths, develop essential skills, and make informed decisions about […]
Evanston’s Mayor’s Employer Advisory Council Transitions to Evanston Township High School
In August, Evanston’s Mayor’s Employer Advisory Council (MEAC) announced that it would be embedded in Evanston Township High School (ETHS) starting in SY25 under the leadership of the Director of Early College and Career Experience. ETHS is committed to supporting career awareness and work-based learning opportunities to help students prepare for life after high school […]