Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School (BVT) is a technical high school in Upton, Massachusetts, serving the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley. The school was established in 1964. The school offers eighteen technical programs.
The original school colors were purple and gold.
BVT offers AP courses such as AP Chemistry, Spanish Language & Culture, Physics, English Literature & Composition, US History, Biology, Calculus, and Computer Science. Only 56% of students took an AP course and took the AP Test but only 51% of the students passed the test. Only 39% of the students have a passing rate, and only 28% have a quality adjustment participation rate.
The school serves thirteen towns in the Blackstone Valley:
Blackstone Valley Tech offers eighteen vocational programs, called "shops":
The BVT mascot is the Beavers. The BVT football team has won three state championships. The first state championship occurred on December 1, 2007, when BVT defeated Dean Tech 37âÂÂ8 in the 3A Central-Western Massachusetts Super Bowl at Westfield State. The second state championship occurred on December 1, 2012, when BVT defeated Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School 6âÂÂ0 in the Division 6 Central Massachusetts Super Bowl at Worcester State. The third state championship occurred on December 1, 2018, when BVT defeated St. Mary's of Lynn 18âÂÂ0 in the Division 7 Massachusetts State Championship Game at Gillette Stadium. During the 2017 Football Season, BVT lost in the 2017 Massachusetts State Championship Game to Mashpee 22âÂÂ16 at Gillette Stadium. During both the 2017 and 2018 BVT Football Seasons the Beavers played in honor of their defensive line coach Derek Yancik, who died on May 14, 2018, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Before being diagnosed with cancer, Coach Yancik had been a long-time member of the BVT Football coaching staff and also served as an HVAC Shop teacher at BVT.