On January 30, 2025, approximately 250 area sophomores attended the Sophomore Summit held at Southwest Tech. Careers were presented in educational clusters and each student could pick two 50-minute presentations to attend. The career clusters included: culinary, hospitality, and tourism cluster; healthcare and health sciences; transportation, distribution, automotive and logistics; manufacturing, engineering, production; arts, design, entertainment, graphic arts; audio/video tech & communications; business, entrepreneurship, finance, administration, marketing; education and training, human services; law and government; personal care, cosmetology; agriculture, natural resources, transportation, and heavy equipment; and public safety, corrections, security, military.