The school was named after the former New York governor and Democratic nominee for president, Alfred E. Smith in 1965.

This is the school at which Evan Hunter, (Salvatore Lombino), spent 17 days as a teacher, in September 1950.

[1]" The school offers automotive, home construction, plumbing, and heating/air-conditioning ventilation programs.

There are plenty of shops where students work on real cars brought in by people in the community.

The school also has a room large enough for those studying carpentry to construct a full size wooden frame house.