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Career Technology Education Career and College Ready in Washington CountyVolume . 12,. Issue 3 Spring 2015 A. George Phillips, Supervisor of Enrichment and Career Technology Education Washington County Public Schools ~ 10435 Downsville Pike Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 State Leadership Conference and Competition, April 23-25, in ACADEMIES Hunt Valley, Maryland. Winners are: Chris Mertz, 2nd Place, Ac- Academy of Teaching Professions counting I; Susannah Willems, 8th Place, Business Calculations; Cody Single, 8th Place, Economics. BHS is very proud of these CTE North Hagerstown High School Warriors! Two members of the North Hagerstown Academy of Teaching Professions qualified for the Future Educators of America Honor Society by achieving a GPA of 3.5 or above. Students Kiersten Coulter, senior (right in the photo), and Christine Blank, junior (left), are shown displaying their certificates. These students are the first to qualify for this distinction in the history of the Acade- my. On March 3, 2015, business students Cody Single (FBLA Presi- dent) and Brianna Thompson participated in a radio interview promoting business programs in WCPS. They were interviewed by Lou Scally, on WJEJ AM radio. BHS is very proud of Cody and Bri- INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Best wishes to Academy graduates: Wendy Bechtel, Caitlin Boy- er, Kiersten Coulter, Corinne Ordona, and Madison Williams. School Page Wendy is headed to Frostburg to pursue physical education, Caitlin will be attending HCC for early childhood, Kiersten is off to Boonsboro High 1 Shenandoah for biology, Corinne and Madison are attending HCC. Congratulations Class of 2015! Boonsboro Middle 2 Hancock Middle-Senior High 3 * * * * * North Hagerstown High 4 BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL Business Management and Finance ~ In January, FBLA Smithsburg High 4 members participated in the Regional Competition. The follow- ing students won/placed: Chris Mertz, 1st Place Accounting, South Hagerstown High 5 Angelica Wilbar, 3rd Place Accounting, Cody Single, 1st Place Eco- nomics, and the team of Alec Nittinger, Devin Griffith, and Chris Washington County Technical High 6 Jenkins, 2nd Place, Sports & Entertainment Management. Kudos 11 to all! This same group of students participated in the FBLA Williamsport High And the Winner Is... 12 P a g e 2 Career Technology Education anna and their accomplishments with their business completers BOONSBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL and all they have put forth toward the programs at BHS. During the week of March 9, the Marketing students along with Technology Education ~ 8th grade students had an excellent FBLA celebrated the grand opening of #warrior_shack, a school opportunity this spring to try their hand in the biomedical field. The formal objective was written as, ―Students extend their knowledge of the skeletal system to biomedical engineering design, specifically the concept of artificial limbs and joints. Students relate the skeleton as a structural system, focusing on the leg as structural necessity. They learn about the design con- siderations involved in the creation of artificial limbs, including materials and sensors.‖ Students were placed in groups and given the task to create a prosthetic device to use to play table tennis. Each group had to create two devices – one for each arm. The player had to be able to serve and hit the ball. store designed to meet the needs of the BHS student body and staff. Students submitted a business plan to principal Dr. Hamil- ton, who happily accepted the plan at the end of January giving the students a ―thumbs up‖ for the store to open. #warrior_shack is located just off the cafeteria and sells school supplies featuring a commemorative 100th anniversary school t-shirt. Way to Go, Business Warriors!!! Camille Harrah, Anna Smith, & Makenna Luzier This was a great STEM unit, which included various activities in each curriculum area. Students learned about the human body and bones in PE and science. The PE teacher taught the stu- dents the correct way to play and explained the history and rules of the game. The PTA was also involved in this project – by pur- chasing our school a table and paddles. ―When we first started the lesson, our students did not have many experiences with seeing people or knowing people with prosthetics. During the Super Bowl this year, there were three commercials with people with prosthetics – the kids were so excited to come back to school and relate those commercials to our projects‖ Christopher DiGioia, CP, from Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc., in Hagerstown visited the students, bringing with him prosthetic devices for them to Business teacher Ms. Lemon (front row, left) and Marketing see and try. Students teacher Mrs. Shearer (front row, right) are shown with the proud were amazed how students. many options were available to people. In May, Accounting and Marketing students will travel to HCC to take the CLEP exam to earn college credit. They have been dili- gently preparing for the exam. Also, Office Systems Manage- Teacher Mrs. Tanya ment students are preparing and will take their exams for the Meadows felt this was next level of MOS certifications in Excel and PowerPoint. a great experience for her students ~ hope- BHS is very proud of its business programs and the students fully they felt the same that have made it successful. way! Volume 12, Issue 3 P a g e 3 HANCOCK MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Human Resource Services ~ April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month and each year Mrs. Pence and her Child Care Business Management and Finance ~ Hancock's FBLA re- students come together with other community members to cre- cently completed three variations of a restaurant menu for ate awareness about Child Abuse. April 1st began at Hancock‘s Shives' Pizza and Sub Shop. Shives' Pizza has been locally Widmeyer Park by placing a wreath at the memory tree and re- owned and operated in Hancock since 1970! The owners, Em- leasing balloons in memory of child abuse victims. lynn and Stephanie Shives are very proud of their business. Hancock's FBLA advisor, Ms. Rebecca Hunter-Thomas, reached out to the owners and expressed an interest in helping with advertising. The result was three different menus! "Being crea- tive and helping out a long-established community member is a win-win," said Emily Fox, FBLA Vice-President. Darren Lashley and Brady Norris with the new menus Be sure to visit Shives Pizza when you are in Hancock and check out the new menus! Seniors: Brittney Ragland, Jewell McCarty, & Kayla Heller Emily Fox, Mr. Shives, Seth Ziler, Jordan Kerns Business manage- ment students are serious about entre- preneurship. Soph- omore Evan Brown is shown sharing the importance of risk-taking when starting your own business: "Courage is an absolute must if you are going to The class walked around town and placed blue ribbons and pin- own and run a busi- wheels to show support. ness." P a g e 4 Career Technology Education raindrops and writing the number using cotton balls, 12th grader Kiersten Coulter; making a sponge boat, reviewing 'row, row, row your boat' and testing to see if the boat floats, 11th grader Juniors Mikaela Vanezza Chester; and matching dragon spikes to the dragon Lease & Taylor picture, 12th grader Alyssa Jones. The Little Hubs will be at Kerns North High through June 4. Jr. Jenna Mitchell Vanezza Chester helps a pre-schooler with Eensy Weensy Spider MITHSBURG IGH CHOOL S H S Environmental, Agricultural and Natural Resources ~ At Senior Smithsburg CTE students are learning and applying new skills to Kayla Heller help their fellow students, their school, and their community. On Saturday April 25th the 5th Annual Walk/5K Run to End Child Abuse took place at the park. Many Child Care students participated in the walk/run and volunteered at this event. ORTH AGERSTOWN IGH CHOOL N H H S Human Resource Services ~ NHHS Child Care students are busy teaching lessons and trying to build skills for kindergarten Aaron Cantner is shown learning the science behind agriculture. readiness in the preschool program of fifteen 3-5 year olds. Some outstanding lessons recently have included making rain- bows and learning the colors of the rainbow in order presented by 11th grader Jenny Montgomery; making a paper bag owl and spelling 'owl', 11th grader Alyx Ringus; sharing pizza mak- ing, 11th grader Peyton Rowe; making an alphabet tree using the child's name, 11th grader Yanira Salvador; counting Volume 12, Issue 3 P a g e 5 A saw table similar to the one below would cost $1,500.00 but students built one themselves for only $100.00! Left: Macy Dawson knows the satisfaction of a job well done. Awe- Diamyn Aruna showing how to turn technical drawings into actual some job! products. SOUTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism ~ Students at SHHS have been working hard as usual. Level 1 students have completed lots of academics and labs. They've made some great burgers, classic oven fries, and chicken noodle soup! Below: Will Hartman and Adam Tracey show the product of reverse engi- neering. Jacob Gagnon is very happy with his burger! Some others were garnished with more than ketchup & cheese Amber Michael and Tasha These Classic Oven Fries were C h a m b e r s hand cut and prepared, but there working col- was no time to eat them, so ―To laboratively to practice the Go‖ is the new wave at SHHS!! ― m e a s u r e twice, cut once‖ philoso- phy. P a g e 6 Career Technology Education Below left: Jacob Hardesty enjoyed his chicken noodle soup; Tiffany Kitchen, 10; and Rowdy Lavender, 11. right: Tyrell Miller couldn‘t believe he made this awesome soup!! They enjoyed a catered luncheon of chicken breast with apple maple cider glaze or mahi mahi with tropical chutney.