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I am very proud to join the
students and staff as the new
principal of the Career and Tech-
nology Center (CTC) West Cam-
pus. This is a very exciting time
for Career and Technical Educa-
tion (CTE) in DeSoto County and
in the State of Mississippi. Gone
are the days of “Vo-Tech” and the
stigma that was once attached to
that name. CTC West campus
offers a variety of rigorous pro-
grams that are preparing stu-
dents to meet the needs of the
21st century workforce.
Anne Rappaport recently pub-
lished 6 facts about the CTE pro-
grams in her article, “Not Your
Daddy’s Vo-Tech.” I have listed
her 6 facts along with information
that pertains to the students
enrolled in our programs.
CTE is not a “funnel” for lower
track students.
The population of CTE students
reflects the population of stu-
dents found at all of our high
schools and in the community.
Some of our students will go on
to be Valedictorian, Salutatorian,
and Honor Graduates at their
high schools.
CTE is demanding and rigor-
ous.
Many CTE texts have college-
level difficulty. Certification and
professional licensing exams
require intensive study as well as
class hours and practice.
CTE students receive college
preparation.
The students in all programs
are eligible to receive college
credit through articulation agree-
ments with the community col-
leges in the State of Missis-
sippi. Students scoring 80% or
above on the C-PAS2 (CTE State
Test) may receive college credit
We are off to a great start this school year. Enrollment has in-creased 100% from last school year! Our hope for this newsletter is to promote the Career & Tech-nical (CT) programs in DeSoto County. We want everyone to realize the value CT programs are to ALL students..
Amazing things are happening in Career-Tech Education in De-Soto County. We now offer the Teacher Academy program at the west campus. Robin Avant, in-structor, is doing a remarkable job getting the program started! We are thrilled with the opening of the Career-Tech Center East. The move to the new facility is scheduled for mid October. Hopefully, by the next issue of
this newsletter, the new center will be up and running.
Recruiting will begin the next nine weeks and continue through February. I will visit each DeSoto County high school and introduce our programs to 10th grade stu-dents.
We hope you enjoy reading about all the things our students are learning in our programs. We are very proud of the hard work our students and staff put forth each day.
Counselor Connection by Stephanie Young
Auto Service Technology by Rob Hardin
The Automotive Service Tech-
nology Class has been busy in the
classroom and in the shop. Mr.
Hardin is fortunate to have over
30% more students this year.
There is a diverse student base,
with an increase of non-
traditional female students.
All students learn the basic
fundamentals and theory of me-
chanical systems operations.
Then it is out to the shop to get
hands-on training. Most students
have never touched anything
mechanical so this is a real-life
experience that they will remem-
ber.
October 19, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 1
D E S O T O C O U N T Y S C H O O L S
Career-Tech Times
STAFF
Principal—Paul Chrestman Assistant Principal—Susan Cascio CTE Counselor—Stephanie Young Student Services —Glenda Chapman Student Services-Theresa Oglesby Bookkeeper—Karen Kelly MSIS Clerk—Debbie Jarman Maintenance—Jay Stafford Auto Service Tech—Rob Hardin Construction Tech—Justin King Digital Media—Teri Lynn Hubbard Early Childhood Ed—Tammy Brewer Health Sciences—Donna Chrestman Information Tech—Cathy Graves Metal Fabrication—Jason Gresham Teacher Academy—Robin Avant
From the Desk of Paul Chrestman, Principal
if they enroll in the same career
pathway at the community college.
CTE students have considerable
college options.
There are many different career
pathways in each program of-
fered. The CTC instructors are pre-
paring students to attend four-year
universities, community colleges,
and technical schools.
CTE students benefit financially.
Earnings of CTE graduates and
certificate holders frequently help
finance post-secondary degrees,
allowing students increased mobility
and advancement within their fields.
This gives them an edge in a chang-
ing career world. According to a
Harvard study, more than one
fourth of adults with certificates and
post-secondary licenses earn more
than the average bachelor’s degree
recipient.
CTE preparation doesn’t pi-
geonhole students.
CTE students have strong atten-
dance rates and are engaged in
their learning. In addition to work-
place expectations, resume/
portfolio-building and interviewing,
they learn “soft skills” that serve
them well, whether in college or the
working world.
Metal Fabrication by Jason Gresham
The students have been busy
learning all about safety in Metal
Fabrication. Special thanks to John
Hubbard of Farm Bureau as he
presented a video on industrial
and worksite accidents. This was a
real eye-opener for all!
Once all students were able to
master safety objectives, we
moved into the shop. Students
were taught all about the safety
and operation of the oxy-acetylene
torch. I also introduced basic weld-
ing techniques, SMAW (Shielded
Metal Arch Welding), or stick weld-
ing. Next nine weeks will be very
eventful…stay tuned for more.
We have had an exciting and eventful first nine weeks. Even though we have been busy learn-ing all about safety in the lab and working on the National Center for Construction, Education and Research (NCCER) core curricu-lum, we have still managed to squeeze in some projects. I al-ways enjoy seeing the students
put to use the skills we have learned in the classroom. We built benches for the Southaven Softball team dugouts. We have also been working on building birdhouses and have begun build-ing doghouses. They are works in progress. We are excited about our ser-vice project this year. Our pro-
gram is asking for donations for materials to build a handicap accessible hunter's deer blind. We will donate the blind to a charita-ble organization. This is a way for our students to give back to their community. Students and parents are excited about the project be-cause it is such a worthy cause!!
our preschoolers. Third block has been learning how to introduce/play learning games with our preschoolers. First & second year students completed a unit on Orientation, Personal & Professional Prepara-tion. First year students com-pleted a unit on Health & Safety where they had to create a menu for preschool age children for a week using the MSDH guidelines. Second year students are working
Early Childhood Education is off to a great start this year. They had journals, calendars, preschool art & pictures of what they do in the lab with the children each week. They are working on creating resumes & cover letters to place in their portfolios as well. First block has been learning how to perform circle time activities with our preschool children. Second block has been learning how to choose books & read stories to
Construction Technology by Justin King
Early Childhood Education by Tammy Brewer
Digital Media Design by Teri Lynn Hubbard
puters. Second year students have had the excitement of working in the style of Andy Warhol by creat-ing artwork in his style in Photo-shop. In order to learn more about the ethical content relating to graphics design, we have cre-ated posters breaking as many of the rules as possible to add some
humor to the topic. After all, you can’t break a rule if you don’t know it! We ended this nine weeks with photography, working to capture images in motion or “stop time” as we like to say. Eve-ryone is very excited about the next nine weeks and the start of Flash.
This nine weeks we have been covering safety, as well as ethics, and began working with photog-raphy. The past few weeks we have discovered how to enhance images as well as manipulate them. We have created our inner computer selves using Photoshop and various pieces of Apple com-
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Career-Tech Times
Health Sciences by Donna Chrestman
Interesting Facts:
There are now more women in the labor force than men.
Statistics show that most jobs are found by reply-ing to classified ads in the newspaper.
The more CTE courses a student takes, the less likely they are to suffer periods of unemploy-ment.
Availability of certain jobs varies widely by location.
There are more workers in the service providing industries than in the goods producing indus-tries.
U.S. needs 34% more stu-dents in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) in order to meet economics demands.
13,000 people with 4 year degrees have re-entered Mississippi Community Colleges to gain job skills.
Participation in CTE programs increases wages, probability, and consistency of employ-ment and leads to higher quality jobs.
Mrs. Susan Cascio, Assis-tant Principal and Mr. Paul
Chrestman, Principal
My second year students are preparing to go to the hospital clinicals. All shots need to be up to date and a TB skin test must be done. We are exploring the Laboratory and Imaging careers available to them. My first year students have finished the Health Care Systems and Health Care
Career Units and are now learning the basics of medical terminology and medical abbreviations. The year is off to a GREAT start!!! Great Students!!!
Cascio Connection by Susan Cascio
The renovation of the pre-
school playground is underway!
Our goal is to secure a safe, amia-
ble, recreational environment for
our sweet pre-schoolers. Our
hope is, by mid-fall, all amend-
ments will have been made, re-
sulting in the culmination of a
beautiful recess area! We will
keep you abreast of our continu-
ing, dedicated efforts to create
this wonderland for our pre-k
children.
on creating learning activities and thematic lesson plans. Students will perform the learning activity in the preschool lab. We are also very excited about our new curriculum from Learning Box Preschool. This month in preschool we are learning about Community Workers, pumpkins, orange, black, rectangle, 3, P, H, O. Stay tuned for what we will be learning next!
Academy).” Teacher Academy
students are learning both in the
classroom and through field ex-
perience at Greenbrook Elemen-
tary and the on-site Early Child-
hood Daycare. One day a week,
TA students go out to observe
and assist classroom teachers.
Southaven High School TA
student, Kenzye Murden, summed
up how she feels about Field Ex-
perience by saying, “Every time I
leave (Greenbrook), I cannot wait
to go back.” For DeSoto Central
High School student, Hayley Mor-
gan, the thing that stands out
Teacher Academy is a new
program at CTC this year. De-
signed to help prepare future
teachers and other educators, the
program has been a lot of fun for
the instructor, Robin Avant, and
her students. “We do everything a
classroom teacher has to do.
Students are learning how to
design lessons, manage students,
create projects, and organize
materials,” Mrs. Avant said.
Her students agree. Southaven
High School TA student, Jordan
Baker, said, “Things can get hectic
in the class some times. Time
goes by extremely fast (in Teacher
most about Greenbrook is con-
necting with individual students;
“This was my favorite lesson thus
far,” she said.
On October 19, TA students will
assist Southaven Intermediate
School with a 5th grade Science
Fun Day to help prepare students
for the MCT science test. During
the day, TA students will work 30
hands-on science stations. “I am
very excited about this opportu-
nity. We get more experience,
and people get to see what
Teacher Academy is all about. It’s
a Win-Win,” Mrs. Avant said.
Teacher Academy by Robin Avant
Information Technology by Cathy Graves
edge, kindness, and willingness to help others will be greatly missed. We know she will continue to be an advocate for career-tech edu-cation. On Friday, October 19th, we will welcome Sean McMackin as our new Information Technology instructor. We know his experi-ence and skills will benefit our students. We look forward to hearing from him next nine weeks. Welcome, to Career Tech West, Mr. McMackin!
Mrs. Cathy Graves will be join-ing the IT department with De-Soto County Schools on October 19th. She has been a wonderful asset to our center. Her knowl-
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Volume 1, Issue 1
Teacher Academy students assist with the Science Fun Day held at Southaven
Intermediate School
Pictured from left: Ms Hubbard, William Bartley, Hunter Gatlin and Ms Graves
This summer, four stu-
dents from the CTC West
traveled to San Antonio to
compete in the National
FBLA (Future Business Lead-
ers of America) competition.
Brandon Howell from De-
soto Central competed in
the category of Computer
Problem Solving. Ric Ghet-
tie of Hernando High
School competed in Net-
working Concepts. Will
Bartley from Lewisburg
High School and Hunter
Gatlin from Desoto Central
High School competed in
the Digital Video Produc-
tion Category.
William Bartley and
Hunter Gatlin placed 8th in
the nation for the produc-
tion of their video on the
dangers of texting and driv-
ing.
Mrs. Graves’ 3rd block students dressed for Spirit Day
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Outstanding Students for First Nine Weeks
Phone: 662.393.6211
Fax: 662.393.5708
www.desotocountyschools.org/ctcw
D E S O T O C O U N T Y S C H O O L S
Career-Tech Center
847 Rasco Road
Southaven, MS 38671
Follow us on Twitter@CareerTechWest
and @DCS_CTCounselor
DeSoto County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, age or handicapping conditions and is an equal opportunity employer.
TEACHER ACADEMY
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
HEALTH SCIENCES
METAL FABRICATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
AUTO SERVICE TECHNOLOGY
William Bartley Senior
Lewisburg
Kaitlyn Martin Junior
Southaven High
Ashauntia Smith Junior
Southaven
Taylor Story Senior
Southaven
Hannah Barulli Sophomore Southaven
Caitlyn Purvis Senior
Desoto Central
Justin Davis Sophomore
Desoto Central
Kasey Wooten Junior
Hernando
Josh Karas
Junior Hernando
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