highland springs technically speaking - hcps...
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Early Childhood Ed. staff news HSTC welcomes Ms. Ursula
Bell, Instructional Assistant, to
the Early Childhood Education
preschool. Ms. Bell will be
working with the two– and
three-year-olds, as well as the
ECE high school students.
Ms. Bell was most recently
an underwriter, but has worked
mostly in the education field. She worked with the PED pro-
gram at Springfield Park Pre-
school, and with the pre-school
at Mt. Vernon. She has experi-
ence working with special needs
students, including those with
autism.
Formerly from Northern Vir-
ginia, Ms. Bell has lived in Glen
Allen for the past six years. She
has two daughters: Alannah, 11,
and Meadow, 8.
Ms. Bell is impressed by how
easily the Springer Daycare
children have adapted to pre-
ECE, page 2
Highland Springs
Technical Center
100 Tech Drive
Highland Springs,
VA 23075 Technically Speaking
A newsletter for friends of Highland Springs Technical Center http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hs/HighSprTech/ Administrative Staff
Johnnie Collie, Principal
Debra Bishop,
Associate Principal
Paula Harris,
School Counselor
Office Staff
Donna Monnin,
Financial Secretary
Karen Banks,
Front Office Secretary
Support Staff
Velma Brown,
Instructional Aide
Jan Budryk, Librarian
John Jones,
Instructional Aide
Keta Jackson,
Instructional Aide
Tony Loyall, Instructional
Aide
Volume V, Issue I October 2012
Mr s . C o n n i e
Wooldridge and her husband
Walter had an estimated due
date of October 7th. However, Baby Brixten (it’s
a girl!) was measuring 7 lbs., 12
oz. by mid-September, As of this writing, Mrs.
Wooldridge will be induced
Oct. 1, if she doesn’t go into
labor on her own before that
date.
(see photo, page 3.)
Baby news
HSTC Completion,
June 2012
Ms. Paula Harris, school counselor is again our leader in the HCPS focus on preventing
bullying. This year, Ms. Harris has planned a number of activities that teachers may use in
their classrooms to raise awareness and promote unity. She plans to incorporate some points
from the HCPS strategic plan. In September, HSTC seniors signed a banner pledging to gradu-
ate on time. The banner, with its student signatures, was then hung in the library.
To come: Having students write a letter or note, thanking someone who has been of ser-
vice to them, and employment preparation in the form of table etiquette. Students will learn
how to take part in a business lunch at a restaurant.
Students are encouraged to help make HSTC a bully-free zone, just as they are at their
home schools. HSTC draws students from all area HCPS high schools, and gives them the opportunity to work and learn together. Young people who might not have met each other,
often become fast friends through sharing a technical center class.
Ms. Harris, HSTC promote anti-bullying activities
Volume V, Issue I Technically Speaking page 2
Language tip:
Lay and lie: You lay an object
down. A person
lies down. He
lay there, not he laid there. You
are not laying out in the sun,
you are lying out. Everyone
messes this up!
For those who are with us for the
first time this year, I look forward to
creating many great memories with
you over the next two years. Last year was my first year at
HSTC, and I am certain that you, just
as I have, will find this to be a great place to spend your time and build
relationships that will motivate you
and prepare you for your future.
Welcome to our place!
Welcome from Mrs. Bishop, HSTC
Associate Principal Ms. Georgia Kirkpatrick, Career
and Technical Education Credential
Testing Coordinator, has accepted a
CTE administrative position with
Chesterfield County Schools. She will
stay on with HCPS until they are able
to fill her position. We will miss her
great attitude and dedication. Mrs. Cheryl Gould, CTE Education
Specialist for Family & Consumer Sci-
ences, will leave HCPS to relocate
with her husband to the Virginia Beach
area. Mrs. Gould will pursue a doc-
torate at William & Mary, and her
husband plans to attend Regent Uni-
versity law school.
It is so exciting to have students
back in the building! I am certain that
I am more excited than many of you. I have to say that school just isn’t
the same when you, the students,
are not here. It is my hope that each of you
had a restful and peace-filled break,
and you are refreshed and ready to
tackle the new year. This is the last year for many of
you...make the most of it and learn
all that you can so you are prepared
for the independence you will soon
gain.
BEFORE...
Departures
We are excited to have our new
students with us this year, and we
are happy to have our veteran stu-
dents back with us. We spent all
summer planning and preparing for
your return. Please take a moment
to notice how hard the custodial
team worked this summer to get the
building ready for you. Also, I am sure you have noticed
our new security cameras. They
should make all of you feel more
secure in our building. I hope you are
finally getting used to the new bell
schedule. It has been an adjustment
to us too. We look forward to
meeting as many of you as possible
throughout the school year.
school, and how quickly they have
learned the words to songs and to
identify shapes. The best part of her job? Ms. Bell
says it is seeing the little ones every
day. She says there is something
about their innocence that makes
her forget her worries. Ms. Bell is looking forward to
working with high school students,
as well as the daycare children.
* * *
New staff assignment for Mrs. Donna
Lewis: She will be working in the
four/five preschool lab this year.
High school students may enjoy
the extra few minutes of sleep in the
morning, but they are probably not
happy about being dismissed at 4:00,
rather than 3:45. This year, the tardy
bell rings at 9:00, and the HSTC bus
schedule for our feeder schools has
been affected. HSHS p.m. students
now arrive at 1:15. Also new are the security cameras,
which allow the administration to
monitor student activity in the halls. The policy on hats in the building
has not changed, but as the signs in
the hall indicate, students wearing
hats into the building may have them
taken, rather than being asked to
remove them!
Some changes Welcome from Mr. Col-
lie, HSTC Principal ECE
From Page 1
Those students who are 18,
will be able to vote for a presi-
dential candidate on November
6. Although this had been a very
divisive campaign, and students
may be sick of hearing negative
ads, it is extremely important
that they exercise their right
and privilege as citizens. Be sure to register to vote, if
you haven’t already. You can
register online at register-
tovote.org. Deadline is Oct. 15.
Nov. 4 - Daylight savings
time (“fall back”)
Nov. 6 - Election day/
Student holiday
Nov. 14 - Evening parent
visitation
Nov. 15 - HSTC class
photo day
Nov. 15 - Tech Ethics
Society Thanksgiving din-ner, 4:30 in the Highland
Springs H.S. cafeteria.
HSTC school counselor, Ms.
Paula Harris will meet with stu-
dents interested in serving as
student ambassadors. These
students will participate in local
elementary/middle school career
fairs. Students can earn up to 12
hours of community service. Ms. Kitchen, the GRASP finan-
cial aid advisor will start meeting
with students in October. Ms.
Harris and Ms. Kitchen will visit
each tech class to promote
scholarships and discuss the Map
A Course Activity.
From the Counselor
Page 3 Technically Speaking
Coming up; mark your calendar Please vote Nov. 6, if
you are eligible
Top ten most challenged books New Instructional As-
sistant for ECE 1. ttyl; ttfn; 18r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
2. The Color of Earth (series) by Kim Dong Hwa
3. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins 4. My Mom’s Having a Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-
Month Guide to Pregnancy by Dori Hillestad
Butler 5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indi-
an by Sherman Alexie
6. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
7. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
8. What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
9. Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Source: Frederick Clarkson, www.talk2action.org
Ms. Ursula Bell joins Springer
Daycare and ECE. (story,
page 1.)
From the HSTC Library . . . Welcome or welcome back High-
land Springs Tech Center students!
You have made the choice to take a
class that will not only give you three
credit hours, it will also offer you
numerous career choices, teach you
valuable skills, and enable you to re-
ceive a credential and/or license in
your chosen field of study. Because we fall under the career
and technical education umbrella,
workplace readiness and employment
preparation are an important part of
our mission. To that end, I will be
helping students write resumes and
prepare for job interviews. Teachers
may sign up with me to have their
students take part in mock interviews.
Our interviewers may be
administrators, HCPS central office staff
or business and industry professionals.
As tech center students, you will learn
skills that give you an advantage: You will
leave high school with more than a high
school diploma. Your skills and training
may lead you toward further study,
whether post-secondary, through ap-
prenticeship or via the armed forces.
There are many career avenues you can explore, depending on your choice of
program. HSTC is also responsible for
seeing that you are ready to hold a job,
should you choose to look for work
when you graduate from our center. The
more you polish your resume and port-
folio, and the more practice you have
being interviewed, the more attractive
Oct. 7-13 - Fire safety
week Oct. 9 - Preschool photo
day Oct. 11 - Firefighters
visit Springer Daycare. Oct. 17 - Educators from
the Dominican Republic
and Brazil visiting HSTC
in the a.m. Oct. 30 - College & Ca-
reer night, Glen Allen
H.S., 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 31 - Fall Festival at
Springer Daycare, 9:45-
10:45
you will be to a prospective employer. The HSTC library is a resource for
our students, who come from all Henri-
co County high schools. Since our stu-
dents have excellent libraries at their
home schools, I do not attempt to
duplicate what those libraries offer.
Students are welcome to use the HSTC
library computers, and may request
help with research or with class pro-
jects. I will also be coming around to
classrooms to take photos for use in
recruiting and for the HCPS website. I look forward to working with our
teachers and students in 2012-2013.
- - Ms. Jan Budryk, Librarian
Mrs. Wooldridge reads a card at
her breakfast celebration.
Baby Shower
The mission of Highland Springs Technical Center is to provide a rigor-
ous and specialized program choice for the students of Henrico County.
The academic and political focus of these courses facilitate a seamless
transition from secondary to post-secondary and the world of work. The
programs also seek to prepare students to be contributors to a competi-
tive workforce, which is needed in the 21st century.
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Highland Springs Technical Center Mission Statement:
Highland Springs
Technical Center
100 Tech Drive
Highland Springs, VA
23075
Springer Daycare
(804) 328-6254
Paula Cobb, Secretary
Debra Bazemore, Dept.
Chair - Early Childhood
Ed. program
Donna Lewis, Instructional
Aide
Ursula Bell, Instructional
Aide
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