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Attention All Students!
A message from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office
As you know Prom weekend is rapidly approaching. We are excited for you because this event is a special time in each of your lives. It is our hope that each of you will have a fun and memorable evening as you celebrate with your classmates. Our Alcohol Enforcement Team and Directed Patrol Units will be on duty that night throughout Pickens County to help promote a safe environment without tragedy. We encourage you to do the same by reporting anyone consuming alcohol to a school staff member, SRO, or local law enforcement. Again our hope is that your Prom is a fun and memorable evening for you and your classmates.
Take a Virtual Tour of CTC’s New Facilities
You now have a chance to visit the new facilities at the Pickens County Career & Technology Center, thanks to photos provided by Jumper, Carter, Sease, architects of the building. To take a virtual tour of the new facilities, follow the link on the Building Futures website under Career & Technology Center.
PLTW - Biomedical Sciences Certification
Great Article about CATE!
Mechatronics team uses classroom and on-the-job experience to win another state title
H.G. Reynolds Make Generous Donation
H.G Reynolds Company of Aiken, builder of the new PCCTC, is supporting the mission of the CTC by donating $1000 to help send the nineteen PCCTC State SkillsUSA Gold Medalists to the National SkillsUSA Competition in Kansas City in June. Presenting the check is Hank Reynolds, grandson of H.G. Reynolds. Accepting the check are Tiffany Moon, PCCTC SkillsUSA Chapter President and Emily Rochester State SkillsUSA Vice President along with Leonard Williams, Director of PCCTC.
CTC wins BIG at SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Competition
March 30 and 31, career and technology students from across the state participated in the state SkillsUSA competitions at the TD Center in Greenville, SC. Competitions range from demonstrating skills in specific careers, i.e. commercial baking, masonry, to leadership skills such as prepared speech and opening and closing. Once again, Pickens County Career & Technology Center (formerly BJ Skelton Career Center) brought home the gold. PCCTC students received nineteen gold medals, five silver medals, and five bronze medals. Each gold medal winner will compete in the National SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City in June. Corporate and individual sponsors are being sought to help fund this exciting opportunity.
Click here for a list of SkillsUSA winners!
Click here for a list of SkillsUSA winners!
Tanner Smith Speaks to CTC Students
Tanner Smith spoke at the CTC on March 27, 2012. Tanner Smith started the Tanner’s Totes program when he was 12 years old. It is a program that gives tote bags full of things for boys and girls who are hospital bound for a long-term stay. Tanner started the program when he father was in the hospital long term and he saw that small things from others brighten his father’s day. He distributes the bags all across the United States to children who are
long-term hospital patients.
You can read all about the program on the website: www.tannerstotes.com. The STEEP class is collecting money for Tanner’s Totes.
You can read all about the program on the website: www.tannerstotes.com. The STEEP class is collecting money for Tanner’s Totes.
GOLD!
The Pickens County Career & Technology Center (PCCTC) is pleased to announce that we have received the 2011 Palmetto Gold Award issued by the South Carolina State Department of Education. Since the award began in 2003, the PCCTC has received Palmetto Gold each year, a total of nine times. Palmetto Gold and Silver General Awards are given to schools based on both their absolute and growth ratings and the growth index found on school report cards. The PCCTC received an absolute rating of Excellent and an improvement rating of Excellent on our 2011 School Report Card. Career and Technology Center ratings are based on seven “Perkins” indicators which include academic attainment in reading/language arts and math, technical skill attainment, graduation rate of our program completers, placement of completers in post secondary education, military, or employment, and non-traditional participation and completion.
Article Published
Health Science teacher Grace Decken authored an article published in a career and technology national journal. Techniques Journal published the article about the role of Career and Technology Student Organizations play in career and college readiness.
Alive at 25
Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, each student who drives and/or parks on a high school campus in SDPC must successfully complete Alive at 25, a defensive driving program developed by the National Safety Council. Law enforcement officers teach the 4 ½ hour course in small groups with the goal of preventing traffic violations, collisions, and fatalities.
Beginning in April and continuing through May, classes will be offered on multiple days in all high schools. Students may attend at any SDPC school or at any other site in South Carolina. Additionally, summer classes have been scheduled at Liberty High and at Pickens High. Because Daniel and Easley high schools will move to new campuses, summer classes will not be scheduled at those schools.
Students are encouraged to prepare now if they want to drive on SDPC high school campuses next year. Students will not receive parking permits until they successfully complete the Alive at 25 course. More Information
CTC HOSA Wins BIG!
The HOSA State Conference was held March 7-9, 2012 in Charleston, SC. The Pickens County Career & Technology Center HOSA Chapter received the largest delegation award with 52 delegates. We also had many winners:
9 Gold medals -
Medical Reserve Corp Partnership Team - Allison Smith, Casey Parks, Katherine Freeman, Sasha Satzger, Jessica Brock
Outstanding HOSA Chapter - Makaylyn Higgins
Outstanding HOSA Newsletter - Casey Parks
Extemporaneous Health Poster - Laura Page
Barbara James Service Award - Makaylyn Higgins
6 Silver Medals -
Emergency Medical Technician - Katie Williams, Kerri Caruso
Biomedical Debate Team - Austin Hatcher, Lauren Denton, Ashley Tinsley, Rebecca Wynne
5 Bronze Medals-
Biotechnology - Nicole Howard
Healthy Lifestyles - Ashley Gibson
Epidemiology- Erica Thompson
Barbara James Service Award - Katherine Freeman, Allison Smith
Top 6
Researched Persuasive Speaking - Ashlea Ayers, Carolyn King
Home Health Aide - Makaylyn Higgins
Dental Terminology - Daynah Kerstetter
Top 10%
Health Care Issues Exam – Rebecca Wynne
Two State Officers for 2012-2013
Ashley Gibson - Post secondary Vice President
Makaylyn Higgins - Secretary
Students Jessica Keever and Michaela Davis reported “Our HOSA experience has been incredible! We had so much fun at the State Leadership Conference and we cannot wait until next year! We are so proud to be a part of the Pickens County Career and Technology Center HOSA Chapter!”
Carpentry Students Build LEGO Competition Tables
The carpentry III class recently built three LEGO competition tables for Dacusville Middle and Liberty Middle Schools along with Simpson Alternative Center for Education. The tables will be used as practice tables for schools to practice to participate in the FLL,First LEGO league. FIRST LEGO League is a robotics program for 9 to 16 year olds which is designed to get children excited about science and technology -- and teach them valuable employment and life skills. Teams, composed of up to ten children with at least one adult coach, can also be associated with a pre-existing club or organization, homeschooled, or just be a group of friends who wish to do something awesome.
Students are: (Jimmy Morgan, Austin Straub, Tyler Veal, Blake Volrath and Jimmy Owen)
