Director. Freshmen Tours of CCTI

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1 News from the Director Freshmen Tours of CCTI On Thursday, January 23, we will host tours of our building and career and technical areas for the freshmen from our sending schools. Approximately 450 students will attend this event. Each sending school will be afforded an hour long tour. During the tour, the students will visit two technical areas of their choice. Our career and technical instructors along with OAC members, community volunteers, and current student volunteers will provide 20 minute presentations designed to display current student projects and inform prospective students on their programs curriculum, materials, significance to the working world, and career opportunities for successful graduates. This year we officially invited all county middle school counselors to spend the entire day to attend all of the presentations and gain valuable knowledge of our school and programs. School will not be in session for us on the 23rd which will enable our career and technical instructors to focus on selling their programs and addressing specific questions from the visiting freshmen. We plan on having a large number of OAC members, community members, and students to act as copresenters and offer relevant information from their fields. We also encourage touring students to arrange follow-up visits to shadow for a full or half day in an area of interest. Shadowing tours can be arranged between our counselor and the sending school HS counselors This year, Palmerton freshman will not be able to attend the tours on the 23 rd because the several snow days we have had this school year created a scheduling conflict. We will schedule an individualized tour day for Palmerton students. The CCTI staff and administration believe these tours are essential to educate students on CCTI and career and technical education in general and encourage them to enroll in CCTI to get a head start on their future. The tour schedule is as follows: Jim Thorpe - 9:00-10:00 AM Lehighton - 10:00-11:00 AM Panther Valley - 12:30-1:30 PM Weatherly - 12:30-1:30 PM The scheduled snow make-up day will be Tuesday, January 28, January 10, 2014 Page 1 of 6

2 CCTI DECA Students Excel at District Competition CCTI DECA members participated in the annual DECA district 7 Competition on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall. Over 360 students from 6 counties participated in an exciting day of competition. The DECA members were required to take a written test and then participate in a marketing related case study. These events were judged by local business owners and college representatives. CCTI DECA had 46 members participate in the district competition. CCTI DECA members earned 36 trophies at the competition. These students will represent CCTI at the state conference this February in Hershey, PA. The chapter advisor is Stephanie Barto. Co-Advisors are Bill Stoudt and Sandi Kohutka. Principles of Business Management and Administration 3 rd place Joe Kozero (LEH) Principles of Hospitality and Tourism 1 st place Owen Henninger (JT) 6 th place Samantha Wells (JT) 7 th place Brittany Magner (PAL) Principles of Marketing 4 th place Jenna Medlo (JT) 6 th place Hannah Baldwin (JT) Apparel and Accessories Marketing 1 st place Kim Pimble (PV) 2 nd place Katarina Kattner (JT) Automotive Service Marketing 2 nd place Brittany Higgins (PAL) 6 th place Brittany Paules (PV) 7 th Sierra May (PV) Business Finance Series 2 nd place Savannah Moyer (PAL) (con t) January 10, 2014 Page 2 of 6

3 Business Service Marketing 2 nd place Shelby Casey (PAL) 3 rd place Austin Rabenold (PAL) 6 th place Judy Stevens (PAL) Food Marketing 1 st place Joe Della Vechio (PAL) 4 th place Chazz Trovato (JT) Hotel and Lodging Management 5 th place Nathan Vrablic (PAL) 6 th place Kealey Conville (PV) 7 th place Erika Sheckler (PAL) Human Resource Management 2 nd place Jasmine Pasternak (LEH) Marketing Management 4 th place Gaby Achterman (LEH) Quick Service Restaurant Management 2 nd place Ashley Pera (JT) 7 th place Jade Ruzicka (PAL) Restaurant & Food Service Management 4 th place Lauren Tompkins (JT) 7 th place Alexis Ruch (PAL) Retail Merchandising 1 st place Kelsey Oncheck (PAL) 3 rd place Lauren Meyer (WEATH) 5 th place Alexis Tobin (PV) Sports & Entertainment Marketing 4 th place Micah Evans (LEH) (con t) January 10, 2014 Page 3 of 6

4 Buying and Merchandising Operations Team 3 rd place Tia Ivory (LEH) & Alexis Young (JT) 4 th place Jake McKInley (PV) & Blake Kilraine (LEH) Job Interview 2 nd place Brandy Green 5 th place Ayana Batchelder (PV) Congratulations Winners! Excellent Performance at the SkillsUSA District Competition According to skillsusa.org, SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel. SkillsUSA's mission is to empower its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. January 10, 2014 Page 4 of 6

5 On December 5 th 2013, over 400 students from Northeast Pennsylvania career & technical education centers gathered at Carbon Career & Technical Institute to compete in the District 1 SkillsUSA competition. The following CCTI students placed in their skills competitions: Student Medal Sending School District Dustin Ahner Gold Palmerton School District Zach Bachert Silver Panther Valley School District Paul Barros Gold Palmerton School District Jessica Beigley Gold Palmerton School District Maria Bonhomme Gold Jim Thorpe School District David Burger Gold Palmerton School District Gelsey Cano Silver Jim Thorpe School District Shelby Casey Gold Palmerton School District Tiffany Costenbader Gold Palmerton School District Jon Deibert Gold Palmerton School District Micah Evans Silver Lehighton School District Andrew Frable Silver Panther Valley School District Courtney Green Gold Lehighton School District Owen Henniger Gold Jim Thorpe School District Gary Higgins Gold Lehighton School District Nathanuel Hower Gold Panther Valley School District Brit Irwin Gold Palmerton School District Janai Kerr Gold Jim Thorpe School District Derek Koch Gold Lehighton School District Devin Marshall Gold Lehighton School District Brooke Marx Gold Jim Thorpe School District Jacob McKinley Gold Panther Valley School District Kaylee Murphy Gold Panther Valley School District Helen O'Conner Silver Jim Thorpe School District Sarah Parsons Gold Lehighton School District Ashley Pera Gold Jim Thorpe School District Dakota Perez Gold Palmerton School District Austin Rabenold Gold Palmerton School District Gabby Ramirez Silver Jim Thorpe School District Ashley Reiber Gold Panther Valley School District Dmitry Revzin Gold Jim Thorpe School District Kristie Schaeffer Gold Panther Valley School District Jeanna Struble Gold Jim Thorpe School District Shane Sutch Bronze Jim Thorpe School District (con t) January 10, 2014 Page 5 of 6

6 Lauren Tompkins Gold Jim Thorpe School District Charles Trovato Gold Jim Thorpe School District Regan Turko Gold Palmerton School District Ashlee Van Horn Gold Jim Thorpe School District Tyler Wentz Gold Lehighton School District Jason White Gold Panther Valley School District Alexis Young Gold Jim Thorpe School District Zach Zurawa Gold Palmerton School District In April, the 35 Gold Medalists will be representing Carbon Career & Technical Institute, their sending schools, and their communities at the SkillsUSA State Competition in Hershey, PA, where they will put their skills to the test against the best high school career and technical education competitors that Pennsylvania has to offer. January 10, 2014 Page 6 of 6