Career Connections. Superintendent Arthur C. Johnson helped kick off the Palm Beach County

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1 Career Connections Special Career and Technical Education Month Edition Educators Shine at 2 nd Annual CTE Recognition Dinner Superintendent Arthur C. Johnson helped kick off the Palm Beach County School District s second annual Career and Technical Education Recognition Dinner held on February 4, Over 300 educators, district personnel, administrators and business community members gathered at the Jupiter Beach Resort to celebrate Career and Technical Education Month. Several community organizations, including the event s sponsors, Workforce Alliance, Jaeger, Palm Healthcare Foundation, Compass Learning and The Academy for Practical Nursing and Health Occupations, united for this commemorative event. The Jupiter High School s JROTC students presented the flag while members of the Jupiter High School s jazz band entertained the guests throughout the evening. Mayra Stafford, principal of Forest Hill Community High School in West Palm Beach, was named CTE Principal of the Year. Sheridan Renner, a Hospitality and Tourism teacher from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School was named CTE Teacher of the Year. Patricia Aviezer-Mahlmeister of Olympic Heights Community High School was named Tech Prep Coordinator of the Year. Both David Semadeni of AmCal Corporation and Sandy Tagliavia of the Boca Raton Resort were named as CTE Business Partners of the Year. David Semadeni works in partnership with Palm Beach Gardens Community High School while Sandy Tagliavia, Human Resource Director at the Boca Raton Resort has supported the academies at Olympic Heights Community High School and helped make it a huge success. We are proud of our CTE teachers accomplishments and salute them for their dedication and skills, said Mary Vreeland, Director, Department of Choice Programs and School Choice. Career and Technical Education Month is the ideal time to recognize the hard work and dedication of the CTE teachers, principals, business partners, and supporters of Career Education. We wanted to show them how valuable they really are, said Connie Scotchel-Gross, Manager, Career Education. Paul Mieszczenski, the construction teacher at Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, was the recipient of the grand raffle prize, a computer and 19 widescreen monitor, donated by event sponsors GovConnection and Lenovo. Jerry Crocilla of Atlantic High School and Brian McClellan of Lake Worth High School were the recipients of the grand prizes of the evening: a trip to the 2008 National Career Academy Coalition conference and the 2008 Association for Career and Technical Education conference. Dr. Connie Tuman-Rugg, Dr. Brenda Magee and Paulette Burdick, keynote speaker and board member, shared in this joyous event and helped make it a success. Everyone had a wonderful evening and looks forward to next year s event Career and Technical Education Students of the Year In recognition of Career and Technical Education month, 23 Career Education students were honored at the February school board meeting. Their dedication and outstanding performance in their area of study have earned the following students the honorable recognition of CTE Student of the Year : Stephanie Velez, Atlantic High School, Criminal Justice; Nichole White, Boca Raton High School, Medical Sciences; Ryan Lingholm, Boynton Beach High School, Web Design Services; Cathy Roche, Forest Hill High School, Hospitality & Tourism; Lakeisha Unjenae Ramsay, Glades Central High School, Communications Technology; Inlet Grove High School, Dorian Sanchez, John I. Leonard High School, PC Support; Nicholas Clark, Jupiter High School, Digital Design; Reyson Condori, Lake Worth High, School, Drafting & Design; Adrienne Brown, Olympic Heights High School, Fashion Design; Alejandra Vasquez, Pahokee High School, Air Force JROTC; Jocelyn Turcotte, Palm Beach Central High School, Information Technology; Samantha Falk, Palm Beach Gardens High School, Pre-Medical Science; Gisselle Pinares, Palm Beach Lakes High School, Medical Science, Michael Haber, Park Vista High School, Automotive Repair; Corey Shirley, Royal Palm Beach High School, Business Supervision and Management; Rachelle Carter, Santaluces High School, Fashion Design; Lucas Ortiz, Seminole Ridge High School, Biotechnology; Adalberto Mercado, South Tech Academy, Web Design Services; Erica Lewis, Spanish River High School, Marketing; Jonathan Martelli, Wellington High School, Marketing; Sara Myers, West Boca Raton High School, Culinary Arts; Aimee Thompson, William T. Dwyer High School, The Academy of Finance. Congratulations to these CTE students for their outstanding effort!

2 Special Recognition Awarded To Palm Beach County Academies Ten Palm Beach County high schools were recognized at the 2008 Career and Technical Education Recognition Dinner on February 4 for their participation in the National Standards of Practice site reviews. Since the school year, Palm Beach County academies have earned recognition as Model Academies, Certified Academies and Academies that are In Progress. Congratulations to everyone for their hard work and dedication. The following schools and academies participated in site reviews that took place during : Atlantic High School - Construction Academy Forest Hill High School - Environmental Science & Technology Academy John I. Leonard High School - Computer & Technology Academy Jupiter High School - Engineering Project Lead the Way Academy Lake Worth High School - Medical Sciences Academy Palm Beach Gardens High School - Tourism, Hospitality and Resort Management Academy Palm Beach Lakes High School - Medical Sciences Academy West Boca Raton High School - Culinary Arts Academy William T. Dwyer High School - Finance Academy District 20 FBLA FBLA District 20 held their written and skill competitions the week of January 22 with the performance events being held on January 30 at Dwyer High School. Over 800 middle and high school students competed in various business competitions. FBLA is an integral part of the Business Education curriculum and kudos to the students and their advisers that are involved with this outstanding student organization. The following schools had students that competed: Middle Schools - Duncan Middle and Woodlands Middle High Schools - John I. Leonard, Lake Worth, Olympic Heights, Palm Beach Central, Park Vista, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Lakes, Royal Palm Beach, West Boca and William Dwyer. The winners were announced at the Awards Ceremony that was held at Dwyer High on February 7. The top winners will move on to the state level to compete at the FBLA Leadership Conference in Orlando April The newly elected FBLA District Officers are President - Courtney Johnson, Vice President - Joyce Jacobson, Secretary - Katie Sipula, and Parliamentarian- Bryanna Colucci. DECA District 11 Competition DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) District 11 held their performance events on January 10 and 11 at Northwood University with the Awards Ceremony following on the afternoon of January 11. The high schools that had members competing were: Jupiter High, Royal Palm Beach High, Spanish River High, South Tech Academy and Wellington High. The top 4 winners of each of the 22 events will move on to the state level to compete at the DECA Leadership Conference in Orlando from February 28 to March 2. DECA is an integral part of the marketing curriculum; and with the help of the club advisers, students are given the opportunity to excel in their area of expertise. Boca Raton NJROTC Bobcats Going To State Championship The Bobcat Battalion lead by Cadet Commanders Chris Alexandrich and Danielle Howard lead the NJROTC Unit to an undefeated season, once again beating last years National Champion, Flanagan High School from Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Boca Raton Academic Team took a First Place with individual members achieving overall placements: Curtis Calabrese 2 nd, Danielle Howard 4 th and Michael Newman 5 th. The Bobcats also placed First Overall in drill, and Second in Personnel Inspection. They also placed Third Overall in Athletics with Steve DiGiannurio taking a First in sit-ups doing an incredible 651! Jimmy Thomas winning 3 rd in push ups with 106, and Dominique Howard a 4 th in push ups with 66. It was a very exciting day, down to the last 1.25 mile relay event where the Bobcats placed second, just short of a first by.91 of a second! The Bobcat Cadets will compete in the NJROTC Florida State Championship on March 1 in Orlando. The NJROTC National Finals in Pensacola will begin April 2. FCCLA District VIII Competitions On Saturday, February 9, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) District VIII competitions were held at Santaluces High School and Florida Culinary Institute. The first place winners listed below will move on to State Competitions. The following schools participated: Middle Schools: Don Estridge Middle, Emerald Cove Middle, Omni Middle, Western Pines Middle and Woodlands Middle. High Schools: Palm Beach Central, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Lakes and Santaluces High. Congratulations to those who participated, and good luck to those who are heading to State Competitions on March The FCCLA National Leadership Meeting and Competitions will be held July in Orlando. Dwyer Award Finalists Twenty-five Palm Beach County public and private school teachers were named finalists for the 2008 William Dwyer Award for Excellence in Education. Among the finalists for Career Education are: Sandra Coster of Wellington Landings; Steven Forrest of Jupiter High; Paul Mieszczenski of Atlantic High; Steven Moldoff of Park Vista High; and Ian Weinerman of Conniston Middle. Congratulations to all the finalists! Career Academies on the Hill We are so excited about the 2008 Career Academies on the Hill in Tallahassee April Last year s event was successful; we were able to meet with local legislators and discuss pertinent issues impacting Career Education. If you will be attending this year s conference, please contact Tara Kobel, Career Education Specialist, as you will be invited to join the Career Education team as we meet with our Senators to discuss issues that surround Career Education in Palm Beach County. Please visit to learn more about this event.

3 Eagle Nest Earns Delray Beach Prestigious Award The City of Delray Beach has been selected the winner of the Leading Light Award for its collaborative effort with the Eagle Nest Construction Academy at Atlantic Community High School. Delray Beach Education Coordinator Janet Meeks will accept the award on December 7, 2007, 8:00 am, at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. Eagle Nest is a unique residential construction project that is kid-designed and kid-built. In 2005 Atlantic Community High School approached the city with a proposal to build affordable housing with the support of the city. After extensive negotiations, the city agreed to donate a vacant lot to the program. To further support the initiative, the city s Community Redevelopment Agency would fund Eagle Nest for two years with a zero interest $150,000 construction loan. Eagle Nest agreed to sell the house to the city s Renaissance Program for affordable housing. With the profits from the sale, Eagle Nest will repay the construction loan and retain the remaining funds. The city and Eagle Nest will continue the process with the next phase. Eventually, Eagle Nest will become a fiscally self-sufficient high school construction education program as homes are built and sold to the city. The City of Delray Beach is one of the few Florida municipalities that sponsor an Education Board for its schools. Delray Beach has received the School District of Palm Beach County s Partner in Education Award for the last two years. The Florida Career Pathways Network (FCPN) has recognized Eagle Nest as a Best Practice. Eagle Nest has been named as a mentor program by the state of Florida with five schools across the state following the Eagle Nest model in the Matchmaker Grant program. Life-Saving CPR Skills The Pre-Medical Sciences Academy students at Boca Raton Community Middle School demonstrated life-saving skills such as CPR and how to assist someone in anaphylactic shock during an interactive, educational forum recently at Barnes and Noble in University Commons. Over 40 sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students in the Pre-Medical Sciences Choice program turned out to conduct demonstrations on what they have learned in the school s successful career academy. The participants demonstrated first aid techniques such as CPR and how to bandage a wound as well as other preventative medical procedures such as proper hand washing techniques and how to inhibit the spread of a communicable disease such as MRSA. The interactive and educational forum was produced by Amy Finneran, Academy Lab Instructor, to showcase the breadth of medical science and lab technique course material being taught at Boca Raton Community Middle School. Students gave hands-on demonstrations and answered questions from the audience. BRCMS Pre-Medical Sciences program is a three-year preparatory program for middle school students that emphasizes science, math, and language skills while preparing students to be highly competitive in the medical field. It is also designed to help students in the decision making process of becoming a health professional as they enter high school HOSA Region IX Competition The 2008 HOSA Region IX Competition was held on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Jupiter High School. Medical Science Academy students throughout Palm Beach County participated in numerous competitions including Medical Math, Pharmacology, Clinical Nursing, CPR/First Aid, Sports Medicine, Medical Reading, and more. As a result, approximately 135 of these Medical Sciences students qualified for State competitions. Congratulations to our Medical Science students for their outstanding efforts and participation in the HOSA Competition. South Tech Culinary Students Congratulations to all the South Tech Culinary students who participated in the SkillsUSA competition at Robert Morgan Technical in Miami on January All 1 st and 2 nd place winners will be going to state competition in April. Here are the results: Culinary Arts- Alicia Brown, 3 rd place Commercial baking- Samantha Monaghan, 2 nd and Kelly Ballard, 3 rd place Job demonstration A - Alicia Brown, 2 nd place Other students who participated were Pamela Chapman, Culinary Arts; Samantha Verderosa, Job demonstration; and Laura Distefano, Culinary Arts. Assistant Principal and Pre-Med Academy Coordinator, Karen Blumner, partnered with Barnes and Noble and the school s PTSA to bring the live demonstration to the community and give the Pre-Med students an opportunity to educate the public. The Inspiration Award Palm Beach Gardens Community High School is one of only eight finalists nationwide for the College Board s prestigious Inspiration Award. The Inspiration Award is given to schools that demonstrate extraordinary commitment to improving educational attainment for students facing economic, social, and cultural barriers. Three of the eight finalist schools will receive $25,000 to use toward further improving the educational attainment of their students. District 13 CECF Career Education Clubs of Florida (CECF) District 13 held their competition on Friday, January 25, at the Florida Career College. High schools with students participating in the performance competitive events were from John I Leonard, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, and Seminole Ridge. The school receiving the Outstanding Club recognition was Seminole Ridge High School. The top three winners in each event will now compete at the CECF State Leadership Conference from March 7-11 in Orlando. Congratulations to all the winners... And thanks to the advisers who go above and beyond to work with their students in this organization.

4 March 2008 Upcoming CTSO Events Upcoming Events March 4-6, 2008 Palm Beach County Days Tallahassee March 7-11, 2008 CECF State Conference Orlando March 10-12, National Policy Seminar-ACTE Arlington, Virginia ( March 15-17, 2008 Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD) New Orleans, Louisiana ( March 19-22, 2008 National Business Education Association (NBEA) San Antonio, Texas ( March 25, 2008 ProStart Culinary Team Competitions & Presentations Orlando, Florida March 26-29, 2008 FCCLA State Conference Orlando, Florida April 2008 April 10-13, 2008 HOSA State Leadership Conference Orlando, Florida April 10-11, 2008 Florida Summit on Health Sciences Education Caribe Royale, Orlando April 10-17, 2008 Palm Beach International Film Festival Palm Beach County April 14, 2008 FCPN Board Meeting Tallahassee, Florida April 15-17, 2008 Career Academies on the Hill Tallahassee, Florida April 18, 2008 Career Pathways Prep Coordinators Meeting Olympic Heights April 21-23, 2008 Career Academy Showcase Palm Beach County April 24-25, 2008 Safe Schools Conference WPB Convention Center April 25-30, 2008 National ICDC Conference (DECA) Atlanta, Georgia April 27-30, 2008 FBLA State Conference Orlando, Florida April 28-May 1, 2008 Magnet Schools of America Conference Chattanooga, Tennessee ( April 30, 2008 Academy Team Leadership Training John I. Leonard High School May 2008 May 8, rd Quarter PACE Luncheon Marriott, West Palm Beach May 9, 2008 Nursing Awards Dinner The Breakers, Palm Beach May 22, 2008 Tech Prep Coordinators Meeting JFK Middle School June 2008 June 3, 2008 JROTC Instructor Meeting 8:00-9:30 am/location TBA June 12-13, 2008 Teacher Externship Location TBA June 16-18, Career Cluster Institute Atlanta, Georgia June 16-19, 2008 CTE Curriculum Writing Workshop Location TBA June 18-22, 2008 HOSA National Leadership Conference Dallas, TX June 27-30, 2008 FBLA National Conference Atlanta, Georgia CECF/BPA or State Leadership Conference March 6-9, 2008 DECA ICDC April 26-29, 2008 Atlanta, GA FBLA/PBL PBL State Fall Leadership Conference April 10-13, 2008 Tampa, FL FCCLA Sate Leadership Conference March 26-29, 2008 FFA CDE Judging Events February 9- March 28, 2008 Satewide (See website for complete schedule) 80 th Sate FFA Convention, Caribe Royale FPSA Regional Competition February/March 2008 Location and Date TBA HOSA Leadership Development Conference April 10-13, 2008 SkillsUsa State Championships April 28-30, 2008 MTI TSA State Conference April 23-26, 2008 FBA Career and Technical Education is the branch of academies that links the world of education to the world of work. Career Connections delivers the latest news, events, and shining stars - accolades of achievement in career and technical education. Have news, events or comments to include in the next Career Connections? Send your article to: Connie Scotchel-Gross, Manager scotche@palmbeach.k12.fl.us or Ben Ramos, Website Tech ramosbe@palmbeach.k12.fl.us Visit us online: Division of Learning Support Brenda Magee, Ed. D., Assistant Superintendent Department of Choice Programs & School Choice Mary Vreeland, Director Career Education Connie Scotchel-Gross, Manager, Career Ed Miguel Benavente, M.D., Specialist, Career Ed Chuck Green, Specialist, Career Ed Susan Pradetto, Secretary I Tom Hession, Specialist, Career Ed Nancy Jackson, Resource Teacher Neva Jordan, Federal Grant Tech, Career Ed Tara Kobel, Specialist, Career Ed Susan Larsen, Specialist, Career Ed Dr. Jeraline Marsh, Specialist, Career Ed Pam Paikai, Secretary II, Career Ed Jim Politis, Specialist, Career Ed Ben Ramos, Website Technician Mollie Rhodes, Consultant, Career Ed Elizabeth Shapiro, Specialist, Career Ed Sylvia Tricarico, Specialist, Career Ed

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