February is National CTE Month, which pres-ents a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the value and impact of career and technical education for our students. CTE continues to be in the spotlight nationally and of course in our state and community. Senate Bill 155Few things have had a greater impact on CTE in Kansas than the Governor’s initiative to support college level technical education for high school students. Signed into law last May, Senate Bill 155 provides state support for tuition and transportation, and financial incentives to schools producing graduates with approved industry credentials. A small group of seniors who had a partial class schedule for their second semester, and an interest in pursuing postsecondary techni-cal education, have been attending WATC to complete course work in the college’s Aviation Core program. This core curriculum includes instruction in precision instruments, geometric dimension and tolerancing, qual-ity control concepts, aircraft familiarization, OSHA, blueprint reading, fundamentals for aerospace manufacturing, aircraft systems and components, and computer applica-tions. Students attend a half-day session every morning or afternoon throughout the semes-ter to complete these courses.Plans are in place to expand these opportu-nities to other core programs for the 2013-14 school year. The additional areas of study include: allied health, auto service, business, certified nurse assistant, machining, and weld-ing. Students currently attending USD 259 high schools with CTE pathways in these areas will still complete their pathway course work at that high school. These WATC core programs will provide students an opportunity to pursue additional training beyond the high school pathway, or to obtain training if their high school does not offer that pathway. Diann Faflick, career facilitator in the CTE of-fice, will be working with high school counsel-ors and WATC representatives to support this new effort. New Law and Law Enforcement PathwayThere will be a new opportunity for students interested in careers in the Corrections, Security, Law and Law Enforcement cluster for the 2013-14 school year. The Corrections,

Security, Law and Law Enforcement pathway will provide a course sequence for a pre-law strand and law enforcement strand. The new pathway is scheduled to be piloted with East High and Northeast Magnet High offering the pre-law strand, and South High offering the law enforcement strand. Both strands share common introductory courses of Introduction to Law, Public Safety and Security (LPSS) and Computer Essentials. The pre-law strand will include technical level courses in Business Law, Practical Law, Ac-counting and Business Management. Appli-cation level courses will include Foundations in Law, Youth Court, and an opportunity to find a law-related internship.The law enforcement strand will include tech-nical level courses in Law Enforcement and First Aid/CPR/Emergency Medical Responder. Application level courses will include addition-al studies in law enforcement topics, Forensic Science, and a law enforcement internship.This pathway is a nice complement to the Emergency & Fire Management Ser-vices pathway the district currently provides through Northeast Magnet and South High Schools. CTE Pathway Award WinnersThe CTE Pathway Awards were created to recognize the achievements and leadership of students participating in CTE pathways across the district. CTE teachers across the dis-trict were encouraged to nominate students from their pathways who had demonstrated success in their academic and technical studies, leadership skills, good communica-tion, critical thinking and problem solving skills. Fifteen students were selected for this honor from the 47 nominations that were submitted. This issue of CTE Update is devoted to honor-ing these students. The award winners will be presented to the Board of Education at an upcoming meeting.

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Marla Hayden, Teaching Specialist•A/VCommunications•BusinessEntrepreneurship &Management•BusinessFinance•Marketing•NetworkSystems•Programming&Software Development•Web&DigitalCommunications

Eldon Chlumsky, Teaching Specialist•Construction•Design&Preconstruction•Engineering&Applied Mathematics•Manufacturing Production•MobileEquipment Maintenance•VisualArts:GraphicDesign

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The following com-mittees will meet April 11th, 6:00-8:00 pm, Northwest Commons:• AV Communications – all strands• Business Entrepreneur-ship and Management• Business Finance• Construction• Engineering and Ap-plied Mathematics• Emergency and Fire Management• Human Services – all strands• Information Technology – all strands• Manufacturing Produc-tions• Marketing• Mobile Equipment Main-tenance• Restaurant and Event Management• Visual Arts – all strands

Dates to be determined:• Corrections, Security Law and Law Enforcement• Health Science• Teaching/Training

Spring Advisory Committee Dates

2012-13 CTE Pathway AwardsCongratulations

totherecipentsofthe2012-13CTEPathwayAwards!Recipientswillbe

recognizedatanupcomingBoardofEducationmeeting.Areceptiontohonorthestudentswillfollow.

A/V Communications, A/V Strand

Aaron ColemanWichita High School South

Aaron Coleman is a senior at South high and is currently working at Quick-Trip. When asked how he became interested in media he said that his freshman year he “accidentally signed up for a media class.” Over the past four years he has become well known for his technology smarts and is fre-quently requested by teachers for help in their classrooms. Some other respon-sibilities he has includes putting impor-tant information out on the tv’s around the school, taking pictures at school events, and even recording then edit-ing together videos of the activities. After high school he plans on attend-ing WSU where he will earn a degree in accounting.

A/V Communications, Communications Strand

Jacob FaflickWichita High School East

Jacob plans on attending the University of Kansas, where he will major in Manage-ment Information Systems and Business Administration with a minor in Spanish. He is an active contributor on East’s “Messen-ger” news magazine staff. “My CTE classes have given me the opportunity for growth and development of my technical skills and the chance to engage and interact within my school that I might not otherwise have had.”

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Business Finance

Cipriana SapienWichita High School South

Cipriana wants to attend Kansas State University and major in Accounting and Finance and minor in Spanish. She feels like the classes at South High pre-pared her for her BPA events and gave her a leg up towards college. “The Business Finance classes were eye openers for me and taught me to look and think outside the big picture.”

Construction

Grant WalkerWichita High School Heights

Grant plans to attend Kansas State University, where he will major in either Petroleum or Civil Engineering. He is an ac-tive member of his school’s SkillsUSA chapter, and plans on participating in their upcoming competition. “It was in my CTE classes where I learned to appreciate having to slow down, plan and prepare for my projects. Being able to see something through from the beginning to completion is really cool.”

Early Childhood Development & Services

Christina CareyWichita High School West

Christina plans to go to school to become a CNA, and hopes to continue on with her studies in Neo-Na-tal Care. She also plans to become certified in child-care, and wants to find a job working in a childcare facility. She is an active member of her school, and participates in Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), recently helping with a campaign against texting and driving. “Without my CTE classes, I know I wouldn’t be as interested in school. I love working with the kids, and couldn’t imagine doing anything else!”

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Diego RodriguezWichita High School South

Diego feels that he benefited a great deal from the Emer-gency & Fire program at South. He said that he has truly enjoyed being in the program and that he received more from it than he thought he would when he first signed up for the classes. After high school Diego wants to study law enforcement and he hopes to be a detective. “I’m very glad that South has the Emergency & Fire program avail-able. I feel that it will definitely help me after I graduate.”

Engineering & Applied Mathematics

Santana PerezWichita High School West

Health Science

Patience IvyWichita High School West

Santana plans in attending Kansas State University and majoring in Architectural Engineering or Drafting & Design. She dreams of someday opening her own firm, and design-ing buildings that will actually be built. “Without my CTE classes, and Project Lead the Way, I never would have real-ized how much I enjoy working with computers.”

Patience plans on furthering her studies in the health sciences with postsecondary studies in Athletic Training or Pre-Medicine with a specialty in Pediatrics. She is an active member of HOSA, where she is currently serving as a state officer. She was recently named a Wichita State University Dean’s Scholar, and will receive a scholarship to attend WSU. “I’ve really enjoyed my CTE classes, being able to shadow real professionals in the health care industry has given me the chance to observe real world situations in my chosen field of study.”

Manufacturing Production

Ethan RuleWichita High School Southeast

Ethan plans on attending Wichita Area Technical College where he will study Welding and Repair. He is an active member of his school’s SkillsUSA chapter, where he cur-rently serves as President. Ethan will be participating in the upcoming SkillsUSA regional competition.

Programming & Software Development

Elizabeth StatzerWichita High School Heights

Restaurant & Event Management

Jaleel PatilloWichita High School Heights

Elizabeth plans on attending either Butler Community Col-lege for Computer Information Services or Kansas State University to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Game Design. She is an avid lover of video games, and recently competed in an Arts Partners event to design a game showing the cause/effect relationship to younger students. “My CTE classes have helped me gain a better understanding of what I need to study in col-lege in order to make a living doing what I love.”

Jaleel plans to continue his education in the culinary arts by attending either Butler Community College, or The Art Institute in Kansas City. He enjoys cooking both Italian and French cuisine, and is currently em-ployed at Newport Grill – a job he landed with help from connections his teacher made during a summer externship. Jaleel is an active member of ProStart, and will participate in their upcoming regional competition where he and his team will be mentored by profession-als from Newport Grill. “My CTE classes have made me really excited about the culinary field; I look forward to continuing my education both in the classroom and the kitchen.”

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Visual Arts - Graphic Design

Emma AviksWichita High School East

Emma plans on continuing her education with postsec-ondary studies in Graphic Design. She is active in the art community, and has submitted work for Friends University Art Challenges and the Scholastic Arts Competition. ”These [CTE] classes have given me a time of day to relax and do what I love in the midst of my hectic school day.”

Transportation

Bret DoyonWichita High School Southeast

Brent plans to attend Wichita Area Technical College, where he will study aviation and aerospace. He is currently attending classes in WATC’s Aviation Core program thanks to a partner-ship between the college and Wichita CTE that was funded by the recent Senate Bill 155. He is an active member of both Skill-sUSA and the international student marketing association DECA. “My CTE classes give me the opportunity to work with my hands, which is something that I really enjoy.”

Teaching/Training

Sarah WilliamsWichita High School East

Sarah plans to attend Kansas State University where she will major in Special Education. She is active in her school and community, and participates in both FCCLA and FEA. “I love working with kids,” she says. “It is very fulfilling to have kids ask for my help when I run into them in the community and at the Wichita Swim Club.”

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Visual Arts - Interior & Textile Design

Mitchell WarrenWichita High School Heights

Mitchell is currently trying to decide what he wants to do after high school; he is torn between becoming a FACS teacher or going into fashion and design. So far, he has taken nearly every class in the Interior & Textile Design and Family & Consumer Services pathways that is offered at Heights. “My CTE classes make learning fun, and have really helped me to enjoy school.”

• Kerri Arbaugh, West High, A/V Communications, A/V Strand

• Madison Bays, Northeast Magnet, Engineering & Applied Mathematics

• Cecil Blue, North High, Transportation• Hannah Bond, Northwest High, Early

Childhood Development & Services• Priscilla Brockhoft, Northwest High,

Restaurant & Event Management• Amy Brown, Southeast High, Visual

Arts, Interior & Textile Design Strand• Malachia Carter, Northwest High,

Early Childhood Development & Services

• Evelyn Ceja, Southeast High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Evandra Coleman, South High, Early Childhood Development & Services

• Aurturo Delgado, Heigh High, Manufacturing Production

• Nathan Dieatrick, Southeast High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Allison Dimit, North High, Early Child-hood Develompent & Services

• Ana Escamilla, North High, Visual Arts, Interior & Textile Design Strand

Congratulations to nominees for the CTE Pathway Awards!

• Jesse Glaze, North High, Manufactur-ing Production

• Nikiya Green, Southeast High, Early Childhood Development & Services

• Madison Grimes, Northwest High, Early Childhood Development & Services

• Zach Hammond, West High, Market-ing

• Nicholas Hunt, East High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Israel Luna, Southeast High, Manu-facturing Production

• Edelmira Marquez, West High, Visual Arts, Interior & Textile Design Strand

• Jaci Mosby, South High, Emergency & Fire Management

• Nathaniel Nevins, Northwest High, A/V Communications, A/V Strand

• Leslie Nightingale, Northwest High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Heather Nutt, North High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Sunny Olson, Metro-Meridian, A/V Communications, A/V Strand

• Vy Pham, East High, Visual Arts, Inte-rior & Textile Design Strand

• Shanleigh Richardson, South High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Josue Rios, West High, Engineering & Applied Mathematics

• Kimberly Salazar-Fierro, West High, Restaurant & Event Management

• Amanda Taylor, Heights High, Pro-gramming & Software Development

• Jacob Veach, North High, Marketing• Daniel Winblad, West High, Manufac-

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CTEStaffwouldliketothanktheJournalismstudentsatEastandSouthfortheirassistanceininterviewingthePathwayAwardsWinners.

Students compete in Business Professionals of America Regionals

Wichita Business Professionals of America (BPA) students competed in a recent Regional Competition. The following students placed in their events, many qualified to go to State Competition.Fundamental Accounting• 1st – Jacqueline Chan, South• 3rd – Zhengwei Ma, East• 4th – Ashlee Nester, East• 5th – Rachel Loux, West

Advanced Accounting• 1st – Tori Rose, South• 2nd – Toby VanCleave, South• 3rd – Katarina Littlejohn, South• 5th – Dalton Nichols, South

Payroll Accounting• 1st – Ashlee Kester, East• 2nd – Jacqueline Chan, South• 3rd – Toby VanCleave, South• 4th – Katarina Littlejohn, South• 5th – Haley Wagner, East

Banking & Finance• 5th – Bob Alldritt, East

Financial Analyst Team• 1st – John Castellaw, Dalton Nichols, Tori Rose, Cipriana Sapien, South

Keyboarding• 3rd – Ivan Garcia-Mijares, Southeast• 5th – Zandra Floyd, West

Fundamental Word Processing• 2nd Briana Resley, West

Legal Office• 5th – Makenzie Tanquary, Southeast

Computer Technology• 2nd – Connor Ganoung, Northwest• 3rd – Paul Ngo, Heights

Network Administration - Microsoft• 1st – Aaron Coleman, South

Visual Basic• 1st – MJ Sabra, East• 2nd – David Sturm, South

Fundamental Web Design• 1st – Keenan Axe, South• 4th – Sandy Le, South

PC Servicing & Troubleshooting• 2nd – Aaron Coleman, South• 4th – Paul Ngo, Heights• 5th – Travis McGee, West

Computer Security• 1st – Paul Ngo, Heights

Video Production Team• 2nd – Jamal Brown, Chris Evers, Isral Fralin, East

North High CTE Teacher Wins KAKE Golden Apple Award

North’s Aileen Delforge was recently awarded KAKE’s Golden Apple Award. KAKEland’s Golden Apple Award recognizes Wichita-area teachers who have gone beyond the call of duty for our children. Weekly winners are featured on KAKE News every Saturday night at 6:00pm, and receive a Papa John’s Pizza party for their classroom and $250 cash from Papa Johns, $250 cash from Haddock Computer Cen-ter is awarded to the principal of the school to use as they see fit, winning teachers are featured in the Davis Moore ad in the Wichita Eagle, and of course they receive the prestigious Golden Apple award.

East DECA students Thrive

The international student marketing organization DECA announced the winners of the DECA Month cam-paigns on January 14. Wichita East High School successfully completed two campaigns, placing them in the Thrive category. As a result, East will be eligible to send students to the all-new Thrive Academy at this year’s DECA International Career Devel-opment Conference in Anaheim, California.East was the only school in Kansas to receive recognition for any of the campaigns. They have posted some of the campaign materials on a blog at: http://wedeca.blogspot.com/

Entrepreneurship• 2nd Courtney Carlton, South

Graphic Design• 3rd Briana Resley, WestOPEN EVENTS (Top Ten Placement)

Financial Math & Analysis• Ashlee Kester, East• Malik Reed, Heights• Jacqueline Chan, South

Administrative Support Concepts• Sergio Ziad, North

Information Technology Concepts• Connor Ganoung, Northwest• Travis McGee, West

Computer Programming Concepts• MJ Sabra, East• Shannon Scott, Northwest• Josue Quintana, Northwest• Taryn Powers, Northwest• Connor Ganoung, Northwest• Jeremiah Johnson, West

Management/Marketing/Human Resources• Chris Evers, East

Parlimentary Procedures Concepts• Malik Reed, Heights

Business Meeting Management• Jeremiah Johnson, West

East student wins annual Kansas Art Contest

“Skylines” by East High Photo Imag-ing student Rain Jeffery was named winner in the Freedom category of the Kansas Art Contest on January 1, 2013. Her work was chosen from among hundreds of entrants, and was featured in the state capital dur-ing the month of January. All winners were honored during the Native Sons and Daughters Kansas Day Banquet on January 25, 2013. Winning artwork will also be consid-ered for next year’s Kansas poster/calendar.

Heights student Laura Brockmeyer was recently awarded the Klose Scholarship, worth $25,000 at Wichita State University. The Klose Schol-arship is awarded to high school students who wish to teach math or science. Laura is currently following the Teaching/Training pathway at Heights.

Heights student wins scholar-ship for future teachers

East student wins WSU’s Jabara Scholarship

Katie Deutsch, senior at East High, was named one of two recipients of the 2013-2014 Fran Jabara Scholar-ship in Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University. To compete for the scholarship, students must have a minimum ACT score of 24, a GPA of 3.5 or better and be a declared entrepreneurship major. The scholar-ship awards each recipient $20,000 over four years. In addition to the financial benefits, the recipients are also mentored by Jabara. “I’m looking forward to next year at Wichita State and am very grateful for this scholarship,” said Deutsch. Deutsch has been on the honor roll all four years of high school and received second at the DECA Central Regional last year. She is also a member of National Honor Soci-ety, Spanish Honor Society, and the Mayor’s Youth Council. She plans to study business administration with a major in entrepreneurship and mar-keting with a minor in Spanish. (WPSExpress,February12,2013)

Students named Wichita State University Dean’s Scholars

Several high school seniors have been named Dean’s Scholars from Wichita State University. Each year, three high schools in the Wichita area are chosen to be Dean’s Schol-ars Schools and West High School was one of the schools. Students who receive scholarships have a high GPA, ACT score, are leaders in their school and volunteer in the community. The Dean’s Scholars from West are Caitlin Hazen, Patience Ivy, Jordan Kelly, Destiny Simms and Odalis Vicencio. There are also at-large scholarships for students who don’t attend a Scholar school but have high aca-demic achievement. The students who received at-large scholarships are Kiah Duggins, Rachael Manske, Sachin Pendse and Michelle Rob-bins, East; Carley Larson, Jessica Rowe and Samuel Young, Heights; Andrew McCoskey, North; Kelsey Austin, Madison Bays and Cody O’Brien, Northeast Magnet; Abigail Kretzschmar and Alex Zoerlin, North-west; Courtney Allen and Tram Ngo, Southeast; and Kendall Winterhalter, South. The students selected will receive scholarships from $4,000 to full tuition, books, and room and board for the 2013-14 school year, with additional scholarship opportunities the fol-lowing years. As a Dean Scholar, students are involved in campus ac-tivities and community service. (WPSExpress,February13,2013)

Northwest student receives Gore Scholarship from WSU

Amanda Johnson, senior at North-west High School, is the recipient of the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship from Wichita State University. The scholarship is given to students who show outstanding potential for lead-ership and who have strong aca-demic skills. The $52,000 scholarship is one of the largest undergraduate scholarships in Kansas. Johnson is the vice president of Youth Entrepreneurship of DECA, in National Honor Society, is sports editor and reporter for NorthwestExplorer and has competed on Northwest’s track team. She plans to study finance at WSU. “I am very pleased to receive this scholarship,” Johnson said. “I intend-ed to take the investment given to me and give it back to Wichita State and the community.” Four other Wichita high school se-niors were finalists for the Gore Schol-arship. Sachin Pendse, East; Carley Larson, Heights; Courtney Allen, Southeast and Kendall Winterhalter, South, will also receive scholarships to WSU. (WPSExpress,January31,2013)

South CTE students collabo-rate on Fire Science exercise

Mr. Fontenot’s construction trades class built a fire breakthrough wall for Mr. Haught’s Fire Science class. The wall will be used by Fire Science classes to simulate a heavy smoke drill. (PhotobyJeffWelch)

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