No More Secrets….

CTE Opportunities in Wasatch School District

One of the best kept secrets is the variety and caliber of Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportu-nities for students in Wasatch School District. Teachers continue to attend training and professional development to keep up to date with the latest technology and curriculum. Recently, the state CTE Directors toured the new Wasatch High School. They were amazed at the

course offerings and facilities. Some of the districts have scheduled return trips for their administrators and CTE instructors.

To help share our message, Wasatch CTE has developed a Twitter account where short messages are shared with followers. If you are interested in following Wasatch CTE, create an account at Twitter.com. To follow Wasatch District CTE, select WCSD_CTE.

CTE programs also share information on the new Wasatch School District APP.

The APP, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms, allows news updates from Wasatch County School Dis-trict to be delivered to parents and students on a daily, rather than a weekly, basis. The APP allows photos to be attached to each article, providing a wonderful method of showing off CTE classes and the work that is done there.

Join us and discover Wasatch CTE on Twit-ter and on the Wasatch APP.

“No more secrets.”

Blendtec Blenders Donated to Wasatch Blendtec donated 14 blenders to Wasatch High School and Rocky Mountain Mid-dle School . The Blendtec blender, which includes a base and 2– and 3– quart jars is valued at more than $500 each.

―We are so appreciative to Blendtec for these donations,‖ said Mrs. Shelton, in-structor at Wasatch High School. ―They are very professional blenders and will be useful in all the food classes throughout the district. These blenders give our stu-dents more industry-based experiences.‖ The blenders are set up and are now be-ing used in the food classes.

A special thanks to Blendtec for this generous donation.

FBLA 2

FCCLA 2

FFA 2

Skills USA 3

New Faces in CTE 4

Recognitions 6

Inside this issue:

Wasatch School District Career and Technical Education Fal l 2011

ProStart Students Demonstrate the

New Blendtec Blenders

Cheryl Hardy, CTE Director

We are on the web at

www.wasatch.edu/

departments/cte

One of the major events to start off this year was The Fall Leadership Confer-ence. The Fall Leadership Conference provided an opportunity for all of the FBLA chapters in Utah to meet and learn different elements of business. Eighteen members of Wasatch FBLA participated in the fall leadership con-ference.

FBLA The 2011-2012 FBLA Officers are working hard towards having another outstanding year; Margo Vacheva, FBLA President, says, ―We are really looking forward to a great year. We are also striving towards making ourselves and our organization known better throughout Wasatch High and the community.‖ Other officers this year are: Beau Bown, McKenna King, Tay-lor Smedley, Sierra Hardcastle, Zeke Thurman, Luke Searle, Madison Kief-fer, Nate Clegg, Daniel Clegg, and Sara Matthews.

FCCLA Officers 2011-12 Diana Smith, President

Megan Cornell, VP of Activities

Mary Hutchinson, VP of Star Events

Ashlee Witt, Secretary

Annie Huntsman, VP of Service

Hannah Schramm, Historian

FCCLA EVENTS Fall Leadership Conference, October 5-6

Fall Folic, School Fundraiser and Membership Drive, October 31

Soles for Shoes, Shoe Drive Service Project, December

Area Competition at BYU, Feb. 15

State FCCLA Convention at Davis Convention Center, March 23-24

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CTE Student Organizations

FCCLA

FBLA Fall Leadership Conference

Upcoming FBLA activities include the following:

Reality Town at WHS on Nov 30 Sub-4-Santa Community Service Project in December Central Region FBLA Competi-tion at UVU on January 20 Utah State FBLA Competition at Davis Conference Center on March 28-30

2011-12 FBLA Officers

Wasatch FCCLA President, Diane Smith’s, motto for this year is ―FCCLA More Visible.‖ Hosting the Fall Folic to make the organization more visible, Wasatch’s FCCLA doubled their membership.

FCCLA Fall Festival

FBLA Advisors are Marge Carlile and Susan Edwards

FCCLA Advisors are Phyllis Shelton and Leslie Huntsman

Skills USA

FFA

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The Wasatch FFA Chapter attended the 83rd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 19-22. Seven-teen students attended the convention where they learned how to improve their leadership skills and develop skills to use in their future careers. Five students competed in the Career De-velopment Events. Madee Walker, Linsee Park, Chris Hortin and Ryan Park competed in the Meats Evaluation and Technol-ogy CDE where they were ranked "bronze" in the contest. Ian Lowel competed in the Agri-Science CDE. Ian placed fourth in his division. Congratulations to all who competed at the national level. Wasatch’s FFA also competed in the Young Farmers and Ranchers’ Discussion held in Nephi, Utah. Joe Harward was the winner of that contest . He was awarded $50 and his expenses covered for the state convention in January. Ashley Smith was also the recipient of a $1000 scholarship for her great record- keeping skills at the Utah State Turkey Show on No-vember 13. At the Utah State Turkey Show, Wasatch County had 10 turkeys in the contest and all 10 placed in the top 30. Fall FFA activities include the following: Wasatch Junior Turkey Sale - November 22 Utah Leadership Conference - December 9-10 Sub-for-Santa - December 1-14 Greenhand and Chapter Degree Ceremony - November 29

Skills USA students had the opportunity this fall to participate in the Skills USA Leadership Training Conference held at the Davis Conference Center. Wasatch’s 9 students joined over 300 students from around the state in training that covered topics about recruitment of new members, activity planning, community service projects, fund raising, and the basics of parliamentary procedures.

Every student had the opportunity to earn the Skills USA Statesman award. The award is earned by participating in the confer-ence as well as memorizing the Skills USA theme, motto, and pledge. All of our school participants earned their awards. The participants where Jacob Crane, Kevin Nye, Matt Ryan, Will Edler, Ryan Richey, Mitch Nielson, Fautin Leighton, Jacob Witt and Dakota Houghton.

These students, as well as other Wasatch High students, are looking forward to the State Skills USA Championships this March at Salt Lake Community College.

FFA Advisors are Kody Clyde and

Malcolm Rose

Skills USA Advisor is Robert Fredericks

FFA Officers: (left to right) Parker Hortin, Linsee Park,

DJ Espinoza, Tayler Huggard, Adaire Provost, Ashley

Smith, Madee Walker, Jordan Knight, Kristen Ingram,

Bailee Knight, Caleb Probst, and Tom Horner

Annual Farm Field Day Activity

Dennis VanAusdal (Mr. V) is the new Physics with Technology

teacher at Wasatch High School. He grew up in Goshen Utah and graduated from Payson High School. He went to BYU and obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering but decided to go back to school to get his teaching certificate. He lived in Alaska for seven years, and while there, completed his Master’s Degree in Education through a California University. Mr. V taught four years in Alaska then moved back to Utah and taught at Payson High School for three years.

Mr. V is excited about teaching at WHS and has been impressed with the students that are in his classes. Mr. V’s teaching philosophy is that every student can learn and succeed in his class if given the opportunity. Mr. V’s commitment is to give every student every opportunity to learn and succeed that he can. ―My door is always open to students and parents.‖

Lynette Schiess was born and raised in Heber City, Utah, where she graduated from Wasatch High

School. After high school, she went on to earn her Associate’s Degree from UVU. She then married Tracy Schiess from Lehi and started a family. They are currently in the process of raising three wonderful boys, Dagen, age 17; Jaxon, age 13; and Gage age 6.

As their boys became more independent, Lynette decided it was time to go back to school to pursue her lifelong goal of being a school counselor. Lynette graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Utah Valley Univer-sity after which she became employed at Heber Valley Counseling as a Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist. She went on to earn a Master’s Degree from Utah State University in Psychology/School Counseling. She was fortunate enough to be offered a job at J.R. Smith Elementary School. The payoff of reaching her goal is more rewarding than she ever imagined it would be. She absolutely loves working with the students and the staff at J. R. Smith.

In her spare time, Lynette loves to be anywhere the sun is shining and the tem-perature is warm. She enjoys camping and riding four-wheelers with her family and friends. She is also an avid sports fan. If there is any Wasatch game in town, there’s a good chance Lynette will be there cheering the team on.

Lynette is excited to be a part of the great team in the Wasatch County School District and looks forward to helping students set and achieve goals to become whatever each individual student desires to be.

CTE Welcomes New Faces to Wasatch School District

“We are excited to have each of these outstanding professionals in our CTE

program. Please join us in welcoming them to Wasatch School District .”

Cheryl Hardy

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Jared Jones grew up in Heber City and attended Wasatch High School. As a senior at Wasatch High School, Jared was

enrolled in the same class that he has now returned to teach. After high school, Jared attended Southern Utah University . Imme-diately after graduation, he took a teaching job at a Southern Utah private school where he was the PE teacher, Cross Country, Basketball, and Track Coach. After two years, he and his family moved to Las Vegas to teach and coach in the public education sector. After a year and a half in Clark County School District, Jared’s job was ―surplused‖ as the district looked to cut costs by eliminating PE at many schools.

Instead of moving and seeking new teaching jobs, Jared stayed in Las Vegas and entered the corporate wellness and fitness field designing wellness programs for small companies and large corporations. At the same time, Jared was completing his Masters Degree in Human Movement Biomechanics, and teaching as an adjunct professor at UNLV for their educational outreach program, teaching the Personal Training certification course. He continued working in corporate wellness and fit-ness until 2009 when he was hired as the Fitness Professional for Wynn Resorts. Jared was the head of training and also taught indoor cycling. Working at the Wynn allowed Jared to meet and train a number of professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Although it was an exciting job, his real passion is teaching and training people and seeing individual transformations take place.

Jared jumped at the opportunity to return to Heber City as the Training Director at the Fit Stop, as well as the Exercise Science CTE teacher. His current position is his dream job, teaching students, and helping individuals reach their health and fitness goals.

Cory Lange is the new Information Technology and Business teacher at Wasatch

High School. He is currently teaching the digital media and computer technology classes. Cory grew up in northern Wyoming and after meeting his wife in Georgia, the two moved to Florida for several years. While in Florida Cory obtained a degree in computer animation and studied graphic design. Shortly after graduating, Cory and his wife moved to Salt Lake where he worked as a graphic designer. During that time he went back to school and received his teaching certificate.

Cory and his wife, Liz, have three adorable children. Their oldest is a son named C.C., age 7; followed by Kayli, age 4; and the youngest is Alyson, age 2. They recently purchased a home in the Valley Hills area in Heber City.

In addition to teaching, Cory loves all sports. He was the assistant boys’ basketball coach at East High School for ten years. He is currently the assistant girls’ basketball coach at Wasatch High. Cory could not be more excited about teaching at Wasatch High School and being a part of this great community.

Stephanie Clark is the new Guidance Counselor at Timpanogos Inter-

mediate School. Stephanie is excited to be back counseling students! She has been a fifth-grade teacher for the past three years at Timpanogos Intermediate School and was previously a counselor at Wasatch High School. Stephanie has a Bachelor's de-gree from San Jose State University in clinical psychology and exercise physiology. She also has a Master's Degree in school counseling from Utah State University—-go Aggies! Stephanie is from the California Bay Area and has enjoyed the quiet living here in Heber. Stephanie has a wonderful husband who builds custom homes in this area. They have two beautiful children attending Old Mill Elementary. Stephanie says, ―I love this district and can't imagine a better place to be!‖

CTE Recognitions

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Kody Clyde is currently serving as President of the UAAE (Utah Association of Agricultural Educators). He will be attending the NAAE (National Association of Agriculture Educators) conven-tion in St. Louis. Kody will serve a one year term as president and one year as past president. His responsibilities include planning conferences, serving on several boards, representing the agricul-ture teachers in the state, and publishing articles for the news-letter.

Kody Clyde is currently serving

as UAAE President

Wasatch’s Malcolm Rose Receives Rookie of the Year Award

Each year at the summer agricultural conference, the Utah Association of Agricultural Educators pre-sents the Rookie-of-the-Year-Award to a first year teacher who has shown outstanding leadership in the classroom, within their FFA chapter and as a UAAE member. The 2010-2011 Rookie-of-the Year-Award was pre-sented to Malcolm Rose. Malcolm is in his second year of teaching at Wa-satch High School. Con-gratulations, Malcolm!!!

Crime Scene Investigation Team Competes at Nationals Wasatch’s Crime Scene Investigation Team competed at Skills USA national competition in Kansas City this past summer. The team included Rebecca Christian, Katie Poloncic, and Alexandra Cone. They placed 10th in the nation, which is an outstanding accomplishment to place on a national level.

A special thanks to Klint Epperson, a former Wasatch High School student, and Lance Gritton, Biotech teacher, for their assistance in training the CSI teams in preparation for the competition. Congratulations to Wasatch’s CSI team and their advisors, Robert Fredericks and Bruce Welch.

Crime Scene Investigation

Team

Rebecca Christian, Katie

Poloncic, and Alexandra Cone

Spotlights of Former Wasatch CTE Students “No More Secrets”

Liesl Probst, former WHS stu-dent, is working at an up-scale florist shop in Hollywood Califor-nia. She is in school to further her education in floral design and is loving it! According to Liesl, this is all because of her greenhouse and floriculture classes at Wastach High School.

Lauren Crump Oldham, graduated from Wastach High School in 2006. While at Wasatch she was enrolled in the Dental Assistant Program. She has been employed in Park City as a dental assistant and was recently hired as the new Dental Assistant course instructor for MATC Wasatch campus.

She is married to Austin Oldham, and they are expecting a baby boy in Febru-ary.

Whitnee Whiting North, former business student, at Wastach High, is now the 5th and 6th grade keyboard-ing teacher at TIS. Whitnee graduated from WHS as one of the top business students.

She received the CTE scholarship in Business Education. Whitnee gradu-ated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Marketing Education from UVU and is currently working on her Master’s Degree in Education at UVU.