CTE Happenings in Yadkin County Schools
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Forbush HOSA Competes at Regionals
Forbush HOSA competed at the HOSA Regional Conference this past Saturday at West Wilkes High School. Most of these events require preparation ahead of time and some include written information and speeches. Special thanks to Abby for helping with speeches and the writing components!
If you see
any of these students, please congratulate them. Several of them have qualified
to compete at HOSA SLC in March.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
SHS Health Science II Students Learn Job Seeking Skills
Guest speakers from Goodwill Industries visited Natalie Matthews’ Health Science II class to teach about cover letters and resumés. They will return in December to help with mock interviews.
Thank you to these representatives for sharing their
expertise with our students!
SHS HOSA Students Compete at Regionals
SHS HOSA students competed at regionals Saturday, November 16th at West Wilkes High School. Three students finished in the top 5 competitors and two were top 10 finishers.
-Sydney Hicks 2nd place medical law & ethics
-Reid Frazier top 5
prepared speaking
-Gibson Vestal top 5
physical therapy
-Ciera Webb top 10
prepared speaking
-Yaret Fuentes top 10
behavioral health
Congratulations to all and thank you to Mrs. Matthews for her support of these students!
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
"Career Chats" at FHS
Students at Forbush High School had the opportunity to meet with Guest Speakers in the fields of Veterinary Science, Fire Fighting, and Cosmetology. They learned about a typical day on the job, the education and training required for various jobs within the career field, and what the general responsibilities might be.
Veterinarian: Dr. Jackie Martin
Cosmetologist: Tracy
Clevenger
Firefighters: Dalton
Scott, Caleb Boles, Eli Thomas
Thank you to our guests that took time to share with our students!
Stay tuned…more chats to come!
Monday, November 18, 2024
FHS Students Learn Fire Safety
Ricky Leonard, Yadkin County Fire Marshall, and his staff
spent the day at FHS with their Family and Consumer Sciences department.
Principles of Family and Human Services and Food and Nutrition I students
learned about fire safety in the home. All students in each class experienced hands-on
fire extinguisher training.
A special thank you to Mr. Leonard and staff for taking time to share his expertise with our students!
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Yadkin Success Academy facilitated a Career Fair for YSA and Yadkin Early College students earlier this month. Students had an opportunity t...
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Starmount Ag Mechanics students built new benches for the athletics field. These students are always willing to jump in and lend a hand! ...
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YCS is excited to announce that Jason Cockerham has been selected as the 2024 Yadkin County Schools CTE Teacher of the Year! Please join...