Environmental Days

The Yadkin County Cooperative Extension office hosted Environmental Field Days for 6th grade students from Forbush and Starmount Middle Schools on September 23 and 24. Due to rainy conditions, the event was held indoors at the Agricultural Education Building and the Yadkin YMCA Gymnasium. Students had a great time learning about a wide variety of topics, including taxidermy, farming, horticulture, honeybees, recycling, and soil composition.

Special thanks to Madaline Jones and her team for organizing this awesome event for our students!

SHS Carpentry Students Assist Habitat for Humanity

Carpentry 1 students assembled cabinets for Habitat for Humanity.  This exercise helped them follow technical directions, use hand and power tools, and problem-solving skills.

Kudos to Mr. Tutterow for exposing his students to real-world hands-on learning!

Starmount Carpentry Students Hard at Work

Students in Mr. Tutterow’s Carpentry class are cutting out stair stringers to repair the steps at the school’s press box.

Kudos to these students and Mr. Tutterow.  They are practicing hands on skills and helping their school!

Forbush Agriculture Students Are Staying Busy!

Ag students teaching their peers about FFA contests during lunch.

Students in the pictures below are doing some transplanting to earn SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) hours.

The following Horticulture students are doing some campus clean up and learning about pruning.

More horticulture students working and learning.

FFA students get official FFA jackets.

FFA students promoting their FFA Chapter at Tractor Supply.

Excellent examples of real-world hands-on learning in CTE!

WyoTech Representative Visits Starmount High

Matt Eller from WyoTech visited with students in Sandy Martin’s Automotive classes on August 26.  He advised students of the many programs offered at WyoTech that include:

Applied Welding Technology
Automotive Technology
Collision/Refinishing Technology
Diesel Technology
Advanced Diesel
Applied Service Management
Motorsports Chassis Fabrication
High-Performance Powertrains
Street Rod & Custom Fabrication
Trim & Upholstery

Thank you to WyoTech for visiting with our students and sharing the opportunities available.

Lincoln Tech Visits Forbush High

Kevin from Lincoln Tech presented to students in Mr. Senter’s Automotive classes on Tuesday, September 1^st. 

Lincoln Tech offers opportunities in Welding, Diesel, Collision, Nursing, HVAC, Electrical and more.

Thanks to Lincoln Tech for sending your representative to share with our students!

SHS Health Science Students Utilize Hands-on Learning

Students in Mrs. Matthews' Health Science classes are refreshing their memory on how to use an EpiPen and learning how to relieve choking in an infant and adult.

Practicing real world skills in CTE!