Day 1 - SHS FFA members headed to National Convention! Career Expo and leadership sessions will be held. Over 60,000 FFA members are expected to attend!
Food & Nutrition I students at Starmount High School had fun practicing kitchen math, baking colorful sugar cookies, and of course eating too!
Students in Mr. Boles’ Carpentry I, II and III classes at Starmount High School assisted with building 30 custom lockers as well as custom benches for the Starmount girls’ athletics locker facility. Project includes framing walls, sheeting walls, framing locker bases, custom fabrication of lockers as well as painting the walls prior to locker installation and pre-finishing the lockers with boiled linseed oil.
Students involved are gaining real world, hands on
experience!
Health Science students are learning about different types of wounds and how to apply first aid.
Following are photos of our fake wounds and one arm bandaged.
The students pictured below are in Mr. Wagoner's Adobe Visual course at Starmount High School and recently earned certification in Photoshop.
Photoshop is the predominant photo editing and manipulation software on the market.
Congratulations to these students on their accomplishment!
Mr. Cody Allen teaches Animal Science, Agricultural Mechanics, and Agriscience Applications at Starmount High School. Below are several of his students getting some hands-on practice.
Students in Mr. Cockerham's Electrical Trades I class practice wiring receptacles and switches. Hands-on experience is an important part of many CTE courses.
Students in Ms. Ferrelli's Food and Nutrition I class practice measuring. They are learning equivalent measurements as well as the difference in "level" and "heaping". Stay tuned...baking lab is coming up Friday!
As we celebrate Careers in Construction month, take a few minutes to read the article at the link below published by NCCER and Build Your Future on why schools should prioritize Career and Technical Education.
https://byf.org/4-reasons-schools-should-prioritize-career-technical-education/?utm_source=BYF&utm_medium=eblast&utm_campaign=blog
Students in Ms. Vestal’s Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers classes at Starmount Middle School are creating career projects to share with the 6th graders.
Students in Foundations of Health Science are learning about the importance of communication in health care. Students are placed back to back and asked to provide their partner with instructions to replicate the image provided.
Instructors from PIT U and PIT Weld U spoke to Mr. Senter’s automotive students at Forbush High School about their various programs and career opportunities. They also had an interactive welding lab so the students could get some hands on practice.
The school offers AWS certifications and is located in
Mooresville, NC.
Students in Mrs. Saddler’s Child Development class wrapped up their objective on Prenatal Development, Healthy Pregnancy and Delivery by having a baby shower, complete with decorations, games and finger foods. Child Development students planned games and activities for the shower while Food and Nutrition II students helped prepare food. “Mommies-to-be” were selected by random drawing and they participated by wearing the pregnancy simulator bellies. Some of the games created by the various groups were “The Price is Right”, “Don’t Say Baby”, “Guess the Baby Food” and “What Am I”. Students and adults alike seemed to enjoy the shower.
Students in Ms. Ferrelli's Food & Nutrition I students participated in a "Load the fridge" activity. This endeavor reviews proper placement of foods in the refrigerator based on their "cook-to" temperatures.
Mr. Traver, from the University of Northern Ohio, spoke to Automotive students at Forbush High School about career opportunities for their future. UNOH is one of few schools where students can earn a 4 year degree in Automotive, Diesel and other select technical fields. UNOH also offers numerous certifications, diplomas and Associate Degree programs in many technical areas.
Several of the SHS FFA members joined with Tractor Supply of Yadkinville to celebrate their Grand Opening on Saturday September 14th. They p...
