Students in Mrs. Matthews’ Exploring Business and Marketing classes completed personal flyers for the teachers and other staff members at Starmount Middle School.
Flyers are being displayed outside the teachers’ classrooms
and staff’s office doors.
Great job, students!
Roger Cook and Kelly Hicks from the Yadkinville branch of the State Employee's Credit Union presented "The Reality of Money" to Mrs. Nicole Pardue's Business Essentials and Career Management students on Wednesday, March 22nd and Ms. Ferrelli’s Career Management students on March 23rd.
Each student was assigned a job, salary, family status and a credit score and had to make real-life decisions about housing, transportation, groceries, childcare, etc. with the realities they were assigned.
This was real-world learning at it's best!
Students in Ms. Ferrelli’s Food and Nutrition I students practice knife skills in class.
They practiced peeling, grating, mincing, slicing, and
dicing.
Great hands-on life skills training!
Congratulations to Ms. Olivia Ferrelli, this year’s CTE Teacher of the Year for Yadkin County Schools. Ms. Ferrelli teaches the Food and Nutrition I and II as well as Career Management courses at Starmount High School.
Ms. Ferrelli brings years of experience from the private
sector into the classroom. She holds
very high expectations for her students, and is excited to see them try new
things as part of the Foods curriculum and also to see them succeed. Ms. Ferrelli is also involved with the National
Technical Honor Society that recognizes high achieving CTE students.
The other finalists for CTE Teacher of the Year were Mrs.
Angie Funk from Forbush High School, Mrs. Melanie Matthews from Starmount
Middle School, Mrs. Michelle Saddler from Forbush High School and Mr. Steven
Calloway from Forbush High School.
Congratulations to all the nominees and again to our winner,
Ms. Ferrelli.
Amber Ardner
from WCC visited SHS and spoke with students in Mr. Tutterow’s Digital Design and
Animation and Game Art Design classes and Mr. Wagoner’s Adobe classes on March
22, 2023.
Mrs. Ardner presented information on the programs offered at Wilkes and also talked about the specifics of what Graphic Design is and the vast variety of careers in the field. She shared projects that her students had completed as well. She kept the students involved, offering prizes for their participation.
To end the session students participated in a PhotoShop Pictionary game.
Thanks to Mrs. Ardner and Wilkes Community for sharing with our students!
Sean Gregory, a student in Mr. Allen's Animal Science I class at Starmount High School, created a presentation about animal by-products used in food dyes.
You may be surprised at what is actually in some of the foods you eat!
Please join me in congratulating the following FCCLA members for representing Forbush High School at this year's Family, Careers, and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference.
Kendelle Chadwick & Alexandria "Dixie" Crews
-Silver Medalists & 1st in the State
Gabriela Rodriguez-Pena
-Bronze Medalist & 3rd in the State
Saylor Pruitt & Autumn Hughes
-Bronze Medalist
Dixie Crews & Kendelle Chadwick will be representing Forbush High School at FCCLA Nationals this summer in Denver, Colorado!!!
Students in Mrs. Lawanda Brown’s Principles of Family and Human Services class at Forbush High School work on effective communication skills.
Communication is an extremely valuable soft skill.
Health Science II students from Forbush High School visited Northern Hospital in Mount Airy on March 15th. Northern has over 1000 employees. They serve approximately 100 daily in their Emergency Department.
Our students had the opportunity to use some of their state-of-the-art
equipment, like the Anatomage table, a vein finder and an ultrasound machine.
Thank you to Northern Hospital for hosting our students!
Please congratulate the following
students for their accomplishments at Regional Competition for SkillsUSA:
For participating as Regional Officers in one of the best opening/closing ceremonies I have ever witnessed. They were rock stars!!! These kids were voted in by their peers at State Leadership Camp in September. - Mr. Senter
Reese Phillips - Regional President
John Buelin - Regional Parliamentarian
Emmaleigh Dobbins - Regional Secretary
The following students placed in their respective events:
1st place - Job Interview Reese Phillips
1st place - Motorcycle Technology John Buelin
2nd place - Motorcycle Technology Jaxon Phillips
4th place - Diesel Technology Avery Buelin
Congratulations to all on their accomplishments!
