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UACTE Recognizes two Provo School District Teachers
DECA
Distributive Education
Clubs of America
FBLA
Future Business
Leaders of America
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
HOSA
Health Occupation
Students of America
FFA
Future Farmers of America
SkillsUSA
VICA
Vocational Industrial
Clubs of America
TSA
Technology Student Association
Diane Cluff
Utah CTE Teacher of the Year
Diane Cluff graduated from Brigham Young University in Home Economics Education and has taught in
the Family & Consumer Science field since 1980; 21
of those years at Provo High School. She is a passionate and dedicated educator. Her lights are always
the first on in the building and she’s the last to leave
the parking lot at night. She is an excellent FCCLA
Advisor and has had 5 National Officers and over 20
State Officers and dozens of STAR Event winners
and National Leadership Meeting attendees. She is a
ProStart advocate and has coached 6 Utah State first
place teams; of the 6 teams, 2 have gone on to place
in the top third at Nationals. She was also recognized
as the ProStart Teacher of the Year. As if teaching
isn’t enough she also runs a successful and highly
sought-after catering program to help her students
prepare for the rigors of the Food Service and Hospitality industry. Diane has been highly involved in
the UATFACS division serving as President and currently as the Membership Chair. Diane is an inspiring
teacher that can see the potential in a student and helps
them reach their full capacity for success. She is a
supporter of all CTE programs which help students
apply their academics with real-world skills and then
combine them for a productive future. Her motto in
life is: Passion… Find Yours.
Denise Abbott
Utah CTE Teacher in Community
Service of the Year
Denise Abbott uses her resources to help the people.
As a HOSA (Future Health Professions) advisor,
Health Science Science teacher, Registered Nurse,
and mom, she has applied her twenty plus years of
experience to improve her community. Denise instills
in all her students that “service to others is the best
work.” Denise’s students have participated in many
community service activities including the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation, numerous humanitarian and school projects, Autism Speaks, and a Runner
Identification Program. Denise also has assisted with
many PTA activities, helped to fundraise to improve
technology at a local elementary school, provide food
and clothing for the homeless and promote the arts
in her community. Denise has devoted her time to
CTE. She was on the National Awards Committee
for Health Science, serves on the National HOSA
Inc. Board of Directors and as the Utah HOSA advisor. Denise has made a long lasting impact on her
community. One colleague states: “In and out of the
classroom, Denise is a caring role model who is truly
making a difference in her students’ lives and in her
community.”
Provo School District CTE Team
Agriculture
Brian Frederickson
Business
Gary Ashton
Cynthia Carter
Chris Eady
Pat Erickson
Darren Hirshe
Jan Jardine
Debbie Lasson
Mike Rutter
Dave Starling
Jose Ventura
Mark Williams
Health Sciences
WBL
CTE/Concurrent
District Office
Denise Abbott
Ann Decker
Support Jared Ferguson
Don Bills
Randon Olsen Colette Davis
Kathy Firmage
Lorien Francis
Jane Parker
Jeri Marshall
Paul Gillespie
Helen Patterson
Michelle Landers
Lisa Pulver
Ryan Rasmussen
Ben Ross
NEW CTE Instructors to Provo School District
FACS
Diane Cluff
Holly Hutchings
Sheree Lewis
LaRae Mason
Genet Orme
Jill Stewart
Evyann Stinston
Camille Williams
Technology
John McIlmoil
Marc Mayntz
CTE Intro
Leslie August
Don Capps
Stacie Cragun
Mary James
Jared Merrill
Waru Ngatai
Lucy Ordaz
Melissa Tice
Charles Wardle
Trades and Industry
Scott Cherry
Katrina Cox
Sheldon Davis
Mark Edwards
Michael Halverson
Steve Hansen
Duane Hill
Jamie Hollingshead
Rich Lamb
Seth McVea
Jamie Rees
Kelly Shurtz
Bill Valora
Toni Wood
Brian Fredrickson,
Provo High School
Agriculture Teacher
Melissa Tice
Centennial Middle School
Business Teacher
Cody Harris
Provo High School
Law Enforcement
Enhancing Computer Science with Legos Mindstorms Robots
and other Drag & Drop Tools
By Gary Ashton, Timpview High School
The road to computer programming proficiency for beginning students is fraught with many challenges. Students get intimidated often by the black box nature of a computer. Understanding the cryptic nature of traditional programming languages has always been a barrier to acceptance and retained-interest by beginning
students. Finally, when a less capable student sees a more experienced student writing programs that make the
computer do amazing things, they get discouraged and often times quit before they have given Computer Science a fair chance.
Needless to say, the world needs as many trained and capable computer programmers as education can produce.
Computer Science having one of the highest starting salaries of any profession validates the point that skilled
computer programmers are seriously needed. So how do we avoid the initial stumbling block of learning the
basic programming concepts and constructs without losing the students’ interest or enthusiasm? One possibility is to give the students broad exposure to those critical concepts through a more entertaining, yet challenging
learning environment.
Legos Mindstorms Robots seem to be providing that entertainment and challenge to students across the nation.
The robots come in a kit with Legos pieces and motors that can easily be configured into almost any shape
and desired function. Mindstorms Education provides a drag and drop software programming environment
which allows the students to easily create programming modules that control the actions of the robot through
various devices like touch, sound, light and ultra-sonic sensors. The basic robot kits sell for around $300 and
provide the students with an almost endless-array of learning opportunities. The online-resources for training
and instructional projects are wide and varied. This enables teachers and instructors to offer very unique and
individualized forms of learning for the students.
Scratch is another excellent drag and drop programming language which complements Legos Mindstorms
Robots very well. With Scratch teachers can show students the basic programming concepts of sequencing,
iteration (looping), conditional statements, variables lists (arrays), event handling, threads (parallel execution),
coordination and synchronization, keyboard input, random numbers, Boolean logic, dynamic interaction and
user-interface design. Although there are many remaining Computer Science concepts not easily demonstrated
in Scratch like procedures, recursion, classes, objects and inheritance to name a few, it still offers a simple yet
powerful environment for students to learn and get excited about Computer Science.
When you couple in a semester-long course these two hands-on environments of Legos Mindstorms Robots and
Scratch with the drag and drop programming capabilities they both possess, more students will be motivated to
extend their Computer Science experience even further. Timpview demonstrated this change in curriculum to
incoming freshmen at the spring orientation last year and was able to triple their Computer Programming 1A
course enrollment ( 100 students) and triple their Computer Programming 1B enrollment (30 students). With
continued focus on the opportunities available to students in Computer Science, Timpview hopes to triple their
Computer Programming 2 course next year.
Skills USA
SkillsUSA-VICA prepares America’s high performance workers. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork,
citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total
quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride in the dignity of work.
Timpview High School
Scott Cherry, Katrina Cox, Rich Lamb, William Valora
and Toni Wood, Advisors
The Utah State SkillsUSA Contest held at SLCC is a nationally organized club for CTE students. The Timpview Chapter has approximately 200 members in CTE classes. The club has been active at THS
for 25 years. The instructors are Scott Cherry-Woodworking/Cabinet
Making, Toni Wood-Commercial Photo, Rich Lamb-Automotive/Auto
Body, Katrina Cox-Cad Mechanical/Cad Architecture and Bill ValoraWelding/Power Energy. The more important aspect is the students who
competed in their chosen fields. They all worked very hard through the
year to gain the opportunity to compete at State. The contest are extremely challenging and competitive. The gold metal winners traveled
to Kansas City, Missouri in June, 2011 to compete at Nationals. If you
get the chance, please congratulate them for their hard work.
Chandler Alger - Automotive Refinishing Technology
Tanner Christensen - Architectural Drafting
Gold Metal, First Place
Aaron Davis - Cabinetmaking
Austin Evenson - Welding
German Hortal - Automotive Service Technology
Erica Nelson - Technical Related Math, 4th Place
Tucker Sanders - Motorcycle Service Technology
Bronze Metal, Third Place
Christen Sorensen - Technical Related Math
Chase Voorhis - Power Equipment Technology
Bronze Metal, Third Place
Michael Witham - Prepared Speech
Tanner Christensen and Wai Him Wu won first place in State and
competing in the National Skills USA Competitions the week of
June 20-26, 2011.
Tanner Competed in Architectural Drafting and placed 4th out of
40+ national contestants and was awarded a 3D mouse. Wai Him
Wu placed 3rd and earned a Bronze medal in Technical Drafting
and was awarded two 3D mice, a $100 gift card to Amazon, a
technical manual, a 500 gig compact harddrive and much more.
We had a great time at the Kansas City Zoo where Wai got his first
camel ride and visited the WW I exhibit, and the boys got to eat at
at least two popular BBQ places (finger tip to elbow in sauce :). The
architecture was fabulous and the conference was great. Lots of good
times, but glad to be home. Congratulations again to Tanner and Wai- Great Job Guys!!!
Timpview seniors Matt Bills and Chase Voorhis and Provo High seniors Jacob Shelley and Bryson Conk who competed in a written test
competition against more than 500 senior automotive students from
50 high schools and applied technology centers in the intermountain
region and qualified for the final hands-on competition to be held February 17th 2011.
Matt Bills and Chase Voorhis, Timpview seniors who competed against
680 senior automotive students from four western states, ultimately
taking fourth place at the annual Weber State Autotech competition.
Matt and Chase each received tool prizes along with a $1000 scholarship.
Annual Robotics Challenge
Gary Ashton, Advisor
In Timpview's first attempt at the UVU statewide Annual Robotics
Challenge the following teams placed 2nd and 4th respectively:
Timpiview #1 team received the second place award and each student received a $35 Best Buy gift certificate:
Christopher Bunker
Aaron Pletsch
Michael Richards
Dimitri Selytin
Casey Wahl
Timpiview #2 team received a 4th place award:
Kade Hadley
Benjamin James
Bryan Orton
Katrina Cox, Tanner Christensen, Wai Him Wu, Chase Voorhis, Tucker
Sanders, German Hortal, Christen Sorenson, Changler Alger, Bill Valora,
Erica Nelson, Austin Evenson, Mike Withmas
These students were required to perform four robot challenges with
Lego Robots that they built and programmed to perform various
tasks like rough terrain, line follow, object collection and mother/
child mirroring events.
Congratulations to these teams and their accomplishments!
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Ghandi
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Maya Angelou
PHS Students Gain Real Life Experience
Through CTE Classes and CTSO Involvement
Camille Williams, Early Childhood Teacher
Debbie Lasson, FBLA Advisor
Provo High School's Early Childhood Education class thoroughly enjoyed planning some fun activities for the Special Needs students at Provo High. It was one
of the most effective teaching moments Camille Williams, instructor, had in many
years. Rather than just talking about special needs students and what it's like to
work with them, teachers collaborated during our PLC meetings and came up
with a great way to allow Early Childhood students to have a real life and handson learning experience.
Students did five or six activities with each class period, then enjoyed a treat at
the end giving the students from both classes some time to sit together, talk like
peers and bond. As students returned to class they immediately commented at
the fun time they had, how much they learned and questions of when they could
do that again!
Provo High's FBLA Chapter invited the 8th grade PUPS to attend the field trip to ARUP Laboratories in the Salt Lake City
Research Park and the State Capitol. The FBLA members
served as student chaperones to the PUPS during the field trip.
At ARUP Laboratories, the students were able to see robotics used in blood testing, sampling of gallstones and kidney
stones, and the different kinds of careers involved in medical
testing.
A really special opportunity for the Provo High FBLA Field Trip students happened when State Speaker of the House Rebecca Lockhart graciously welcomed
us into her office for a photo op. Speaker Lockhart (center of photo) has a special
distinction of being the first woman Speaker of the House in Utah’s legislative
history, as well as being from Provo! Other officials in the photo representing the
Utah County area: State Representative Dean Sanpei (back row, third from right),
State Representative Christopher Herrod (back row, second from left) and State
Representative Keith Grover (middle row second from left).
Ron Firmage, the UniServ Director, arranged for the group to
meet with State Representatives Grover, Sanpei, Herrod, and
State Senator Madsen. Mr. Firmage acted as our guide at the
Capitol and made arrangements with our State Representatives
to go on a behind the scenes tour of the Representatives’ Conference Room and Lounge. Mr. Firmage told the students his
main duties as the UniServ Director: advocating for teachers,
policy information, legal referrals, insurance, and work related
issues. He works as the Political Action Representative for
Bonneville UniServ and the Local Associations (Alpine, Nebo,
Provo, and Carbon). Mr. Firmage also helps with fundraising
efforts for “Kids Cause”, a nonprofit organization designed to
provide emergency needs funding and emergency services for
children at need in the Utah County Public Schools.
Health Sciences
The mission of Health Science and Technology Education in Utah is to provide all students a seamless education system, through competency-based instruction, culminating in essential life skills, certified occupational skills, prepared for continued education and/or meaningful employment. HOSA
provides students with opportunities to attain the knowledge, skills and leadership characteristics
necessary to succeed in a health care profession.
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STATE HOSA
Timpview Chapter
Denise Abbott, Advisor
Utah State HOSA Leadership Conference - Timpview HOSA Winners
National HOSA Recognition
Emma Smithi, Finalist
Kaiser National Health Issues
State HOSA Awards
Medical Spelling
Third Place - Alyssa Loosli
Medical Spelling
Seventh Place - Ikaika Danner
Human Growth and Development
First Place -- Emma Smith
Pathophysiology
Third Place - Thomas Caussat
Biotechnology
Eighth Place - Zach Brown
Sports Medicine
Fifth Place - Holli Palmer
CPR/First Aid
Eighth Place -- CJ Dever and Aurora
Freeman
Extemporaneous Speaking
Sixth Place - Parker Christensen
Extemporaneous Writing
First Place - Emma Smith
Prepared Speaking
Fourth Place - Brooke Mortensen
Prepared Speaking
Fifth Place - Tayla Salvesen
Researched Ethics/Persuasive Speaking
Eighth Place - Moe Christiansen
Creative Problem Solving
Second Place – CJ Dever, Aurora
Freeman, Ikaika Danner, and Kristen
Escobar
Fun Fact - Health Science
Former Students
Pathways of Success
Biomedical Debate
Second Place – Hannah Harper,
Tayla Salvesen, Ashley Freeman
Medical Reading
Tenth Place – Emma Smith, Sydney Lamb,
Zach Brown
Kaiser National Health Issues
Third Place - Emma Smith
Barbara James Service Award
Emma Smith
National Recognition Program
Zach Brown, Syd Lamb, Thomas Caussat
Crystal Apple Outstanding Member
Syd Lamb
Utah Hospital Association Scholarship $2,500
Zach Brown
ARMY ROTC Cash Award $1,000
Zach Brown
Hand of HOSA Service Award
Tayler Ashby
5K Run
2nd Place - Joseph Larson
7th Place - Zach Brown
8th Place - Zac Hayward
10th Place - Marshall Nelson
Denise Abbott, Mara Monsivais,
Ann Decker, Kevin Thorpe, Kirk Thorpe
Denise Abbott and Ann Decker pose with three
former physiology students and cardiology interns that are now employed at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in the Cardiology Unit.
Mara Monsivais graduated 2011; Kirk Thorpe
graduated 2008; and Kevin Thorpe graduated
2005. Kirk is currently attending BYU; Mara
is attending UVU and Kevin recently graduated
from BYU and is applying to medical schools
in Washinton State. He would like to become
a Cardiologist.
In the U.S., registered nurses held approximately 2.5 million jobs in 2006, making registered nursing the largest
health care occupation. About three out of five RN jobs are in hospitals, in inpatient and outpatient departments.
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FCCLA
Discover the Power Within
Family and Consumer Sciences Education empowers individuals and
families across their entire life span to manage the challenges of living
and working in a diverse, global society. Our unique focus is on families, work and their interrelationships.
Timpview Chapter
Advisors: LaRae Mason, Genet Orme
Fun Fact - Family & Consumer Sciences
60% of the 2,000 women in the world who buy
haute couture clothes are American. Haute couture
is the business of designing and selling custommade high-fashion clothing. Each article of clothing requires and average of three fittings and dress
prices can range from $26,000 to $100,000.
Make It With Wool
Provo High School
Six girls from Timpview attended the FCCLA State competition.
These girls made Timpview very proud.
Madison Allred & Linda Schaar -- Gold
1st Place Nationals (out of 400 entries)
1st place State
Chapter Service Project Display
Brooke Alius -- Gold
1st Place "Going to Nationals"
Interior Design
McKayla Morgan -- Gold
2nd Place
Fashion Design
Mikaela Wilcox -- Silver
Recycle/Redesign
Kelsey Badger -- Silver
Recycle/Redesign
Senior Division:
2nd Place - Rachel Farmer
Junior Division:
Judges Choice - Anna Evans
The following girls competed at the FCCLA Area competition and
won the following awards.
Recycle/Redesign:
Mikaela Wilcox - Gold
Eve Smith - Silver
Daniella Saavedra - Bronze
Amber Garvin - Silver
Rachel Nelson - Silver
Dixie Christensen - Bronze
Kelsey Badger - Gold
Jocelyn Murray - Silver
Anna Cherry - Silver
Chloe Tucker - Bronze
Clothing Construction:
Madeleine Pineager - Silver
Fashion Design:
McKayla Morgan - Gold
Hannah Harper - Silver
Interior Design:
Brooke Alius - Gold
Chapter Service Project:
Madison Allred - Gold
Linda Schaar - Gold
Junior Division:
4th Place - Natalie Larson
The photographs above are from the State Make It With Wool
Competition held on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Holly Wells is
the Clothing Instructor at Provo High.
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable
goals with inadequte tools. A miracle is that, at
times, they accomplish this impossible task.
Haim Ginott
DECA Career Development
Provo High School
Chris Eady, Advisor
Congratulations PHS DECA Students! On March 3-4, 2011, PHS
DECA competed at their State competition and here are the results:
Brandon Witte
1st Place, Internet Marketing Business Plan
Christian Jespersen
2nd Place, Financial Services Research Event
Brandon Witte & Scott Houghton
1st Place, Marketing Communications Team Event
Christian Jespersen & McKay Watson
2nd Place, Financial Services Team Event
Stewart Larsen & Jaxon Eady
3rd Place, International Business Plan
Sophia Schneider & Emily Champagne
4th Place, International Business Plan
Tyler Asay
5th Place, Internet Marketing Business Plan
Roger Reynolds & Jocille Leota
5th Place, International Business Plan
Jaxon Eady
Finalist, Automotive Services
FBLA -- Future Business
Leaders of America
Timpview High School
Jan Jardine and Cynthia Carter, Advisors
The following students placed at the FBLA State Leadership Conference last spring. The first place winners qualify to go to Nationals in
Orlando in the summer of 2011!
Megan Willard
1st place Accounting I
2nd Personal Finance
7th Client Services
Emma Smith
7th Electronic Portfolio
9th Health Care Admin
Daniel Thurston
1st place Computer Applications
4th Database Design & Applications
4th Spreadsheet Applications
6th Business Calculations
8th Business Procedures
Kerby Stoudt
10th Word Processing I
Michael Poret and
Quinn Johnson
1st Digital Video
Production
The following students placed at the Region FBLA competition in
February 2011 at UVU.
Daniel Thurston 1st Business Calculations
1st Spreadsheet Applications
3rd Business Law
Kerby Stoudt
3rd Spreadsheet Applications
5th Word Processing I
Megan Willard 1st Accounting I
1st Personal Finance
Steven Perry
5th Introduction to Business
Ana Guerrero 5th Accounting I 5th Public Speaking II
Eric Soto & Gretel Godinez
5th Management Decision Making Team
Provo High School
Debbie Lasson, Advisor
In January 2011, five Provo High FBLA members represented PHS at
the UVU FBLA Central Region Competition. They were: Lisa Lee,
Xavier Lopez, Whitney Butler, Keeley Fielding and Zach Heaton.
Zach Heaton
1st Impromptu Speaking
Keeley Fielding
2nd Job Interview
Chris Oh and Lacy Ballinger of Timpview High School react after winning a point in the Quiz Bowl section of the DECA competition at
Springville High School on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
Students from 17 Utah secondary schools arrived at Springville High School on Wednesday to participate in the annual DECA competition. The 380 teens
were there to hone their business skills for the state, regional and national competitions next semester. The Timpview DECA Chapter competed at the
Springville DECA Invitational yesterday. Please congratulate the following students on their success at the competition:
Lacy Bollinger & Chris Oh - 1st Hospitality Services Management
Daniel Thurston - 3rd Hotel and Lodging Management
Sam Raines - Finalist Hotel and Lodging Management
Mike Witham - Finalist Restaurant & Food Services Management
“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves
throughout their lives.”
Robert M. Hutchins
Biotech STEM Program at Provo High
Biological Science with a hands-on, lab-based approach
is the driving force in Provo High Schools “Biotech”
Concurrent Enrollment Course. This unique, collaborative venture was started in cooperation with UVU just
two years ago, thanks to a significant grant worth over
$50,000.00 to purchase the state of the art lab equipment
for this course. UVU was able to offer this opportunity
to 14 high schools throughout the region and the Biotech
Instructor, Ryan Rasmussen, has been trying to spread
the word about his exciting opportunity every since. This
Course allows students the opportunity to gain knowledge of how to use centrifuges, micropipettes, spectrophotometers and many other pieces of lab equipment
used in medical career areas ranging for pharmaceuticals to genetic engineering; this is also the same type of
equipment used in crime scene investigations and other
scientific research labs across the nation.
These pictures show the students taking digested (cut)
bacterial DNA from samples provided by UVU. The
samples underwent electrophoresis in and earlier lab
where fragments were separated by length of the DNA.
In the day shown, students were cutting fragments of a
specific length out of the electrophoresis gel agar and
separating the DNA in preparation for a follow-up lab
where DNA fragments will then be rejoined. This is but
one of the ways CTE and Science Education have partnered to put the STEM tools and technology of today
Hans Rinnger, a senior at Timpview
High School is interning at Revolution Snowboards Manufacturing.
Hans loves his internship because
he would love to start his own company that designs and builds snowboard.
Career Volunteer Internships are
available to qualified juniors and seniors who have a strong interest in
exploring a particular career field.
Internships are individualized and
voluntary.
Amy Harshburger is a senior at
Timpview High School. She is interested in Fashion Design and has taken
several clesses from Genet Orme.
Amy interned first semester with the
Scera Theather Costume Shop.
Internships are available at both high
schools. Ann Decker is the internship
coordinator at Timpview. Randon
Olsen is the internship coordinator at
Provo High
A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image,
but to develop students who can create their own image.
~Author Unknown
Turkey Drive 2011
Seth McVea, PHS Auto Instructor
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PHS Automotive SkillsUSA Officers collected $617.25
from fellow students and faculty in a united effort to provide
turkeys for families in the Provo area. We were able to purchase and deliver 12 turkeys and 12 gift cards to 12 separate
families the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving.
Mr. McVea was
growing a beard for
"No Shave November" and told his students he would shave
his beard "funky" if
they reached $300.
This was in week 2
of the 3 week drive
and they hadn't even
reached $200. He
thought he would
be safe. Well, they
shattered that goal
and his classes
alone donated $455!
Amazing!
Special thanks go to Seth McVea’s classes who donated the
most money of any of the classes at Provo High. We also
express thanks to the other CTE teachers (Hansen and Halverson) who promoted the project in their classes. Thanks to
the Provo High Counseling Office Staff and Administration
for assisting in recommending families. But most of all,
thanks to the Provo High Students who so generously gave
of their, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars and in several cases, 20 dollar bills. I am amazed at the giving spirit of
both time and money that our students at Provo High demonstrated during this Turkey Drive.
Good job Provo High SkillUSA Club officers: Zack Smith,
Taylor Powell, Moriah Smith, Alex Ramirez and Lupe Hernandez.
Timpview
SkillsUSA
Makes
Robots
Students met at the Provo High School auto shop at 9 AM
on a Saturday morning to assist in purchasing and delivering
turkeys. From L to R: Jacob Reid, Zack Smith, Mr. McVea,
Brandon Jackson, Christopher Naranjo & Chandler Flinders
The Timpview SkillsUSA club has made 25 robots to assist with
student government's Sub-for-Santa effort. The head, arms, and
legs move and can be taken off and reassembled any way you
want. The wood is un-marked and un-finished so they can be
decorated to suit you, but they play just as well as is. They sold
them for $15 in the bookstore with all proceeds going to student
government.
"We do not remember days, We remember moments in our lives."
Unknown
Provo District Students Perform Well at UVU Annual 3D Derby
The Utah Valley University Engineering Graphics & Design Technology Department sponsors a yearly competition for area high
schools involving design, modeling, drawing, building, and racing model cars. The competition tests a student’s ability to conceptualize a model car design, produce a virtual 3D model using constraint-based modeling software, configure each design to
accommodate standard parts, size and weight limitations, track dimensions, etc. The cars are printed on a 3D plastic printer and the
students paint and race the cars.
This year, seventeen students from Provo High School participated. Gaston Fernandez had the third fastest car of about 300 cars in
the race. Gaston also won fourth place overall for design, drawings and speed. Other competitors for Provo High included: Pablo
Doniz, Luis Gutierez, Cole Allan, Brycen Conk, Victor Curiel, Juan De Jesus, Alexander Harward, Gino Mangini, Michael Ortiz,
Marco Paredes, Kevin Schwen, Scott Shriber, Michael Wu, Matt Smith and Nick Hedger. Timpview High competitors included:
Skyler Panell, Riley Budd, Brandon Cox, and Jackson Reed.
Timpview and Provo HOSA students relax at the
Tower of Terror
Mindy Case is a senior at Timpview High
School. She is enrolled in Mrs. Abbott's Medical Principles class a followup to Physiology. Mindy is earning her Medical Assisting
Endorsement by completing two semesters of
internship through Ann Decker's program in
addition to her medical coursework.
Back Row (l to r): CJ Dever, Brendan Abbott, Guy Francis, Calvin Francis, Robbie Rauzi, Carolyn Kuehne,
and Denise Abbott
Middle Row (l to r): Parker Christensen, Ikaika Danner, Spencer Kuehne, Lorien Francis
Front Row (left to right): Kevin Kuehne, Aurora Freeman, Mckell Fescher, Julie Abbott
Mindy has been interning at the Orem Community Hospital Pediatric Physical Therapy
Unit.
Students who take two or more CTE courses are less
likely to drop out of high school.
Baby Bulldog Preschool
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Camille Williams, Instructor
Provo High
Provo High Pro Start Culinary and Management Teams
The Baby Bulldog Preschool has been in operation in our
current location at Provo High for 17 years. We run a very
successful and highly sought-after program for 4 year old
children in the community. Preschool parents love our program and many have had all of their children attend the Baby
Bulldog Preschool before entering kindergarten. In 17 years
we have served over 800 children. High school students do
all of the planning, preparing and teaching in the program.
This allows them a hands-on opportunity to prepare for a career working with children. Many of our high school students
have gone on to be successful preschool teachers, elementary
education teachers and Family & Consumer Science teachers.
We love our Baby Bulldogs!!
Jung Eun Park is a senior at
Timpview High School. She is interested in becoming an elementary
teacher. She completed an internship with Dianne Amesse's Kindgergarten class at Edgemont Elementary first semester.
Provo High High students at National FCCLA
Teaching creates all other professions. ~Author Unknown
Timpview High School
School-Wide Career Fair
Timpview High School will host for the first time a school-wide career fair on Thursday, February 9, 2012. Sixty-five guest speakers
will present two half-hour presentations about their careers. Students registered on line (registration was found on the Timpview web
site) January 17 through January 31 for their top three career choices. Students attended two of their three choices.
The goal is to make this an annual event. By the time a student graduates, they will have the opportunity to hear from local professionals
about eight different career areas. Watch for pictures and more information on the Provo School District CTE web page (www.provo.
edu/dep/cte) later in February. Listed below is the professional's from Utah Valley that helped with our career fair.
Andrew Adams, Radio/TV/Internet/Print Anchor
Dr. Mitchell Adams, Pediatrian
Aaron Alder, Translator
Leah Aldous,Graphic Designer Utah Valley Magazine
Joy Astle, TV Production Manager
Jennifer Barton, Artist
Greg Bennett,Editor, Utah Valley Magazine
Carolyn Billings, BYU Sports Medicine Director
LTC Dewey Boberg, Military Careers
Scott Bramble, Physician's Assistant
Lily Bridgewater, Biomedical Research Scientist/Professor
Colette Callister, Entrepreneur
Brandon Carter, Real Estate Agent
Kirk Chambers, Professional Athlete
Provo City, Fireman
Rueben Cook, Accountant
Mayor John Curtis, Politician
Dr. Newell Dayley, UVU Fine Arts Dean
Joe Dever, Plumber
Chris Dexter, Attorney
Debra Drummond, Education
Mary Farahnakian, Fashion Designer
Guy Francis,Illustrator, Children's Story Books
Lisa George, Cosmetoligist/Esthetics
David George, Internet Marketing/Advertising
Dr. Alan Hansen, Psychologist
Rich Hart, Personal Trainer
Dr. David Hillam, Family Practice Physician
Jeff Humphries, Mathematic Careers
LeGrande Hunsaker, BYU Motion Picture Studios
Chris Huntsman, Architect
Lee Jacobsen, Medical Sales for Operating Room
Mark Johnston, Daily Herald Photographer
Dr. LaFontaine, Chiropractor
Sandy Lampshire, Horrocks Engineering
Bryce Lewis, Provo Police
Angie Lofthouse, Author
Zach Lyman, EMT
Cindy Mason, Well Baby Nurse
Dr. Corbin Matthews, Cougar Dental
Stuart Maxfield, Musician
Dr.Blair McGirk, Pathologist
Brandon McKinney, NuSkin International Project
Management
Earlett Miner, Ballet/Dance Company Owner
Doug Morgan, Air Ambulance Careers
Brad Morris, NuSkin Global Operations
John Munoa, Music Composition and Production
for Film and TV
Taz Murray, CEO/Business Owner
Dennis Nuckles, Big D Construction
Dr. Vaugn Park, Veterinarian
Tawny Redd, NICU Nurse Practioner
Gordon Reynolds, Welder
Professor Eric Ringger, Computer Programmer
Paul Sagers, Physical Therapist
Barbara Smith, TV News Anchor
Steve Sobisky, Animator
Scott Sprenger, Liberal Arts Careers
Peter Sproul, UVU Culinary Arts
Dr. James Stewart, Pilot, Aerospace Engineer
Utah College of Massage Therapy
Isaac Walters, UVU Theater
Jessica Weiss, Springville Museum Art Curator
Dan Wilson, Brent Brown Auto
John Wright, Optini
"Like any sound structure, Utah's future
prosperity will be built upon four cornerstones: education, energy development, job
creation, and Utah's ability to solve its own
problems. EDUCATION is the first cornerstone because an educated workforce is not
just critical, it is essential for a prosperous
economy."
~Governor Gary Herbert
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The purpose of School-to-Careers is to provide the means by which students can explore and experience
career opportunities. This process couldn’t happen without the support and sponsorship of business
professionals within our community.
We encourage you to support these businesses in appreciation for their contribution to education.
All About Pets
All Tune and Lube
Alexander's Graphics
Alphagraphics
Alpine Animal Hospital
Architectural Coalition
Ashman Dental Office
Art Quest
Auto Performance
Banfield Pet Hospital
Best Buds
Busath Photography
Brent Brown Auto Group
Brigham Young University
BYU Animation
BYU Bean Museum
BYU Costume Design
BYU Earth Science Museum
BYU Greenhouse
BYU Motion Picture Studios
BYU Museum of Art
Cedarwood Arabians
Center Stage
Curtis Miner and Associates
Dept. of Workforce Services
Dexter and Dexter Law Firm
Doug Martin Photography
Edgemont Service
Edgemont Pharmacy
Focus Design
Inouye Design
Integrated Technologies
Ken Garff Automotive Group
LDS Family Services
MAS Computers
MATC
Mountainland HeadStart
Mt. Peaks Family Practice
Orem Community Hospital
Orem Veterinary
Parish Chemical
Pets Mart
Photogenix
Provo/Orem Chamber
Provo Police Department
Provo City Fire Department
Provo City Attorneys Office
Provo City Library
Utah Valley Dentists/Orthodontists/and
Provo City Planning Office
Dental Hygienists
Provo City Personnel
Utah Valley Home Builders Association
Provo City Economic Development
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center
Provo City Biology Lab
Utah Valley Private Physicians
Provo City Engineering Department
Utah Valley University
Provo District Elementary Schools
Utah County Attorney's Office
Quest Star
Revolutions Snowboard Manufacturer Utah County Credit Union (UCCU)
Utah County Offices
RC Willeys
Utah County Realtor Association
Ribbonwood Pet Hospital
Utah Valley Magazine
Riverwoods Animal Hospital
Weist Dental Office
Sandstrom & Associates
Savemore Auto
School for the Deaf -- ASD
Scott Hancock Photography
Small Business Devel. Center
SOS Physical Therapy
Spinal Intervention
“For schools to succeed, we must
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look far beyond their classrooms to
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our communities. Schools will never
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be
much better than the commitment
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of
their communities. Each of our
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communities
must become a place
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where learning can happen.”
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