June, 2016 - Career

TRAVERSE BAY AREA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
880 Parsons Road
Traverse City, MI 49686
Our mission is to prepare students with skills
and learning experiences for employment
and life-long learning.
STUDENTS COMPETE AT MITES
Students from the Precision Machining Technology program
competed in the MITES State Competition with a total of eleven
top ten finishes and four honorable mention awards. One student
from the Drafting and Design Online class also competed and
finished in the top ten.
Volume XXXVII No 4
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June, 2016
Serving Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau Counties
Congratulations to our students and staff for their outstanding achievements, awards, and
recognition this year! Please enjoy a sample of their accomplishments.
Manufacturing Technology Academy Wins Award
Teachers, administrators and advisory board members from the Manufacturing
Technology Academy traveled to Washington, DC, to accept the Excellence
in Action National Award for the best STEM program in the United States.
The program, led by program teacher Hollianne McHugh, physics teacher
Tim Wheatley, math teacher Deb Menchaca, and English and math teacher
Debby Oliver, received the award with advisory board members Al Jordan,
Brian Dubow, and Lisa Dunnebacke. Jason Jeffrey, TBAISD Assistant
Superintendent; Pat Lamb, CTC principal; and Mary Smith and Stephanie Long,
curriculum supervisors, also attended the ceremony.
TBA EC WINS STATE AWARD
STUDENTS WIN HONDA INNOVATION AWARD
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Students in both the morning
and afternoon Skilled Trades
program combined their efforts to
build an amphibious jeep. Randy
Kitzman, program teacher, and
Bill Sandveit, paraprofessional,
facilitated the design and
construction of the project. They
entered the jeep in the MITES
competition and took first place in
their category. They then tested
their project in the bay and it
works!
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Ohlivia Hall, a junior from
Traverse City Central, took
second place in the state
MITES competition for her
screen printing in the T-shirt
category.
TIMES
TIMES
The Early College program led by Meredith Schmidt (far left)
traveled to Lansing in January to receive the Excellence in Practice
State Award from the Michigan Department of Career Technical
Education. Programs from the Career-Tech Center have won this
award four of the last six years.
Students from the Manufacturing Technology Academy competed in
the National Robotics Challenge in Marion, Ohio. A team of twelfth
graders, (L to R) Seneca Stairs from Glen Lake, Rose Laisure
from Kingsley, and Heidi Schwab, home schooled, won the most
prestigious award, the Honda Innovation Award, for their studentdesigned, student-built rescue robot.
ECE STUDENTS EXCEL AT FCCLA
CTC MAKES HISTORY
For the first time in the
history of the Career-Tech
Center, three students
competed in the SkillsUSA
Math: Related Technical
Math Contest. Kirkland
Shepard (left), a junior from
Traverse City West, won
gold will be competing in
the national competition in
Louisville, KY, this summer,
and Scott Patterson (right),
a junior from Kalkaska, won silver.
Students from the Early Childhood program competed in the
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) state
competition. Five of these students achieved highest honors and
are eligible to compete in San Diego in July: David Piggott, eleventh
grader from Benzie Central; Anna Arnold, 11th grader from Traverse
City Central; Josie Marvin, eleventh grader from Kalkaska; Jodie
Durecki, eleventh grader from Kingsley; and Taylor Pauli, a senior
from Traverse City West.
Students Shine at HOSA Competition
Brown Wins Gold!
Cameron Brown, a senior from
Kingsley, won gold in the Power
Equipment-Marine Service Technician
SkillsUSA Contest and will be
competing in the national competition
this summer.
Breaking Traditions Merit Award Recipients
The Michigan
Department of
Education Office of
Career and Technical
Education recognized
four students with
Breaking Traditions
Merit Awards
for outstanding
performance in a
career field considered
non-traditional for
their gender. These winners attended a ceremony in Lansing in
May to receive their awards. The winners are: Valerie Reeves,
(bottom left) a senior from Mancelona in the Film and New Media
program; Alexis Farr (top left), a senior from Kalkaska in the
Culinary Arts program; Rhiannon Hayes (bottom right) a senior
from Mancelona in the Power Equipment Technology program;
and Daisy Gamble (top right) a senior from Traverse City West in
Welding & Fabrication. Rachel Geyer, a senior from Traverse City
West in the Agriscience/Natural Resources program also received
a recognition award.
NEWS AND NOTES
TBAISD Career-Tech Center, “A Great Place to Learn”
As the 2015-16 school year comes to a close
and I look back and reflect on the year, I am
truly amazed at all the outstanding successes
and recognitions our students have received.
This issue of the CTC Times highlights many
of these successes. On May 31, 2016, at
the Grand Traverse Resort we honored 175
Career-Tech Center students who received
Patrick Lamb,
scholarships and state club competition
Principal, TBAISD CTC
awards, achieved perfect attendance, were
National Technical Honor Society inductees, and program Outstanding
Students. This was a special night that allowed us to look back on the
year and celebrate all our students’ great work. Please take the time
to read this issue from cover to cover to see just some of our students’
accomplishments for this school year!
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Leazier Receives Platinum Award
Jacob Leazier from Mancelona, was
one of only four students in the Center
to earn a platinum level National Career
Readiness Certificate for his top scores
on the WorkKeys assessments. Jacob is a
first-year student in the Business Careers
program.
Annual Well Child Physicals
Students competed in the National HOSA Future Health
Professionals Leadership Conference. Two students will move
on to the national competition in Nashville, TN, this summer.
Victoria Garrow (Left) a junior from Elk Rapids won gold in Sports
Medicine, and Taylor Carter (right) a junior from Kingsley won
silver in Healthy Lifestyle.
STUDENTS WIN STROKE VIDEO CONTEST
Students in the Film and
New Media program receive
their checks for winning the
Munson Medical Center Stroke
Awareness Video Contest.
Jonelle Sickles, eleventh grader
from Buckley High School won
first place (left) and Bailey
Frank, eleventh grader from
Kingsley won third place (right).
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be seen yearly for a Well Child exam? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages these annual visits as an opportunity for the following:
• Prevention – Your child gets scheduled immunizations to prevent illness. You can also ask about nutrition and safety in the home, at school and at play.
• Tracking growth and development – See how much your child has grown and changed since your last visit, and talk about your child’s development. You
can discuss your child’s milestones, social behaviors and learning.
• Raising concerns – Make a list of topics you want to talk about with your child’s healthcare provider such as physical development, behavior, sleep, eating,
and social relationships. Bring your top questions with you to start a conversation with your provider.
• Team approach – Regular visits can create strong, trustworthy relationships between your healthcare provider, yourself and your child. This team approach
helps develop optimal physical, mental and social health in children.
Does your child play organized sports? Do they participate in activities such as Dance, Martial Arts, Skiing, Snowboarding or other physical recreational
activities? It’s always a good idea to make sure they can enjoy these activities safely. Just like a school athlete needs an annual sports physical to take the
field, you need to know your child is healthy so they can enjoy these kinds of activities.
Youth Health & Wellness Center is open year round and we would be happy to schedule your child a visit for an annual Well Child Exam. Contact our office at
922-6416 to set up an appointment… we look forward to seeing you!
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The Michigan High School Athletic Association guidelines allow that if a Sports Physical is given after April 15, 2016 it is good for the entire 2016 –
2017 school year? Take advantage of getting your Sports Physical done early and avoid the fall rush.
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