The National Guard came to speak to Ms. Baker's classes today! They spent time interacting and getting to know the students. They also spoke to the classes about job applications and preparing for a career!
Skills testing in firefighting this week! Skills included: raise a ladder and bring it back down: clean, inspect and maintain an SCBA after a fire, prepare for hose load!
Ms. Baker's Advertising class spent the last several days working with Mrs. Lail, Work Based Learning Coordinator, on resume writing, employability and interview skills. The culmination of all this was mock interviews with different faculty and staff members. This was a great learning experience and the students seemed to enjoy it!
Check out what Family and Consumer Science 1 students have been up to lately!
One student used the skills learned in the hand sewing unit to repair a shop teacher's shirt.
Other students practiced basic sewing machine skills by making a cloth lanyard. Students had to practice cutting straight, ironing, and sewing straight lines for this project.
Students were proud and wanted to show off their completed projects!
Our students are always practicing their skills to continue to grow and improve! Health Science 2 students practiced transferring patient transfers with stretchers and wheelchairs!
Tuesday's Fun Fact
Ms. Cauthen's students played "Trashket Ball" as a review in her Fundamentals of Computing class!
Victoria Harmon, a student in Mechatronics 1, demonstrates a circuit.
We honored another State Champion today! Tucker Bohn, Culinary Arts student, represented Buford High School in the state championship wrestling tournament last weekend. He came back home a winner! His record this year was 47-1! Help us congratulate Tucker on his awesome achievement!
Medical Terminology students use knowledge of word parts to build medical terms! Great example of how our classes cross curriculum and pull from all areas of academics!
Guess what time it is? Contest time!!!
Because you all did so great with our last challenge here is a new one! Help us reach 850 followers! Like, share, and tag a friend to have a chance at winning a catered meal from our Culinary Arts program. The theme of the meals for March is Italian!
Horticulture students designed and built model greenhouses and measured the effects of various plastics on their builds and efficiency against the ambient temperature.
Landyn Filliben and Gracie Boone will be representing the Firefighting Pathway at SkillsUSA next month. Here they are mastering rope skills in preparation for competition. Good luck to them both!
Practice makes perfect! Health Science Clinical students practice their skills on each other!
What do we do when we have a student who is a state champion? We celebrate of course! Nichya Pemberton, Business Education student, represented LHS in the state championship wrestling tournament this past weekend. She came back home a state champion! Check out her list of accomplishments and help us congratulate her!
- Girls State Champion in the 170 pound weight class by pinning her opponent in the final round in the first period in 1 minute and 56 seconds
- First Lady Bruin State Champion in Wrestling
- First Female Wrestling State Champion for LCSD
Tuesday's Fun Fact
Our Cosmetology program hosted clients on Friday, February 23. This is another example of how our students receive "real world" experience!
Our Early Childhood Education Pathway is sending two students, Zamari Howie and Natalya King to compete at SkillsUSA in March. They will demonstrate knowledge through a written exam as well as a skills performance that includes an interview, creating and implementing a lesson plan, and reading a literary reading of a children's book. We wish these young ladies the best of luck!
Did you know the awards for the district's teacher of the year recipients are made right here at the Career Center? Work is underway on this year's awards!
One more for the teachers as we celebrate CTE month! Teachers share how you foster a sense of belonging in your classroom!
