CTE Newsletter

Nationally, February marks a special celebration of Career and Technical Education (CTE), recognizing the invaluable contributions CTE programs make to our students' futures. CTE Month is a time to celebrate the innovative educators, dedicated administrators, and passionate students who make CTE thrive. It's a reminder of the importance of hands-on learning, industry partnerships, and career exploration in preparing students for success in their chosen fields.

Sumner County Schools celebrates this month by spotlighting some of our finest CTE teachers!

History was made at Portland High School in the CTE Department when 22 outstanding juniors and seniors were inducted into the first ever chapter of the National Technical Honor Society. These students were nominated by their CTE teachers due to excellence in both CTE and academic classes, exceptional performance in Career and Technical Student Organizations, industry certifications, AP exams or Early Postsecondary Opportunities, and concentration in a CTE pathway.

PHS Welding classes have been busy finishing projects for customers. CTE courses provide experiences that translate to job skills!

Jacob Forste and Jaxson Brown completed the first NC3 Precision Measurement Instrument certifications in Mechatronics at LCHS. The NC3 Snap-On Starrett PMI cart offers 6 certifications to our students.

Congratulations to the Parliamentary Procedure team on placing 2nd in district and moving on to the sectional contest!!

WHS FFA students toured South Central Growers in Springfield, TN. The tour included information about greenhouse careers, robotics used in the greenhouse, and the growing process start to finish. South Central Growers currently has 1 million square feet of greenhouse space they utilize to supply many of the Lowe's, Sam's, and several other large businesses.

Katelyn Wenzel competed at the National FFA Convention and received a bronze medal in the FFA Creed.

HHS is also recognized as the only 3-Star chapter in Sumner County.

As part of the ongoing initiative to encourage everyone to get involved in the importance of agriculture, Station Camp FFA has established a Little Free Library!

Their mission with “The Station Camp Rising Sun” LFL is to promote the progress that agriculture continues to make through literacy.

Each month their goal is to provide agriculturally accurate books with the help of the local Farm Bureau and other local businesses. We are truly looking forward to how this project impacts our community and evolves over time!

GHS Cosmetology students helped meet the needs of the residents at the Gallatin Center for Rehab in February. They served 60 residents and performed everything from hair cuts to manicures. We are so proud of their service in our community!

PHS Cosmetology student Angelina Munguia from Portland High School placed 2nd in the Regional SkillsUSA Cosmetology competition.

Gallatin High School’s Teaching as a Profession program is proud to be hosting their first Vol State Dual Enrollment course for future educators. The students pictured are taking their first college class, Introduction to Education, with their instructor, Kimberly Burgess. In addition to their college academic studies they are participating in a 12-week mentorship, two days a week in Gallatin area schools including Shafer Middle School, Guild Elementary School, Vena Stuart Elementary School, Howard Elementary School, and Union Elementary School. This real, relevant learning experience with seasoned professionals and their students is edifying, encouraging, and inspiring them in their educational career exploration and aspirations. At the end of the semester they will be honored at a GHS Future Educator commitment signing and pinning ceremony to celebrate their efforts in high school and to send them off feeling supported by friends, family, and Sumner County Schools as they take their next steps. We hope to see them back here in Sumner County teaching future students!!

A huge thank you to Lincoln Tech, ABC Trade School of Nashville, and Gaylor Electric for giving tours to BHS students as well as providing simulator opportunities and demonstrations. We appreciate you investing so much into our future workforce!

SCHS Business students earn their yellow belt in Lean Six Sigma. A total of 28 students were certified in this data-driven, quality assurance method that organizations use to improve performance, increase profits and decrease errors.

Merrol Hyde CTE Business students traveled to the Nashville Entrepreneur Center where the students toured the facility and concluded with a Q&A session with two successful entrepreneurs that built their businesses from the ground up using the resources and mentors at the NEC. Next, they traveled to the Nashville Farmers Market where they were introduced to two farmers that shared very different philosophies and passion for agriculture. Finally, they landed at Belmont University Business Center where they participated in a Q&A session with two of the business professors that helped build the Entrepreneurship program.

Gallatin High School took a group of juniors and seniors in the Business Communications class to tour the corporate offices of Dollar General. Students learned about the skills needed to work in a retail corporation, as well as learning how Dollar General manages more than 19,000 stores in the United States and now Mexico. Thank you to the Dollar General Corporation for allowing us to have this corporate experience!

GHS DECA students assisted the Gallatin Chamber's February event where Governor Bill Lee was the featured speaker. There was great representation of Green Wave Pride by these students.

The winners of the 2023 Fall Qualifier Microsoft Office Specialist Tennessee State Championship have been announced by Certiport. Congratulations to Trevor Morwood for placing 7th in MOS Word. Trevor competed against students from across Tennessee to earn this award.

Virtual Enterprise is a class that incorporates many different clusters from various CTE classes. The only part of the class that is virtual is the money and the actual product. BHS students created a company from scratch, looking to Angel Investors to present to in order to get funding to create their company. Students interviewed for their positions within the company with local business leaders.

Students then create their part from each department: HR Handbook, Marketing Plan, and Finance (setup Quickbook accounts for payroll & Account Receivable and Payable). The IT department works on logos and design work and implements it into the website and 3-D printed demos of the product.

We have a new pilot! Congrats to Addison DeWitt, a Senior at LCHS. She is the first student from the Liberty Creek Aviation program to earn her Private Pilot Certificate.

The following HHS Nursing Education students passed their CNA certification.

Front Row L-R:

Sean Izikoff, Lacie Bowers, Isreya Osborne, Vida Mendoza, Campbell Tighe, Skyler Sons, Olivia Howden, Addie Swindle

Back Row L-R:

Kat Mitchell, Cameron Davenport, Addi Duffer, Tori Pace, Abby Ramsey, Helen Ramsey and Loran Johnson

The HHS Diagnostic Medicine class studied directional terms and planes to get ready for a project in Medical Imaging. The class used playdoh and the Anatomage table.