
Career & Technical Education (CTE)
February 2024 - Newsletter for Ionia County CTE programs.
Ionia County Career Center Updates
Donation from MacAllister Rentals
MacAllister Rentals donated this Cat engine to our Diesel Technology program! We appreciate their continued support of our program!
Health Occupations - Blood Drive
January 24th our Health Occupations students worked with Versiti to host a blood drive!
Criminal Justice - Fire Instruction
Criminal Justice worked with Public Safety to learn fire instruction.
FFA Crop Management Challenge Winners
Congratulations Theresa Schmitz, Nathan Halfmann & Austin Schafer on 1st Place in the Soybean Crop Management Challenge!
Fine Dining Night
Culinary Arts students hosted a Fine Dining night at their restaurant. They invited their families to come enjoy an upscale meal of steak, chicken or shrimp.
FFA Regionals
Jasmine Johnson, Autumn Robertson, Bralynn Bledsoe, Lauren Schmid
Prepared Public Speaking - 6th Place
Joey Arens
Demonstration - 5th Place
Mckenna Bussell, Katelyn Bignall, Makenzie Vasquez
Extemporaneous Speaking - 3rd Place
Bryant Janetzke
Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regionals
On January 19th, 28 students competed in Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regionals at Davenport in a variety of events (in the areas of Finance, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Digital Communication & Design, Management Marketing & Communication, and Health Administration. BPA is run through a CTE program in Belding High School. The results are in...and we had 14 team members qualify for State finals by placing in the top 6 in their event and 4 team members are currently alternates. Congratulations to the following qualifiers: Jared Albert, Isaac Boire, Hunter Conrad, Carley Lamborne, Lucas Lamborne, Kaedan May, Nathaniel Peasley, Samantha Schaap, Kayley Shoen, Karley Stockton, Aaron Velding, Ava Ward, Kaleb White, and Joe Wood. Our alternates for States are: Charleigh Evans, Caleb Fisher, Grace Robinson, and Dylan Thomas. Special congratulations to Isaac Boire and Ava Ward for qualifying in TWO events and to Samantha Schaap who qualified in an astounding FIVE different events. We are proud of ALL of our BPA members and can't wait to participate at the State level at the Amway Grand Plaza in March. Real life business skills put into action - way to go, Belding BPA!!
All about Mr. Sweeney
Mr. Shawn Sweeney is our Computer Programming instructor. He has been in teaching for 34 years. Shawn is happily married to Ann; they have two wonderful children, Owen and Keegan. He enjoys reading, woodworking, hunting and traveling.
- Favorite Holiday: His Wedding Anniversary
- Loves: Coffee
- Favorite Music: 80's
Quick Facts About CTE
Federal guidelines require each Career & Technical Education (CTE) program to use certain quantitative measures to monitor the quality of CTE programs. These measures are called Core Performance Indicators (CPI), and they consider student academic and technical performance, graduation from high school, placement in post-secondary education, and preparation for the workforce.
Words of Wisdom from Mr. Paton
About Us
Email: careercenteroffice@ioniaisd.org
Website: www.ioniaisd.org/cte
Location: 250 East Tuttle Road, Ionia, MI, USA
Phone: 616-527-6540
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IoniaCountyCareerCenter