Tartan Career Pathways

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Melissa McLean, Pathways Coordinator~

District 622 believes that the important work of career development can help students uncover who they are and how they want to show up in the world of work. Through a variety of engaging activities, often brought forth through our pathways partners, our students are empowered to imagine and identify new careers that they were not previously considering. Check out what we have been up to this winter!

BPA has a powerhouse of talent again this year and has been very busy.

• DECEMBER: BPA sponsored 22 kids through Holiday Helping Hands. Students spent at least $50 per child and bought things off of their wish list.
• JANUARY: We held our Regions competition. Competition results are as follows:
• 28 competitors qualified for State
• 16 students placed in two or more events!
• Special props to the students earning 3 plaques: Regan Kapaun, Banyan Obang, Ramla Sharif, Kevin Vang

We are getting ready for our State Competition in March. We will have two Tartan BPA students running for State Officer - Ramla Sharif and Kevin Vang.

The DECA team had outstanding results at our District 2 Regional Conference this year. 100% of our DECA class advanced to the State Conference this March. 100% !!! Some of the events are sales demonstrations, marketing plans, business plans, and job interviews. We are currently recruiting for next year's class. Stop by the new school store and grab an application!

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students for being selected as 916 Career & Tech Center's Student of the Month! 916 Career & Tech Center offers 20 hands-on programs that give students a competitive advantage of professional skills, industry certifications and college credit.

DECEMBER: TYLER RUST (Gr. 12) is enrolled in the Introduction to Autos & Welding class. His instructor reports that Tyler "Helps other students in class, demonstrates skill improvement, safety consciousness, and makes positive contributions to the class. Tyler is a problem solver and strategizes effectively," which are high level skills industry is asking for.

JANUARY: JOSEPH LANGE (Gr. 12) is also enrolled in the Introduction to Autos & Welding class. Joseph "demonstrates leadership and ability to be self directed. Joseph is willing to improve skills by asking questions and providing quality welds and is aways available to help others."

CONGRATULATIONS, Tyler and Joseph!

Thanks to a generous donation from the Oakdale Area Chamber of Commerce, we were able to purchase $200 in computer technology repair tools so that our Tech. Repair Interns can fix, rebuild and refurbish chrome books that no longer work. Since September, our team has sent 166 laptops back out into the hands of students, which saves the district thousands of dollars.

Thanks to our Trimester 2 Tech Repair Interns Tyler Rust and Cassie Haan

Book an appointment w/ Ms. McLean for support with CAREER PLANNING.

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