CTC Career Talk
In an effort to support our school-wide goal of maintaining a 17% or less chronic attendance rate for this school year, CTC will offer a December attendance incentive in the form of two $50 VISA gift cards; one for an AM session student and one for a PM session student.
CTC students who have perfect attendance for the month of December will have their names placed in the drawing. On Friday, December 20th (the last day of school before the winter holiday break), we will draw one name and announce the perfect attendance winner over the PA system. We will have one AM winner and one PM winner for perfect attendance. Each winning student can head up to the front office to collect his or her $50 gift card; just in time for the holidays.
Obviously--- you must be present to win on December 20!
Good luck!
CTC Bucks are awarded by teachers and staff as an incentive to encourage students to improve their academic performance and to participate in various school-based initiatives. When students earn five CTC bucks, they may redeem them for a blue ticket at the school store to be entered in drawings for gift cards. The drawings will occur before winter break and near the end of the school year.
On November 7th and 8th, 24 students from CTC attended the SkillsUSA Maryland 2024 Fall Leadership Conference held at the Carousel Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. This year’s conference was centered around the national SkillsUSA theme “SkillsUSA: Ignite Your Potential.” SkillsUSA is America’s proud champion of the skilled trades and is a student-led partnership of education and industry that’s building the future skilled workforce our nation depends on with graduates who are career ready, day one.
During the two-day leadership conference students were able to learn more about the SkillsUSA Framework and Essential Elements. In recognition of their learning, the following students earned their Statesman Award: Liyana Ali-Goukoye, Emerald Appiah-Agyekum, Madison Baker, Daniel Best, Mychel Boateng Bediako, Lydia Boget, Kayla Boube, Darby Carson, Savannah Cregger, Michaela Douglass, Arwen Flint, Kiara A. Funes, Neriah Gyamfi, Narissa Lucien, Hailey McCoy, Genesis Perez-Ramirez, Caleb Vogt. Special thanks to our CTC SkillsUSA President, Sophia Bernitt, and CTC SkillsUSA Secretary, Alivia Wachtel, for preparing, instructing, and assisting students with earning their Statesman Awards.
Students who earned their Statesman Award at last year’s conference were able to earn their Advanced Statement Award this year. The following students earned their Advanced Statesman Award: Natalie Allen, Angelina Crowder, Eryn Kelly, Michelle Osae Addo, Abeeha Sohail.
Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the SkillsUSA Maryland Fall Leadership Conference. Special thanks to Mr. Baker, Mr. Foland, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Maher, and Mr. Newkirk who chaperoned the students. Also, a special thanks to Ms. Eshelman for assisting students in preparation for the conference.
All CTC students are SkillsUSA members. Students will be competing in local skills competitions in December. For more information about SkillsUSA, please contact our chapter advisor, Rodney Foland (Rodney.Foland@fcps.org).
Micah Bell, a Senior in the afternoon Dual Enrollment Medical Assisting program, shares her family’s cultural background as part of the No Place for Hate program. Micah brought in macaroni and cheese along with a sweet potato pie to share with the class - explaining how her family had passed down the recipes for multiple generations. As various students in the class shared about their families and cultures, it is clear how many family practices are similar. Although our students may have different cultural backgrounds – accepting each other and embracing our differences leaves no place for hate.
