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Clinton Technical School held its annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 24th. Students were recognized for their hard work in their program of study. Multiple awards were presented, including scholarships, industry-recognized credentials, and more.
We are proud of all of our students who work hard for their future! Thank you to Karen Keith who captured the ceremony with some great photos. More pictures are available here.
- 81 students qualified for Clinton Technical School Honor Society.
- 84 students received an Academic Portfolio (program completers who have a B average in their program).
Scholarship recipients:
- SFCC CTE Scholarship - Ashton McCampbell
- Jim & Pauline McKinley Memorial Scholarship - Austin White
- Lester B Swaney Memorial Scholarship - Briley Wishard
- VFW Rita Brandt Memorial Scholarship - Allie Goucher
- Gene Haas Scholarship Award - Ashton McCampbell, Hunter Marriott, Darius Sanders, Seth Smothermon, and Taylor Schieb.
- Nate Bailey
- Lyn Brauer
- Caitlyn Powers
- Kadan Rodriguez
- Austin White
- Business - Ava Potter
- Marketing - Kaydith Maddox
- Agriculture - Caroline Wagoner
- Automotive - Blake Wareham
- Building Trades - Austin White
- Computer Networking - Colton Maley
- Health Occupations - Sarah Mendenhall
- Machine Tool Technology - Ashton McCampbell
- Welding - Aaron Micke
- EMT-Kade Manning
Through a SkillsUSA community engagement project, three programs at CTS had a generous sponsor who awarded the top student with a "toolkit" full of items needed to get started in their career field. Thank you to these sponsors:
Building Trades - Parks Cabinets
Computer Networking - Osage Valley Electric
Machine Tool Technology - TC Transcontinental
Upon completing their kindergarten screenings last month, 100+ little Cardinals signed a Letter of Intent to attend Henry Elementary School this fall. Here are just a few of our students who "signed-on" to join us next year.
To our new students' families....as a district, we promise to ensure your child feels welcomed, safe, happy, and loved during their years as a Clinton Cardinal.
**If you have a child who will be 5 on or before July 31, 2024, and you haven't scheduled their kindergarten screening...it's not too late! Give us a call at 885-5585 to schedule their appointment.**
In April, 26 Clinton High School FBLA members attended state competition in Springfield, MO. Our students did amazingly well, with 6 events earning a top 10 placing in the state, and 5 events advancing to Nationals in Orlando, FL later this summer.
TOP 10 FINISHERS
- Nathan Lankford, Ava Potter, & Briley Wishard (Social Media Strategies), 2nd Place, NATIONALS
- Nathan Lankford & Kaydith Maddox (Marketing), 3rd Place, NATIONALS
- Kaydith Maddox (Electronic Career Portfolio), 4th Place, NATIONALS
- Alexa Phillips (Human Resource Management), 6th Place, NATIONALS
- Brandt Hendrich (Introduction to Marketing Concepts), 8th Place, NATIONALS
- Whitney McCanles (Visual Design), 10th Place
Congrats to all students who competed, and their advisors Stephanie Harp and Kelly DeHaan.
See more picture here.
Clinton High School students, staff members, parents, KC Wolf, Rowdy the Roadrunner and community members gathered in the CHS gymnasium on May 1st to celebrate "Decision Day". Seniors who have made plans to enter the workforce, the military, attend college, or a trade/technical school after graduation, were recognized and celebrated.
We are so proud of our seniors and are excited to watch them as they pursue their dreams.
A big thanks to Lindy Johnson and Jessica Shaffer for planning an amazing event, and to Eric Townsend for emceeing the celebration.
See more pictures here.
Have you seen the press box at Cardinal Stadium? It looks amazing thanks to Clinton High School senior, Mia Bagley.
As part of her Eagle Scout project, Mia chose to paint the press box and it looks FABULOUS thanks to her hard work and dedication. Mia says she wanted her Eagle Scout project to be one that would benefit the community and make a lasting difference. We think this one fits the bill!
Thanks Mia for sharing your talents with the Clinton School District to be enjoyed by many for years to come!
The annual Clinton High School Senior Awards Program was held on Thursday, May 2nd.
Close to $2.5 million in scholarships, grants, and financial aid will be awarded to the Class of 2024.
Thank you to the generosity of families, businesses, and other entities that have shown their generosity in providing these awards and scholarships to our students. Every gift is appreciated by our graduates and their families.
See more pictures and scholarship listings here.
Seniors ended their last day of high school on Tuesday in their annual “senior send-off” fashion.
Students had the opportunity to thank those who have helped shape them the past four years. Tears were shed, hugs were given, and once outside students were greeted with a nice cool down from the Clinton Fire Department.
It’s easy to see from these pictures that the students made a pretty big impact on their teachers, and their teachers on them.
Thank you to Clinton High School's Bright Futures building partner, Compass Health, for providing compasses to each senior and gift baskets for a raffle. Thank you also to CHS Bright Futures Site Council members who came to support the seniors and see them off on their last day.
Clinton DECA students recently returned from international competition in Anaheim, CA. Two students, Kaydith Maddox and Chloe Lawson, placed in the top 20 in their respective events and advanced to the final round of competition. One student, Hadley DeLozier, attended the prestigious two-day leadership academy on behalf of our Missouri District while in Anaheim.
Representing Missouri DECA at the international level is an honor for all students selected to attend. Please congratulate Nathan Lankford, Kaydith Maddox, Whitney McCanles, Chloe Lawson, Hadley DeLozier, Dylan Lutjen, and Cody Mitchell on this tremendous accomplishment. Clinton DECA is led by advisor Jessie Thompson.
See more pictures here.
Clinton High School is proud to announce it has selected Jimmy Barnes as the head coach of the Girls and Boys Track and Field teams.
Coach Barnes is a proud 2004 graduate of Clinton High School, and is currently an administrative assistant for Clinton High School as well as the Activities Department.
Jimmy has a long history of coaching middle school and high school track and field athletes. Mr. Barnes coached five years in Butler where he had dozens of all-state track and field athletes, a few state champions, and a 5th place team state finish in 2017. For the last two years, Jimmy was the head coach of the Clinton Middle School track and field team, where a good number of school records were broken and the girls team received a 4th place finish in Class 3 at the Missouri Middle School Track and Field Championships. Jimmy has also coached cross country for 11 years in the Lakeland, Butler and Clinton school districts. Coach Barnes is currently the head coach for both the high school and middle school cross country teams. During his cross country coaching tenure, he has coached three state-qualifying teams, dozens of state-qualifying individuals, and a handful of all-state runners.
Jimmy was a four-sport athlete while a student at Clinton High School, participating in cross country, track, golf and tennis. During his junior year, the boys cross country team qualified for the state competition.
“I'm excited to continue the success already built within the Track and Field program, and look forward to continuing to work with the athletes I have been coaching the last two years as well. Let's go Cards,” says Coach Barnes.
“We are very excited to have Coach Jimmy Barnes take the reins of our Track and Field program,” says Activities Director, Kevin LaFavor. “Jimmy has a lot of experience in track and field at both the high school and middle school levels. He has most recently served as our middle school head coach, and has already established a great rapport with our younger athletes. We are excited to bring in another CSD alum, who has seen our track and field program have success from the early 2000's to now. Coach Barnes will do a great job at continuing to push our athletes to compete at a state level and represent the Clinton community with pride.”
