Career Academy Newsletter

***Seniors, the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is being revamped this year. The new FAFSA will be available online in early to mid-December. You can create your account online at this time. Students and at least one parent/guardian will need to set up a FAFSA ID prior to be able to access the FAFSA form. A FAFSA ID can be created by going to https://studentaid.gov/ and clicking “Create Account” in the top right-hand corner. See your home high school counselor or Mr. Lucas at the Career Academy with any questions.

***Juniors and seniors looking to take college credit classes at WITCC or online thru WITCC for the spring semester can register for these classes. A WITCC registration form is required for any classes. See your home high school counselor or Mr. Lucas at the Career Academy to get registered.

*** Seniors, we are in the middle of college application season. If you have yet to submit any applications for admission or request official high school transcripts to be sent to post-secondary admissions offices, now is the time! See your counselor for assistance.

November 7 - Professional Development for teacher - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

November 22 - 2 hour early dismissal

November 23 - 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Mr. Mothershead serves the entire district by working with every administrator and many teachers who serve at-risk youth. He is gifted in working with challenging behaviors. He is very good at tracking student data and communicates extremely well with stakeholders. Mr. Mothershead also helps out wherever he can with Career Academy students, whether it's covering classes, serving during lunch, or a variety of other activities. We are very lucky to have Mr. Mothershead working at the Sioux City Career Academy!

Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa

College: Iowa State University - GO CYCLONES!

Fun Facts: Mr. Daniels has been to 4 countries. He loves to hike and has never broken a bone. Halloween is his favorite holiday - as you can tell from the photo!

Hopes As An Educator: To help mold active participants in society. To help students know what is going on around them and to think for themselves.

Best Moment In Education So Far: When students enjoy one of his classes so much that they return for the next level class he teaches! Also, seeing his students smiling and engaged in class.

Mr. Kilburn, Career Academy Principal, served up cups of delicious hot chocolate this month in the student store!

East High and Career Academy senior, Chloie Roupe showcased her fashion collection "Girl on Mars" at Omaha Fashion Week! She is the designer for this collection.

Chloie is also the lead intern at the Career Academy's student lead Embroidery Studio.

Pictured are models on the runway in Chloie's designs.

Way to shine Chloie!

The following Education Students were matched with their "Little" through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for their Internships.

Left: Junior Big Sister Samantha and Little Bothers Clay and Jakobi

Right: Junior Big Sister Gracie and Little Sister Ella

Left: Senior Big Sister Dayten and Little Sister Jayla

Right: Senior Big Sister Alex and Little Brother Bently

53 Career Academy Students in the Education Pathway attended the Briar Cliff Future Educator's Summit in October and heard from Iowa Teacher of the Year Krystal Corbet.

Carol Berzina, one of the Career Academy's amazing subs, brought MICAH, a therapy dog-in-training, to hang out with our education students and learn about the process. Thank you Mrs. Berzina and Micah for making our day!

The HBS (Human Body Systems) Class is looking at the nervous system and doing some fun labs to test the difference between a controlled reaction to a stimulus and a reflex.

Sioux City HOSA has had a busy October!

Participating in community volunteering: Fridays with 5th graders and railroad museum Halloween fest.

Also had Fall Leadership Conference . We took 22 students. 2 of which are on the state executive council. Sabrin Noor and Paislie Tran.

There were 114 HOSA high school students from all over Iowa coming together to network, collaborate and continue to promote the importance of health science education.

The Construction Academy Students in conjunction with Mercy One and Career Academy Fire Science Instructor, Anthony Gaul, participated in the "Stop the Bleed" program. Students learned what to do should an injury occur on a job site or in class. Students practiced packing a wound and using a tourniquet. They also learned proper protocol for calling for help should an accident occur.

Fridays are for 5th Graders is in full swing again this year. The Career Academy will host all the 5th graders in the district over the next 5 months for CTE based activities.

On October 20th the 5th graders from Unity Elementary were in the house!

One of the "stations" was in our Growing Roots Greenhouse with Career Academy Greenhouse Student Interns, Medhane and Jake. Each student planted a radish plant and they are being grown in our greenhouse. They will be delivered to the students when they have reached maturity.

Medhane is shown with some of the radish plants that are already spouting!

The Career Academy is hosting Sewing Day on November 14th. If you have fabric that you would like to donate, please drop off your donation at 627 4th Street - 2nd floor!

The weather in Iowa can be unpredictable. If the weather requires us to delay the start of our school day, cancel school for the day, or dismiss school early, information will be sent to families through email, text, and voicemail. In addition, this information is posted to our social media sites and the District website.

Please remember that parents and guardians have the right to make the decision to keep their child home on any day they feel it is unsafe for their student to be in school because of weather conditions. If you believe the weather provides a sincere reason why you may have to keep your student at home, or take your student home when classes are scheduled to continue, you as a parent or guardian will simply need to contact our school office to let us know.