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CTE Primary Pathway Program

February 2022

CTE PrimaryPathway ProgramFebruary 2022

"Use your talent. If there's something you want to do.......just do it."- Vincent Rotate

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Brushing our Teeth at Home

Every student K-8th will receive a free dental kit this year from the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation
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Dental Kits

Thanks to the efforts of Liz Ferguson, our high school CTE Dental Health Instructor, 2500 kids have dental supplies
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Dental Lessons

Every K-5th grade student will receive a preventative dental lesson through CTE, and every 6-8th grade student will complete an interactive Oral Health Questionnaire

Dental Health, Graphic Design and Engineering

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Dental Health with 1st graders

Learning about the process of decay using ice cubes
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Graphic Design with 5th grade

Designing South Lake Tahoe logos
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Engineering with 2nd graders

Building towers with Miss. Alissa

Heavenly Snowshoeing Fieldtrip 5th Grade

CTE Enhancements- Interdisciplinary Activities

This year we have added front loading and reflection CTE lessons that help to enhance learning during our existing STEEC Environmental field trips.


Students complete an engineering activity before heading out to Heavenly and a graphic design/photography activity following the field trip.

Engineering Snow Goggles

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Engineering Snow Goggles

Students learning the design process and creating goggles as a survival strategy

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Prototypes

Testing their prototypes
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Finished Products

Finished products ready for testing outside in the sunny, snowy conditions

Practicing Snowshoeing

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Enjoying Snowshoeing

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Learning how snowshoes help us stay on top of snow

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Being in nature with friends makes you feel good

On the Mountain: with Partner Group STEEC

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The Tram

On their way to the Heavenly Snowshoeing Fieldtrip
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American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education

Examining snow size and shape using microscopes
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Avalanche Control

Testing snow compaction
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science

Learning about survival strategies- Migration, Hibernation, Toleration, Adaption
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Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing between learning stations
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Heavenly

Learning about snowmaking on the mountain

Creating Brochures using Graphic Design

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Choosing photos

Downloading photos from their field trip
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Canva

Learning to use the online graphic design program Canva
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Adding text

Students adding text to their advertising brochures

"Our task is to educate our students whole being so they can face the future....and help them make something of it"- Ken Robinson