Six Cecil County School of Technology students placed at the Maryland State SkillsUSA competition held on Saturday April 5, 2008, at the Career and Technology Center in Severn, Maryland.  Two of the students, Kaitlyn Leonard (PHS) and Charlie Harrison (NEHS), earned first place honors.  Kaitlyn Leonard place first in Firefighting and Charlie Harrison place first in the welding competition.  Both of these students will represent CCST at the National SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City, Missouri in June.

The four other CCST students who placed were: Amanda Crockett (BMHS) 2nd place—Cosmetology, Ashley Northam (PHS) 2nd place—First Aid/CPR, Holly Jones (NEHS) 2nd place—Firefighting, and Kara Bickering (PHS) 3rd place First Aid/CPR.  Congratulations to all the students who competed and to those who were place winners.

Sam Reynolds (RSHS) was the first place winner at the Maryland State FFA Nursery and Landscaping Con

test held at the University of Maryland on April 8, 2008.  He competed in plant identification, written test, and a presentation and drawing interpretation.

Tim Webb (NEHS) placed second in Help Desk competition at the Maryland State FBLA competition held April 9-11, 2008 in Hunt Valley, Maryland.  Tim’s second place finish qualified him to compete at the National FBLA competition in Atlanta, Georgia in June.  Other students who placed were: Anthony Taylor (EHS) placed third in Help Desk, Wade Jones (PHS) placed fourth in Networking Concepts and the team of Tim Gough (RSHS) and Robert Brown  (BMHS) placed tenth in Desktop Publishing.  Congratulations to all students who competed.

The team of Don Everetts (PHS) and Shaun Williams (NEHS) placed 3rd in the Ford/AAA Student Skills competition.  They finished first in the exam and third in hands-on competition.

 

Diversity Day at CCST is a Success

April 23, 2008 was Diversity Day at the School 0f Technology.  All students selected two other Trade Programs they were interested in and spent approximately an hour learning about the two programs they selected.    In many cases the students were able to “practice” skills in the different programs and get an idea of what the students enrolled in that program learn.  Each class had a planned activity for the visiting students to try and attempt to give them a “hands-on” experience.  Most students enjoyed the opportunity to discover what goes on in another trade program.  Thank you to Mrs. Sudler, Mrs. Dougherty,

Mrs. Schreiber, Mrs. Harman, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Thompson for planning the event.