Tucson Unified Career and Technical Education Teachers and Students completed a successful Fall Semester.
Read about our accolades and accomplishments in this issue of
CAREER CONNECT
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SOUTHERN AZ CONSTRUCTION & CAREER DAYS
More than 300 Career and Technical Education Students and Teachers from throughout Tucson Unified participated in the Southern Arizona Construction and Career Days. The event is designed to: "provide career exploration for their students within the construction industry, including trades, infrastructure, utilities, engineering, design and architecture and more." Communications Media students from Pueblo High documented the event with photos and video.
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Ross Sheard, Pima JTED; Chuck McCollum, TUSD CTE; Kathy Prather, Pima JTED; Brenda Mariotti; Karl Oxnam, TUSD CTE
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Photo Credit: Ana Saenz, Pueblo High
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Photo Credit:
Ana Saenz, Pueblo High
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| Photo Credit: Ana Saenz, Pueblo High |
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Photo Credit: Ana Saenz, Pueblo High |
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| Pueblo High Photographer, Ana Saenz |
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TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HOSTS TRANSPORTATION EVENT
Saturday November 2nd, a bucket truck from Tucson Electric Power, a pony, a double-decker bus and a cement truck were all at the Tucson Children's Museum for the Zoom Zoom event. Demonstrations by 7 Tucson Unified Automotive Teachers for children of all ages included virtual reality and even a chance to get behind the wheel of a solar go kart.
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Rincon High Auto Teacher Don Zell demonstrates small engine repair.
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Pueblo High Auto Teacher, Paul Sweeney
demonstrates use of spark plugs.
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Virtual Sprayer with Tucson High Magnet Auto Collision Repair Teacher, Monty Flores
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Pueblo High Auto Teacher, Val Martin demonstrates on Pontiac head.
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Solar Go Kart from Sahuaro High
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Sahuaro teacher Jack Ramsey demonstrates principles of electricity.
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William Corrales, THMS Auto Teacher
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STARBUCKS
@ CATALINA CULINARY
As TUSD CTE looks to partner with Starbucks for future internships, Catalina High School's Culinary students and their Teacher, Michael Gradowski were called upon to cater a Starbuck's Manager's meeting. Who knows? The Barista behind your next Mocha Grande Soy Latte might be be a Catalina Trojan.
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SERVICE LEARNING SHOWCASE
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HOSA BIOTECH WARRIORS WALK TO INCREASE AWARENESS
Pueblo HS Biotech students participated in the Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk.
Next on their agenda is the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Walk
April 7, 2018.
Dr. Andrew Lettes said: "consider being a team member or a making a donation."
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THMS HOSA VOLUNTEERS AT FOOD EVENT
Tucson High Magnet School HOSA students volunteered at the Produce on Wheels Without Waste
(P.O.W.W.O.W.) event.
Produce is re-distributed to communities, to promote affordable nutritious eating. For a $10 contribution, you can shop for up to 60 lbs. of fresh, nutritious, rescued produce.
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Rincon Automotive Technology students from left to right: Jose Juarez, Basil Kramer, Quinn Dunaway, Maximus Aponte-Chavez
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RINCON SkillsUSA
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CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Automotive Technology students and Advisor, Don Zell volunteered at the Tucson
Classics Rotary Car Show. They were the only automotive program in the county
to have auto students at the event. According to Zell, "Everybody loved our club shirts also.
I feel we represented TUSD auto very well.
Students also set up a display table and showed
little kids at Little Anthony's car show how to wire
some electrical boards. Many great comments from
parents and kids."
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SANTA RITA SPROUTS' SOAP
Josh Ruddick, CTE Agribusiness Teacher
at Santa Rita High School said "
Santa Rita Sprouts is a student-run business, enabled in part
through an agreement with Real World Scholars."
Santa Rita Sprouts' current
service-learning project includes
donating student-made-soap
to relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Santa Rita Sprouts invites everyone
to join their effort by collecting toiletries for donation to hurricane
victims.
The effort has been extended to the end of the quarter.
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Artwork by JulieAnna Rodriguez featured on the Valley Fever Center for Excellence Facebook Page
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VALLEY FEVER AWARENESS GOES VIRAL
Students from Pueblo High Bioscience Teacher Andrew Lettes and Art Teacher Nallely Aguayo collaborated to produce a Valley Fever awareness campaign. Students created posters and buttons to help spread the word. Their work was showcased on the Valley Fever Center for Excellence Facebook page.
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Button Designers
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Artwork by Gustavo Barrera featured on the Valley Fever Center for Excellence Facebook Page
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JA TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Tucson High Magnet School Business teachers Mona Rutherford and Melissa Pippen were recognized by the Southern Arizona Junior Achievement as Teachers of the Year.
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OUTSTANDING CHOLLA FCCLA STUDENT
Bryanda Pazos, Cholla High
was selected as
Arizona's FCCLA Member of the Month.
According to Advisor Gloria Nelson, "Bryanda is the Cholla HS chapter president this year and is definitely taking her leadership role seriously and productively." She will be recognized during the 2018 AZ Annual FCCLA Leadership Conference at Westin La Paloma.
LEARN more about FCCLA
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GRAPHIC ARTS STUDENTS SHINE
October 4, the Pima County School Superintendent's Office sponsored the Fall 2017 Bi Annual Student Art Show. This highlighted the artwork of High School Graphic Arts students. Students from Sabino High and Tucson High Magnet School were recognized for their efforts.
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BIO
SCIENCE STUDENTS SHADOW SURGEONS & E
NGINEERS
Saturday December 16th, eight
Pueblo High Bioscience students
interested in careers in orthopaedics or engineering participated in hands-on "mock surgical" exercises and heard lectures from women surgeons and engineers.
The Perry Initiative inspires young women to be leaders in Orthopaedic Surgery and Engineering by partnering with medical centers, universities & high schools nationwide.
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Desiree Padilla
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Destini Vasquez, Itzel Rodriguez,Desiree Padilla, Iris Quintero, Nayely Brown. Not pictured: Karla Kamell, Jessica Noperi and Alisa Verdugo
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| Alisa Verdugo |
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OFFICE 365
NEED HELP with Office 365? Microsoft has a vast amount of support materials and lessons online through the Microsoft Educator Community.
- Staff can also access Microsoft Office online task-based tutorials:
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TUSD1 CTE CALENDAR
17-18 CTE Department Chair Meetings
1/23; 2/20; 3/13; 4/10; 5/8
January Governing Board Recognition
Santa Rita Sprouts and JA Teachers of the Year
COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE
1/23/18
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CLASS
1/12/18
CTE MONTH
02/2018
SKILLSUSA REGIONAL COMPETITION
2/2/18
KEYS TO EMPLOYMENT
2/7/18
SCI FEST
2/10/18
INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS
On-Going
STATE ASSESSMENT WINDOW
3/27/18-4/26/18
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