Celebrate the achievements of Tucson Unified Career and Technical Education
students & teachers in this edition of
Career Connect.
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WITH GRATITUDE
During our self-isolation these past nine weeks, many parents were thrown into homeschooling without much instruction or practice, and now more than ever, realize how much you as teachers do for their kids.
It takes someone special to be a teacher, but to be a teacher during these times is to be someone amazing. Suddenly your class, curriculum, goals and the students you have bonded with for the year were gone. And yet, in this unprecedented and unplanned situation, you have stepped up.
If the COVID-19 has given us anything positive at all, it's an insurmountable amount of gratitude and pride we have for our Tucson Unified Teachers. Please take a moment and read about the accomplishments and honors our students and teachers have attained during this school year.
Chuck McCollum,
Coordinator,
Tucson Unified Career & Technical Education
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CONGRATULATIONS CLASS
OF 2020!
Be among the first to see the CTE messages to be premiered on KOLD during the graduation broadcasts and throughout the month of June.
Take a look at the links below!
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Congratulations CTE Grads (:15 version) |
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| We are so proud of our CTE Grads. |
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MORE THAN 900 CERTIFICATES EARNED
Certificates are being awarded to students who successfully completed a CTE Program's Sequence of Instruction.
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CTE CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS
#ClosedNotClosed
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âś…COLLABORATIVE SCOPE/SEQUENCE & SYLLABUS
Fourth quarter, the faculty of the TUSD1 CTE Department collaborated within common CTE Programs to develop scope and sequences for the entire CTE curriculum. The final products will be posted on the TUSD1 Curriculum and CTE Websites.
CTE Professional Development Academic Trainer, Vonda Perez said:
"w
itnessing the collaboration of such talented CTE teachers over the last couple of weeks to complete 29 program scope and sequences all for the betterment of our community has been an honor."
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CATALINA HIGHLIGHTS
Catalina CTE participated in important community events this year including the SkillsUSA Regional Construction Trades Competition, the Family SciFest and the 2019-2020 High School Expo, an outreach event for current 8th graders and families. Catalina Culinary catered many of these events.
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Dr. Trujillo with Catalina Construction students at Construction and Career Days
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Congratulations Connor, for winning the Sheet Metal competition and qualifying for Nationals
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Catalina Construction Technology students bulding bird houses at the Family Scifest event at the Children's Museum
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More than 145 competitors at Catalina High for the Region 6 Construction Technologies Regional Competition hosted by TUSD1CTE and our community partners in the Construction industry.
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CHOLLA HIGHLIGHTS
NEW CHOLLA CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FACILITY
We are happy to report that a new 38,000 sq ft. Construction Technologies building was completed at Cholla High this year.
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CHOLLA OUTREACH
One of many CTE accomplishments at Cholla High this year included their Career Choices and Curriculum Night. This was a great outreach and awareness event with all CTE Programs, Teachers and some Students participating.
Cholla CTE Teacher Mike Hensley demonstrates
pin making at the
High School Expo
with
TUSD1 Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo.
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CHOLLA EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STARS!
Sixteen Cholla seniors are completing the Early Childhood Education program.
FCCLA
Chapter President, Alondra, has had a stellar career at Cholla. Just a few of her accomplishments include: AZ CTE Early Childhood Education Program Technical Skills Assessment Certificate and ETS Paraprofessional Certification; GOLD Medal with perfect 100% score at 2019 FCCLA State Leadership Conference
(Ranked #1 in Arizona in her category); GOLD Medal at 2019 FCCLA National Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA and voted at State-level as Arizona "FCCLA Member of the Year" for 2019.
Alondra said she will be attending U of A, majoring in Computer Science.
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SEAL OF THE ARTS:
CHOLLA & THMS CTE STUDENTS HONORED
Congratulations to TUSD1 CTE students who earned the
Arizona Department of Education State Seal of Arts Proficiency on their graduation diplomas.
From Cholla High, Audio Production, Instructor Rueben Loya, Students:
Rene Tovar , Ylianna Romo, Martin Pacheco, Brian Sandoval, Melissa Melendrez and
Thomas Parke.
From Tucson High Magnet School, Photography, Instructor
Alejandro Gonzalez, Students: Odalys Catalan and Tara Maria Belger.
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CHOLLA PHARMACY TECH
Cholla Pharmacy Tech Teacher, Dr. Janelle Hunter, RPh., surprised graduating
seniors with these Cholla Pharmacy banners.
Hunter named
Fernanda Garcia
as student of the year for p
erseverance "She understands living in the moment because she knows things could change without notice. And if things DID change for the worse, she would persevere and however possible, she'd find a way to have fun and make sure others did as well."
Cholla graduting Pharmacy Tech student Gabrianna Gonzalez will attend the University of Arizona in the fall, majoring in Pharmacy. She was featured in the Arizona Daily Star.
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Cholla High School discus thrower Gabrianna Gonzalez is studying for her pharmacy technician licensing exam. She hopes to certify in July.
Photo Credit: Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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NATIONAL WELDING MONTH FEATURES CHOLLA
In recognition of National Welding month, this feature video was re-branded and posted on all social media celebrating Teacher Mr. Jorge Padilla and the Cholla Welding program.
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Cholla Welding Featuring Students & Teacher Jorge Padilla
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Palo Verde ENGINEERING: SERVICE, OUTREACH, ROBOTS
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PV Engineering Teacher, Brian Farlee at the Zoom Zoom at the Children's Museum of Tucson
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Palo Verde Engineering students had a busy year including building robots to compete in VEX Robotics.
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PV Engineering at School Choice event
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Palo Verde Film & TV Airs Story on PBS NewsHour
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Pandemic: US should enact Italy's restrictive rules, says Italian student.
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As part of a PBS NewsHour sponsored program, Student Reporting Labs, the Film & TV Students at Palo Verde worked in collaboration with a PBS Producer in Washington, DC to create this story about a PV Foreign Exchange Student from Milan, Italy.
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PUEBLO HIGHLIGHTS
Pueblo CTE Teachers submitted names and justifications for their Honors Night.
To read more about these students, click here
Pueblo CTE Student Recognition
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We are proud of our Cellular & Molecular Biology Warrior
& their Teacher, Dr. Andrew Lettes.
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Pueblo Home Health Aide students at SciFest
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SARSEF STORIES: @PUEBLODNA
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Pueblo High Bioscience inspiring the next generation at the Family SciFest with a huge strand of DNA
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Pueblo Bioscience Students had an outstanding year at the Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundations' annual competition with innovative projects including one by Daniella Diaz.
Her Teacher, Dr. Andrew Lettes says: "as a junior she came after school to work on a science first experiment, but since it is research,
we had unforeseen problems, so she did not enter SARSEF.
This year Daniella continued to work hard and earned first place at SARSEF.
Daniella and her partner split a $2000 scholarship."
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PUEBLO STUDENTS VISIT GALLERIES AROUND THE WORLD
Pueblo Graphic Design students under the direction of Teacher Ernie Somoza spent 4th quarter visiting some of the most famous art galleries in the world. They did this virtually.
Somoza said the idea for the virtual gallery tours came about becuase his students usually visit the University of Arizona Museum of Art and Center for Creative Photography during Spring Semester. Since field trips were out of the question, Somoza innovated and found virtual gallery and museum tours to base his lessons. As a culminating acitivity, students interpreted classic works of art.
Take a look at the lesson and some of the student products below.
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PV Film & TV PERSISTS
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PVTV Persists Under Quarantine
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PVTV, the product of Teacher Laura Caucci's Film & TV program found a way to continue sending their message. Caucci said: "I'm pretty proud of the kids for fully creating this on their own and using cell phones. It's also a learning experience for all of them. These kids also aren't recording to boost their grades. They are doing this because they want their classmates to have some sort of school normalcy." And in her 'spare' time, Caucci sewed and donated hundreds of masks to places like the T
ucson VA clinic.
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RINCON HIGHLIGHTS
NEW HVAC FACILITY
We are proud of the completion of the new state of the art Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Tech facility at Rincon.
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Rincon Automotive at ZOOMZOOM
ZOOM ZOOM at the Children's Museum of Tucson is an annual event celebrating "things that go zoom." Our TUSD1 CTE Automotive Teachers all participated with hands-on events for young children.
Rincon High also hosted the 2020 High School Expo and Wellness Fair with all Tucson Unified CTE Programs represented as well as important community partners and Tucson Unified Student Services.
Check out stories below about both events.
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Pictured above, Dale Pelton, Rincon High Automotive Teacher at ZoomZoom 2020 at the Children's Museum
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TUSD1 High School CTE Expo & Wellness Fair |
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RINCON FILM & TV
The project featured below was produced by
Kaysee Tokach, a 2nd year student. Her Teacher, Alfredo Mendoza said: "s
he did this at home using an app called StopMotion Studio;
I'm pretty happy with this, it's very cute." Mendoza is proud of his students' other work posted on the class Youtube Channel linked below.
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Sabino Graphic Designer wins 1st Place
Taylor Reed, a 10th grader in his second year of Sabino Graphic Design, won first place in his age category for Paint Arizona from the Arizona State Parks. He won a day pass for 4 people to enter a state park.
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1st Place entry, Jade Kwinn, Sabino High
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SABINO CTE STUDENT WINS NATIONAL CHALLENGE
Jade Kwinn, Sabino Graphic Design student of Instructor Rebecca Lawson, won a $500 scholarship to a college of her choice for winning 1st place in the Wyland National Art Challenge.
The Wyland National Art Challenge encourages students across the nation to think about the many conservation issues we face around the world and interpret them through art.
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SAHUARO HIGHLIGHTS
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Sahuaro HS
Robotics
team members: Nathan Brown Pazmino, Cory Ramirez and Josiah Lane
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Sahuaro Engineering students and Advisors Ben Davis and Andrew Christian hosted 2 VEX Robotics Competitions this year.
Their students qualified for the State Tournament by taking 1st place.
Engineering Teachers Brian Farleee from Palo Vere, Ben Davis from Sahuaro and Santiago Galaz from
This Tweet by TUSD1CTE was picked up by Superintendent of Public Education, Kathy Hoffman and she not only acknowledged them in the tweet below, but also recognized their efforts during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Thanks hardworking Engineering Teachers and Supt_Hoffman!
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SANTA RITA HIGHLIGHTS
The first cohorts of future Dental Assistants and Diesel Mechanics began their programs of study this year in new, state of the art facilities.
Ten Dental Assisting students will test for their certifications as soon as possible. We are proud of our Dental and Diesel Eagles.
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2019 Santa Rita High Dental & Diesel
Ribbon Cutting
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Superintendent Trujillo addresses an over-flow crowd at the ground breaking ceremonies for the Santa Rita Dental and Diesel Programs
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SR CONSTRUCTION TECH STUDENT FEATURED
Santa Rita Junior, CTE Student and triplet Candice
Pocase, was featured in the Arizona Daily Star because of her athletic achievements including pole vaulting. Pocase said she's is considering a career in construction and has excelled in electricity and carpentry classes at Santa Rita.
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Photo Credit:
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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READ MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING SANTA RITA ATHLETE & CTE STUDENT
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SANTA RITA HOSTS CAREER DAYS
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THMS HIGHLIGHTS
ALL TUCSON UNIFIED CTE PROGRAMS INCLUDING BIOSCIENCE, SPORTS MEDICINE, DENTAL ASSISTING, HOME HEALTH AIDE, DONATED PPE TO AREA HOSPITALS
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THMS HOSTS SOUTHERN AZ HS FILM FESTIVAL
The 22nd annual Tucson High Film Festival took place despite quarantine challenges. Tucson High Film & TV Teacher Rosie Zwaduk says: "
Congratulations goes out to several
Tucson High Magnet Film Students
for grabbing several top spots."
See Film Festival Entries below
Fiction:
Animation:
True Indie (Videos shot during Quarantine):
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Tucson High students excelled in the Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation annual Science Fair.
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| THMS SAARSEF 1st Place: Seedballs |
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THMS CTE Bioscience Teacher Jeremy Jonas and his students working on the 2019 Summer Research project.
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THMS Bioscience Research Featured
The Tucson High CTE Bioscience Program's Summer Research Program
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cience and Nature in Tandem for Youth
(SANITY)
received some great
press
in an article
from the Society for Science & the Public called:
"Seven days of SANITY in the Chiricahua Mountains."
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UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS
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| Assistant U.S. Education Secretary visits Tucson's University High School |
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SUMMER CELEBRATION OF CTE VIA KOLD
This :15 second public awareness campaign will air throughout May and June on all digital platforms affiliated with KOLD, Channel 13.
Take a look!
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| We are so proud of our CTE Graduates. |
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
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KOLD Noon Notebook featuring TUSD1 CTE
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Mayor Regina Romero proclaims February CTE Month
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DOWNLOAD OUR 2020 CTE PROGRAMS BOOKLET
Our new TUSD1 CTE Programs catalog is now available for download at the link below.
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5/23-24/2020
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5/22/20
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Last Day for Teachers
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EMAIL, FRIEND, FOLLOW & TAG US
We'd like to make your good news go viral. Find us on all social media platforms @TUSD1CTE
or email us: Charles.McCollum@tusd1.org
Please include the date of the event, contact information, and attach images separately in JPG format.
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THE ARCHIVE
Read past editions of our newsletters at the links below:
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