CAREER CONNECT  CTE Month 2020
Tucson Unified Career & Technical Education Accomplishments  
Celebrate the achievements of Tucson Unified Career and Technical Education 
students & teachers in this edition of  Career Connect. 
FEBRUARY IS CTE MONTH!
The TUSD Governing Board recognized February as CTE Month with this proclamation. In recognition of CTE Month, during February we'll be sending bi-weekly e-blasts this month with TUSD CTE highlights.
ON THE BIG SCREEN 
CTE Promo in Local Theaters
Our updated 2020 ad is in all Cinemark and AMC theaters through March 5th.

2020 TUSD1CTE Theater Ad
2020 TUSD1CTE Theater Ad
HOT OFF THE PRESS

Our new TUSD1 CTE Programs catalog is now available for download at the link below.















OUTREACH
2020 ZOOM ZOOM

Our TUSD1CTE Automotive Teachers were at ZoomZoom celebrating all things that go ZOOM with hands-on demonstrations at the Children's Museum of Tucson January 18th, 2020.

 
ZoomZoom 2020

2020 HIGH SCHOOL EXPO & WELLNESS FAIR 
2020 TUSD Career Fair and Wellness Expo
Take a look at this clip from the 2020 TUSD Career Fair and Wellness Expo


There was a great turn-out for the 2nd annual High School Expo and Wellness Fair Saturday January 25th. 
All of TUSD student support services along with representatives from all high school CTE programs were there in addition to community partners who provided everything from haircuts to free socks and jackets.


Left to right: Mr. Valdez, Counselor, Dept. Chair; Mr. Martin Christophe, Science Teacher; Mrs. Stickel, Assistant Principal; Mrs. Lucy Swift, CTE Teacher and Dept. Chair; and Dr. Trujillo, Superintendent

Cholla Career Choices Event

Cholla High CTE Teachers had a special evening event to promote their programs. 
 CTSO Competitions
SkillsUSA, FBLA and Robotics
Every Career and Technical Education program has an affiliated Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)
The CTSO's provide opportunities for students to develop workplace employability and leadership skills and also demonstrate proficiency in competitions at the regional, state and national levels.
Regional competitions were held this past week in all career sectors.
Here are some of the results, with more to follow in the coming weeks.
SkillsUSA - Regional Competition


KVOA 4 Story
KVOA 4 SkillsUSA story
 
KGUN 9 story
KGUN 9 Feature




Sahuaro takes 1st place in Robotics Competition 
The Sahuaro Robotics team, comprised of Engineering students, had a successful tournament at Empire high school Saturday, January 26th. According to Advisor Andrew Christian, "there were 24
teams from all over the state, including quite a few new teams from TUSD. All 4 Sahuaro teams finished in the top 10 in the tournament, with 1 team winning the whole thing!"
Sahuaro is hosting the next tournament  Saturday, February 8, 2020 starting 8:00 a.m. at Sahuaro High School located at 545 North Camino Seco.
There will be 33 teams participating in the tournament, from all over Arizona and New Mexico. Come and see the creativity, ingenuity and skills that all the competitors are bringing to the battles. Come watch our students become inspired, problem solving heroes of tomorrow.
Every year the competition focuses on team collaboration and battles against other teams.  Please visit the following link for details on the competition:
The winning team members were: Nathan Brown-Pazmino, Cory James Ramirez and  Josiah Lane.

DATES TO REMEMBER
2/8/20
Robotics Competition - Sahuaro High
2/15/20 SciFest Children's Museum 
 2/20-2/21
 RODEO BREAK
3/05/20 TUSD1 Department Chair Meeting
 3/13/20
 ENDQ3
 3/16-3/20/20
 SPRING BREAK
3/23/20-4/24/20 CTE Technical Skills Assessment Window
4/6/-4/8/20 FBLA State Conference, Tucson
 4/10/20
 SPRING HOLIDAY No School
4/13/-4/15/20 HOSA State Conference, Tucson
4/29-4/30/20 DECA Conference, Nashville, TN
 5/21/20 
 GRADUATION
5/22/20 Last Day for Teachers



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Read past editions of our newsletters at the links below:



19_Assessment Update 3                                19_Assessment Update 2 & Certification Spotlight

19_Assessment Update 1                                19_CTE Month Week 4

19_CTE Month Week 3                                    19_CTE Month Week 2

19_CTE Month Week 1                                    18-19 CAREER CONNECT DECEMBER  


2017-2018 Highlights!                                       18_CTE Month 5

18_CTE Month 4                                               18_CTE Month 3

18_CTE Month 2                                               18_CTE Month 1


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