Career Connect 
Celebrate the Achievements of Tucson Unified Career & Technical Education 
CURRICULLUM UPDATE
BEST PRACTICES GALLERY
Featured below are CTE lessons featuring the Panopto application to demonstrate and screenshare. Click on the images or the links to see a Culinary Arts lesson to learn about bread making and a Computer Science lesson to learn about App Design.

Click on this image to see a lesson from THMS Software and App Design 
Click on this image to see Sahuaro Culinary - "Making Fresh Pasta"
SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
TUSD1 CTE Faculty collaborated within Programs to develop common scope/sequences. Final products are posted at the link below.
Click here to see the TUSD1CTE  SCOPE AND SEQUENCE by Program
2020-2021 
 TEACHERS
NEW TO TUSD1 CTE
TEACHER
SCHOOL
CTE PROGRAM
Sam ArnoldCatalina HSCulinary Arts
Keith KennedyCholla HSConstruction Technologies
Hector SimonCholla HSJr. ROTC
Steven SpieceCholla HS Jr. ROTC
Nate AdamsPueblo HSComputer Science
Abby EdgellPueblo HSGraphic Design
Shea OliverSabino HSSports Medicine
Cedric MartinSanta Rita HSBusiness Management
Nikolas SanchezTucson HighPrecision Machining
Mike KulishTucson HighStagecraft
Tara ArchuletaUniversity HighBioscience
RECOGNITION
THMS BIOSCIENCE 
SSPA GRANT
Congratulations to THMS Bioscience Teacher Jeremy Jonas. He was recently awarded a Society for Science & the Public Advocate Grant that provides funding, training, materials and research equipment "to make quality STEM learning and instruction easier and possible in the face of COVID-19 shutdowns."  Jonas says the funding will be used for science equipment to support students' learning from home. 


THMS ALUM UA RESEARCHER 
The story below features Tucson High Biotechnology student Isabella Constantine, a molecular & cellular biology major, who shares a few of her favorite things about classes, labs, and student life at the University of Arizona.THMS Bioscience Teacher, Jeremy Jonas says: "This is a great social media piece showcasing a great success story from a TUSD CTE program."
Isabella Constantine, THMS Bioscience Alum
Isabella Constantine, THMS Bioscience Alum
PUEBLO HIGH BIOSCIENCE
Congrats Pueblo High Bioscience Teacher, Dr. Andrew Lettes and 18 Pueblo High Bioscence students who have an opportunity to earn 3 credits of Molecular and Cellular Biology dual enrollment credits at UA thanks to Lettes' persistence and funding from Pima County JTED.  
SUMMER RESEARCH FEATURED
Congrats Pueblo High Bioscience Teacher, Dr. Andrew Lettes and seven Pueblo Bioscience Student Researchers. According to Dr. Lettes, "more students from Pueblo High School attended SIMI2020 than any other high school in Southern Arizona. These are Pueblo's Celebrated Researchers (PCR)."
Presenting their findings at the UA Summer Institute of Medical Ignorance (SIMI) were: Luz Islava, Daniella Diaz, Ronaldo Enriquez, David Noriega, David Canez, Antonio Vega and Juan Fierros. To learn more, click here: SIMI 2020


Ronaldo Enriquez studying Nursing at UA.

Daniella Diaz, studying Microbiology at UA.











David Noriega, 2nd year at SIMI.
David Canez, Pueblo Class of 2021

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
SANTA RITA GRADS START DENTAL CAREERS 
Congratulations to Santa Rita High Dental Assisting Teacher Jena Simental and the inaugural class of SRHS Dental Assisting students. 

Stephanie Higgins, SRHS Class of 2020 starts her Dental Assisting career at Ortho Pros.


Salina Trejo, SRHS Class of 2020, is hired at Aeris Dental.



 









Madisyn Tolbert_ SRHS Class of 2020 is hired at Ortho Pros.

CATALINA CONSTRUCTION

According to Catallina High Construction Technologies Teacher Mishari Otaibi, recent grad Alex Koster worked at Millwork By Design this summer and he is still there operating the CNC machine. Millwork By Design does architectural millwork fabrication for commercial projects.


CLICK HERE to Learn More about Millwork By Design

CHOLLA PHARMACY TECH 

Cholla High Pharmacy Tech Teacher, Dr. Janelle Hunter, RpH, PhD, had three Class of 2020 Cholla Chargers pass their Pharmacy Tech certifications. 
A quick Google search revealed there are currenlty more than 60 openings for Pharmacy Techs in Tucson.

THMS AUTOMOTIVE TECH 
Tucson High senior Joshua Schildt became the 2nd THMS Automotive Technologies student hired at Chapman Mercedes of Tucson.  
He joins Manny Silva, who was the 1st student from THMS to go directly to Mercedes. 
THMS Auomotve Technologies Teacher Wiliam Corrales told his students: " "You just jumped to the front of the line, you saved an enormous amount of money because your getting factory training free and getting paid for this training." 
OUTREACH
INCASE YOU MISSED IT: KOLD CELEBRATES TUSD1CTE 
This public awareness campaign was on the air throughout May and June on all digital platforms affiliated with Southern Arizona's CBS affiliate, KOLD, Channel 13.  
Take a look!
We are so proud of our CTE Graduates.
We are so proud of our CTE Graduates.
DOWNLOAD OUR 2020-2021 CTE PROGRAMS BOOKLET
Our 20-21 TUSD1 CTE Programs catalog is available for download at the link below.
DATES TO REMEMBER
10/12-10/16/2020
 FALL BREAK
11/11/2020
VETERANS DAY
11/26-11/27/2020
THANKSGIVING
12/18/2020
END FALL SEMESTER
12/21-1/3/2021
WINTER BREAK
1/18/2021
MLK DAY
2/25-2/26/2021
RODEO BREAK
3/15-3/19/2021
SPRING BREAK
4/2/2021
SPRING HOLIDAY
5/27/2021
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