Congratulations to the Jack Britt SkillsUSA Competition Team! Ten students from Jack Britt High School departed from Cumberland County on April 27, 2022, to compete at the SkillsUSA State Competition in Greensboro, North Carolina. These student teams studied and practiced weekly since the fall organization meeting. In Greensboro, the four Jack Britt teams represented the school through two long competitive events. During the awards ceremony, each one of them was called to the stage in front of the over 1,700 attendees and awarded a medal as their team name along with Jack Britt was called and projected on the large screens. The winners of the Jack Britt SkillsUSA Competition Team and their events are:

• 1st Place --Mechatronics-Afifah Amjad and Luke Frassel
• 2nd Place-Crime Scene Investigation-Jacinth Francis, DaMary Henderson, and  Seanna Shah 
• 3rd Place-Crime Scene Investigation-Angelina Rosario, Sameer Saqib, and               Dylan Wooster
• 3rd Place-Mechatronics- Dylan Given and Aswad Qureshi

(Submitted by Henrietta Jutson)

SVHS Masonry II  CTE students are working with brick and mortar building mailboxes, house steps, walkways, fireplaces, and building structures under the direction of our new Masonry teacher, Mr. Milton Underwood. In Masonry II, emphasis is on residential plans and drawing interpretations, residential masonry, masonry openings and metalwork, and the proper tools and equipment needed to perform the job. Safety work habits, English language arts, and Math skills are reinforced in this course.

(Submitted by Helen Scott)

Mr. Roderick Smith’s Public Safety II students during the fall semester learned the four classifications of household fires and how to extinguish each one using the proper fire extinguisher correctly. When extinguishing a fire, the students learned you should PASS.  Pull the pin, Aim the extinguisher nozzle low towards the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle to discharge the extinguisher, and Sweep the nozzle back and forth, aiming at the base of the fire, and moving it from side to side until the flame is out. The students had a learning activity that allowed them to practice the knowledge they had learned in the classroom by role-playing using a fire extinguisher to put out an actual fire in their home.          

  (Submitted by Helen Scott)

Left to Right:  Troy Bates, Rachel Brady,  and Ricky Gaddy

On April 8, 2022, South View High School students participated in a STOP THE BLEED®  training simulation at Fort Bragg, NC. Students complete classroom course work and must successfully complete a quiz before participating in the simulation.

Each student rotated through hands-on training stations for bleeding control, use of a tourniquet, and CPR. The final event is a realistic emergency simulation that builds student confidence to take action in severe bleeding emergencies.

We would like to thank our community partners, at the Medical Simulation Training Center on Fort Bragg!

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(Submitted by Dawn Larson)