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STEM Workshop

Ten80 Education and Partners

in STEM hosted Southern Alamance

High School students for the STEM

Innovators-in-Training Experience &

Invitational on November 14,

2017 at the North Carolina State

Fairgrounds. This fun and engaging

engineering and enterprise event

allowed students to channel their

inspirations into real academic and

emotional success.

Student workshops included coding,

game design, racing, robotics,

enterprise, and leadership and all

students contributed to the hands-on,

minds-on STEM activities.

CTE Connection

Your Career and Technical Education News,

Connecting Students to Future Careers

Contents

Oh! The Places We Have 1

Been - STEM

Oh! The Places We Have 2

Been – Health Science,

Interior Design &

Cosmetology

Oh! The Places We Have 3

Been - ESL

CTE Course Spotlight - 3

Plumbing

New Staff 4

Pam S m i t h

Ca r e e r D e ve l o p m e n t C o or d i n a t o r

Upcoming

Events

 2/27 – ACT @ SAHS

 March - Registration

 3/22 – Job

Shadowing

(including ARMC &

Burlington Police

Dept)

 4/12 – ASVAB

testing

 5/11 – ACC

Placement Testing

@ SAHS

 6/11 - Graduation

Oh! The Places We Have Been…!!!

On November 7, as part of Job shadowing, students interested in Health Science careers toured the

Union Square campus in Greensboro, a partnership between Cone Health, Guilford Technical

Community College, North Carolina A&T State University, and the University of North Carolina at

Greensboro. This state-of-the art setting is used to educate nurses from the associate (2 year),

bachelor (4 year) through the doctoral degree level.

Oh! The Places We Have Been…!!!

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The Interior Design I Class at SAHS had

the distinct privilege of visiting the

Julian Price House of Greensboro, NC

earlier this month. The Julian Price

home was built in 1929 for the president

of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.

Currently, skilled artisans are restoring

the intricate original details of this

“Grand Dame” of Greensboro known as

“Hillside”. (below)

Students also gave formal class presentations to relay career

information learned while shadowing…

Students interested in Cosmetology learned about

training and career options at J. Evans Beauty

Academy of Cosmetic Art. (below)

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This course introduces students to the basics of plumbing. Topics include installation and

maintenance of piping, fittings, valves along with tool safety and standard practices in the plumbing

industry. Upon completion, students should be able to install and maintain basic plumbing systems,

components, and fixtures. This class consists of classroom work as well as work in the plumbing lab.

This year, classes have met each Tuesday and Thursday on the main campus of Alamance

Community College from 5-8 p.m., with the first level beginning in the Fall and then both first and

second levels offered during the Spring semester. Students may also be able to earn a high school

elective Apprenticeship credit.

CTE Course Spotlight - Plumbing 101

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Oh! The Places We Have Been…!!!

For Educators:

 Helps motivate students to learn by demonstrating the tangible applications of classroom lessons

 Helps craft lesson plans around students’ career interests

"Females in Design and

Engineering"

Betty Baker, Product Engineer with Ashley

Furniture in Wisconsin and a team of

professionals spoke with almost 300 SAHS

students to create awareness of, and

promote local opportunities in, engineering

and design. There are over 350

opportunities for Computer Aided

Designers within 50 miles of Graham, NC.

These positions are offering from $17.50 to

$25.00 an hour with a few even higher. The

experts shared that career opportunities are

growing and females, who want to make a

name for themselves following this path

can almost write their own ticket.

Fun Fact: U.S. News and World report ranks a Plumber as #49

on its “100 Best Jobs for Graduates in 2018”, with a median

annual income of $51,450 and 75,800 job openings!

ACC is also waiving the $180 course fee for Alamance-

Burlington School system students so this course is FREE when

completing a scholarship application!

For more information, call 336-506-4149 or 336-506-4322, or

see Ms. Smith in Student Services for more information or to

reserve your place in the next class.

New Staff

Southern Alamance

High School

631 Southern High School Road

Graham, NC 27253

Phone:

(336) 570-6400

E-mail:

[email protected]

We’re on the Web!

CDC site address

http://www.abss.k12.nc.us/Domain/2800

CTE Dept site address

http://www.abss.k12.nc.us/domain/5336

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I am an Alamance County

native and graduated from

Graham High School. I

graduated from Elon

University with a B.S.in

Marketing in 1988. During

my college years, I worked

in construction and fell in

love with it!! Needless to

say I made a career out of it,

and 33 years later I have

found another job that I

love, teaching young men

and women the construction

trade.

My goal is to use my life experiences to put a passion

for this trade into the hearts of my students and give

them career options.