Community Service Day

Newsletter

Fall 2012 Volume 2, Issue 1

Hinds County Career and

Technical Center

Special points of

interest:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL

THOSE BORN IN THE

MONTHS OF OCTOBER,

NOVEMBER, AND

DECEMBER!

Remember Professional

Dress Day is every first

Wednesday at the Career

Center.

National Boss’ day was

October 16, 2012. The

Staff gave Ms. Ashmore a

great surprise!

Inside this issue:

Payne’s AEST News 2

Fults’ News–

Automotive Service

2

Hudson’s Place-

Criminal Justice

2

Causey’s Health

Science News

3

Ms. Tighe Techies–

Simulation/Animation

3

Mrs. Caston—The

Marketing Mix

3

Student of the Month 4

More CTC News 4

Ms. Ashmore’s Corner

Hinds County Career and Technical Center

14020 Highway 18

Raymond, MS 39154

Phone: 601-857-3680

Fax: 601-857-2212

Website: http://www.hinds.k12.ms.us/

We are off to an exciting year here at the Hinds County Career and Technical Center! We are excited

to have several new teachers:

Jennifer Tighe

Simulation

& Animation

Juana Caston

Business

& Marketing

Joyce Causey

Health Science

I & II

James Hudson

Criminal Justice

Joshua Payne

AEST

Further, we are delighted to pilot a new

program, “Law Enforcement and Public Safety.”

This program will allow students to explore

careers in the areas of the judiciary system,

police & fire protection, homeland security and

many more. The Presidential Fitness Challenge

is also a component of the program.

Students have taken their required safety

tests and completed units on Safety and

Orientation. Some student organizations have

elected officers and others have participated in

“Fall Leadership” for their various organization.

The AEST (Agricultural Environmental

Science Technology) student organization (FFA)

assisted at the children’s Barnyard at the

Mississippi State Fair on October 12th.

We will be hosting our annual Community

Service event Saturday, November 3, 2012

from 8:00-1:00 p.m. All programs and Student

Organizations will be providing the following

services:

Winterizing your car

Resume writing and Interviewing

Blood pressure check, vision height,

weight, hypertension & diabetes

awareness

Internet & Gaming safety

Fingerprint Kits for kids

For more information call (601)-857-3680.

The Career Center has been celebrating Red

Ribbon Week.

Students dressed in red

Friday. The Career

Center had a door

decorating contest. Ms.

Causey’s placed 3rd,

Mr. Fults’ students

placed 2nd, and the

first place winner of

the door contest was

Ms. Barnes’ Health

Science Class.

Their theme was:

“Don’t get caught in the web of drugs.”

Red Ribbon Week

Payne’s AEST News

Hudson’s Place– Criminal Justice

SkillsUSA chapter here at the

Career Center and they are:

President

--Kiarria Lacey

Vice President.

--Shayne Morgan

Secretary--Ericka Epps

Treasurer--Greg Jones

Reporter

---Elijah Clayton

We are looking forward to

many new and upcoming

events. For example, a select

number of students have been

chosen to attend the MS State

Fair where there is an annual

car show located in the

coliseum. The students

will take pictures and

inventory of the

different makes and

models to bring back to

share with the rest of the

classes. The students

will interview several

owners about their cars

and why they chose that

particular make and model to

restore. Until next time, we’re

out. The Automotive

students are off to a great

start this school year.

Presently we have about 42

new and returning students.

We are proud to say that

about 98% of our students

have successfully passed the

safety test and now they are

gearing up for our

community service day in

November.

We have elected our

new officers for our

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Hinds County Career and Technical Center

AEST Students at the State Fair

Enforcement and

Public Safety

Career

Pathway. Those

careers can

include

preparation for

jobs in forensics

science, law

enforcement,

Department of

Homeland Security, Fish and

Wild Life, and lawyers just to

name a few.

The Criminal Justice

program hosted a Law

Enforcement and Public Safety

Forum on September 18, 2012.

The purpose of the Forum was

to introduce the program to the

Criminal Justice is a new

program that is being piloted

this year by Hinds County

CTC and five other school

districts located across

Mississippi. This program was

designed for students

interested in the Law

community and to gain support

from Law Enforcement and

Public Safety agencies in the

surrounding areas. We had a

large turn out of agencies such

as the Chief of Police from

surrounding areas, Mississippi

Highway Patrol, Hinds County

Youth Court, Hinds

Community College,

Mississippi Emergency

Management System, several

judges, Mississippi Department

of Education, Mississippi State

Research and Curriculum Unit,

Mississippi College School of

Law, Jackson State University

Criminal Justice Department,

Hinds County School Board

member, Ms. Hicks, Dr.

Stephen Handley, Hinds

Community College president,

Dr. Clyde Muse, Mr. Earl

Burke, Dr. Delercica Martin

and many more.

Mr. James Hudson is the

instructor for the class. This is

a two year program available

to students from Raymond and

Terry High Schools. Students

earn two Carnegie units for

each year in the program for a

total of four electives. The

class room has its very own

mock built-in courtroom. For

more information, please

contact Hinds County CTC at

(601) 857-3680 or see one of

the counselors at Terry or

Raymond High. Page 2

The Agricultural Environmental

Science Technology program have

started their new chapter of FFA.

They will now be known as Hinds

CTC—Raymond FFA Chapter.

The FFA took part in their first

field trip and SAE. They assisted

Mr. Fults’ News—Automotive Services

with the operation of the petting

zoo at the Mississippi State Fair

on October 12, 2012. They are

excited about their new teacher,

Mr. Josh Payne, and are looking

forward to many other

Agricultural related activities.

The DECA Club Business

and Marketing students are

off to a great start. They

participated in the 2012 Fall

Leadership Conference held

in Natchez, MS. It was a

wonderful and enriching

experience for the students.

They participated in team

building, personal

are exploring the Personal/

Professional Development unit

and learning how to write

resumes and perform on job

interviews. Marketing students

are exploring the pricing

strategies unit and learning how

marketers set the prices we see at

the retail level. Students are

looking forward to the first

Causey’s Health Science News

Mrs. Caston—The Marketing Mix

Ms. Tighe’s Techies —Simulation/Animation

were very excited when they got to create their first maze game in Microsoft PowerPoint as well as their first custom animation! Currently, the students have been playing some games to further understand game design theory and mechanics. Both Simulation and

Animation Design classes have selected their officers for their student organization, the Technology Student Association (TSA). They are looking forward to getting started on their fundraising to help pay for upcoming field trips and competitions in the future.

During the first quarter of Simulation and Animation Design, the students have learned a lot of material. Topics have ranged from ethics to the evolution of gaming, careers and portfolios, and beyond. The students

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Health Science I students have researched the careers they are

interested in pursuing. They also learned the career pathway of the school that offered those programs, responsibilities for that career, wages, and job availability. The first year students also discussed medical, legal and ethical responsibilities in the Health Care field. Students performed role-play scenarios on the correct and wrong way to provide care for

patients. These skills showed forms of malpractice, negligence, psychological, verbal and physical abuse. Health Science II classes have begun this year with many fun group activities such as group and acting out scenarios based on fire safety, learning the correct and incorrect way to prevent and extinguish a fire; they’ve also finished out the group work

on bullying and suicide prevention. During the learning stages of death, students made their own obituaries to see how they would feel or how they would want others to respond to their deaths. Learning has been a fun experience so far and they continue to work hard on skills and techniques, so they can succeed. They are our future leaders.

development, and interview

skills workshops lead by their

state officers. They also

competed in the banner and t-

shirt contests. The students

enjoyed a pizza party,

hypnosis show, and a dance.

The upcoming field trips are

MS State Fair for first year

students. Business Students

chapter meeting November 14.

following: infection control,

classes of micro-organisms,

classification of infections

and diseases such as

exogenous and endogenous,

hospital inquired infections.

We have also learned about

correct hand washing, growth

and development.

We learned how to take

vital signs and are practicing

for our CPR check-off. We

have been fitted for our scrubs

and the second year students

will begin Clinical Rotations

at Central Mississippi Medical

Center.

We have learned a lot

about our student organization

HOSA (Health Occupation

Our newest teacher for

the Health Science program

is Ms. Joyce Causey. Ms.

Causey has over 21 years of

experience as a Registered

Nurse.

Our class is off to a great

start. We have all passed the

orientation and safety unit

and are learning about the

Students of America). We are

excited about our upcoming

competitions.

Barnes’ Health Science News

Newsletter

CPAS test in the Spring. The Auto

Service Technology class will pilot a

pre-test for NATEF along with 8

other schools across the state.

Basic Academic Skills

The Career Center was also selected

to pilot an assessment that will assess

basic academic skills, which will

assist MDE with measuring growth

performance.

Simulation & Animation will do

a performance based test in the

Spring in line with CPAS.

Mississippi—CPAS

The MS-CPAS is the vocational

assessment for all vocational/career

centers. 100 students were randomly

selected to take the practice CPAS

sponsored by Mississippi Department

of education and the Research of

curriculum learn unit at Mississippi

State University. The purpose of this

test was to make sure that our online

access is working properly and to

give the student practice at taking the

online test. The live test will be the

week of April 8, 2013. All first and

second year students will take the

More Career Center News

Student of the Month Counselor’s Corner

This year is so exciting with

so many wonderful events going

on. We are preparing for our first

annual Nontraditional Mini

Conference to include a Reality

Fair on November 6, 2012. This

event will be geared toward 8th

and 9th grade students in the

HCSD and will feature speakers

from several different career

areas.

Thank you students and

instructors for all of the great

work so far. The Hinds County

Career Center students are

prepared and ready to go. I am so

proud of the work we are doing

with participation in all program

organizations, College

Exploration, Career Exploration,

Introduction to the rules of work,

and study skills for students.

This year is starting off right

and we are all busy preparing for

a great year ahead!! Let’s do our

best everyone and continue to

represent the Hinds County

Career & Technical Center with

pride, hard work, and honor.

Adrianne Rhodes

Students of the Month of September

We would like to give special thanks

College Knowledge Project

from US Army