District Bi-weekly Newsletter | March 23, 2023 | Volume 3, Issue 18 |
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Our experiences take students into our communities, too! Culinary Arts students had the opportunity to serve a full menu of treats at the 2023 Groveport Madison Schools State of the Schools event on March 14, 2023. |
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Everybody has a story. Tell us yours!
Tell us about an accomplishment, impactful moment, or interesting story from your world that you'd like to be considered for the next EFCTS newsletter. Have a friend with a remarkable tale? Share this link or submit (with permission) on their behalf.
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Dr. Kimberly Pietsch Miller is the superintendent and CEO of Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools. |
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Women's History Month and It's Importance |
March is Women’s History Month. Why is this important to me? To women? To you?
Women are making things happen AND we have work to do. There is plenty of data and history that shows progress over time and women's impact in our society, now.
As a woman in a male-dominated role, I can say that I feel welcomed, valued, and supported by male and female leaders in my field. I would not be where I am without the support of a wonderful husband, outstanding male leaders, and staff members who said, “You can do this.” And yet, I am cognizant of the need to continue to promote girls and women into fields that are predominantly male and into leadership roles in ALL fields.
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Around Eastland-Fairfield |
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Female Pre-Engineering Duo Creates Foot Brace Prototype for Local Nursing Facility |
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Jaden (left) displays the prototype for the new foot brace she and her Pre-Engineering classmate Rebeca (right) created. Rebeca shows off the old brace they used to inspire their creation. |
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Jaden Smith proves you’re never too young to make a difference in your future industry. A junior at Groveport Madison High School and a Pre-Engineering student at Eastland Career Center, she job shadowed a bioengineer — her desired field — at the Embassy of Woodview, an assisted living and rehabilitation facility, in November of 2022.
While there, a physical therapist showed her the braces they use on patients, but one, in particular, stood out to her. It was a foot brace designed to help patients with heel conditions, but the staff member told her they rarely use it because of the brace’s poor design.
A lightbulb turned on in Smith’s head, and she asked if she could take the brace with her and develop a new prototype. She recruited fellow junior Rebeca Forsyth (Pickerington High School North), also a Pre-Engineering student, to help her tackle the project.
See how Jaden and Rebeca are using their newly-acquired skills to find their passion, serve their communities, and inspire the next wave of female engineers!
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From Athlete to Intern: ECC Student Builds Website for Local Special Olympics Chapter |
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Hamilton Twp. senior Sophie Coffenberry proudly shows off the her website that she built using HTML for the Groveport Special Olympics chapter. |
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Sophie Coffenberry, a senior at Hamilton Township High School and a Programming & Software Development student at Eastland Career Center, has been involved with the Groveport Special Olympics since 2017.
She recently went from active member to intern thanks to the skills she’s learned as a student in the Programming & Software Development program. Penny Hilty, Coordinator of Groveport Special Olympics, said the organization is on Facebook and has stories in the paper on occasion, but since the chapter started eight years ago, she has always wanted a website to help spread awareness and recruit more athletes. When Coffenberry approached her with the idea, it was an easy “yes” from Hilty.
So Coffenberry went to work.
Find out Sophie's why to take on this project and how it will help her as she builds the Special Olympics website, and her future.
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EFCTS Out in the Community |
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Thank you to our friends at Groveport Madison Schools for inviting the Culinary Arts students at Eastland Career Center to serve our community during the 2023 GMS State of the Schools event. And thank you, Groveport parents, guardians staff, and students, for making the evening an incredibly positive experience, for all. We hope everyone enjoyed it! |
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Habitat for Humanity House Coming Along Nicely |
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Click on the image above to see wall #3 lifted into place! |
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With the weather now providing a few more days on which to work, our Construction students are getting into a groove on their first Habitat for Humanity home construction project. We visited our students on March 21 to see how it was going. With the sun shining and the temperatures rising, it was a gorgeous day to lift the third wall up, begin installing headers, and prepare for the next phase, truss installation.
Whether walls are going up or coming down, the learning process is happening, always. Our students are getting to work with area contractors and members of the Habitat for Humanity - Fairfield County, applying what they know and picking up additional skills from the experts along the way. Our friend, Robert from Habitat, also shared some insights as a potential employer, instructing students what to and not to do on the job site if you want to put your best foot forward when preparing for your future job.
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Thank you to instructor Mr. Dennison for letting us visit the construction site and to our friends at Habitat for Humanity for their continued support and guidance with this incredible project! |
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Goin' up! No job is too tough or too high for our Construction students. |
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And now ... we work on the insides! |
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Thank you to our friends at Habitat For Humanity for teaching and guiding our students through this project! |
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CTSO Competition Season is Upon Us! |
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Students from the Multimedia satellite program at Pickerington High School North celebrated a highly successful outing at the 2023 BPA state competition. |
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If you want to talk about March Madness, you can look toward the many Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools career-technical student organizations (CTSO) that are in the heat of competition season. Beginning in late February and extending through the rest of the school year, our students at both campuses and all four of our satellite locations are preparing, presenting, and competing in specific events that highlight the skills they are learning in their program labs.
So many of our students are accomplishing amazing feats. Click on each button below to get the full list of state champions, national qualifiers, and top finishers for each CTSO.
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The following students won first place in their respective events and will move on to the HOSA state competition:
Daniela Falzone (Gahanna)
GraceAnn Jennings (Gahanna)
Grace Bell (Gahanna)
Matthew Ryan (Gahanna)
Aidan Boiarski (Gahanna)
Bidhan Dulal (Gahanna)
Francesca Nuss (Gahanna)
Simona Hagos (Gahanna)
Zoey Callander (Gahanna)
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The following students earned the opportunity to compete in the BPA national competition:
Slimane Ait Raiss (Groveport)
Jack Hill (Teays Valley)
Paige Ingram (Bexley)
Caden Mesina (Teays Valley)
Anmol Acharya (Reynoldsburg) *
Jack Kennedy (Gahanna)
Christopher Kowalewski (Reynoldsburg)
Xander Mooney (Reynoldsburg) *
Hannah Greene (Groveport)
Ella Dean (Groveport)
Adam Offord (Gahanna)
* indicates students qualified in multiple events
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The following students earned the opportunity to compete in the Educators Rising national competition:
Kaylin Fisher (Gahanna)
Hannah Kamara (Gahanna)
Austin Wolfe (Hamilton Twp.) $
$ indicates GOLD finish
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The following students have qualified for the BPA state competition from the Pickerington North chapter:
Maxwell Clark (Gahanna) $
Will Meyer (Pickerington North) $
Ella Cox (Pickerington North) $
Emma Nowlin (Pickerington North) $
Caden Watts (Pickerington North) $
Keira Bryant (Pickerington North) $
Macy Erickson (Pickerington North) $
Marshall Wickman (Pickerington Central) $
Marcus Schwartz (Pickerington North)
Addie Knoll (Pickerington North)
Mathias Smith (Pickerington North)
$ indicates first-place finish
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A total of 90 students from the ECC, FCC, and satellite chapters qualified for the SkillsUSA state competition. We are proud of each and every single student that will now go on to represent their chapter and the EFCTS district at State in late April. Sixteen of the 17 high schools EFCTS serves are represented in this list of state qualifiers! Check out the full (and long) list of state qualifiers by clicking the button below.
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Upcoming Events and Important Dates |
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MARCH
31: Eastland Career Center Prom
APRIL
3-7: Spring break (no school)
10: Aspire ESOL Orientation begins
12: EFCTS Board of Education monthly meeting
27: Adult Workforce Development - Information Night
MAY
4: EFCTS Communication Conversation #3 - New Family Information Session
5: No school for students (Professional Development Day)
9: New Student / Parent Celebration ** please note, this is an update from previous newsletters
10: EFCTS Board of Education monthly meeting
22: Senior Recognition ceremonies
25: Last day of school (FCC/ECC)
26: No school for students (teacher work day)
29: No school for students and staff
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If you could do a ride-along in any vehicle, which would it be?
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Check out the results plus a new poll question in the next edition of the District Newsletter! |
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If you have a container of mixed nuts, which ones are you separating and eating first?
Almonds: 10.7%
Cashews: 39.3%
Pistachios: 17.9%
Pecans: 21.4%
None, I'm allergic and getting hives just thinking about it: 10.7%
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Catch Up on Previous Newsletters
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