We appreciate your continued support of career and technical education in Forsyth County. As we officially transition into Summer, we wanted to provide a few reminders of upcoming events and celebrate recent successes of the past few months. Look for more exciting growth for the 2019-20 school year as we continue to seek ways to connect the classroom and our community! Reminder! As we continue to grow the resources available for students and teachers, please let our office know how your occupation and life experiences can help influence our programs and consider becoming a partner with us. For more information about career and technical education in Forsyth County, visit  www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/ccd  or email vlowe@forsyth.k12.ga.us.

General Information and Opportunities to Get Involved

By becoming a Career Path Partner with Forsyth County Schools, your organization allows students to go beyond the classroom and into the community to consider different career fields, learn basic workplace behavior, and develop specific skills within an industry. Through these experiences, students can apply what they are learning in the classroom as they prepare to transition into post-secondary education and training.  Click  here  for the Career Path Partner form or  here  to download a PDF version.

In May, Forsyth County Schools welcomed our Internship Forsyth and Mentorship Forsyth students for an orientation night discussing their job shadowing and work-based learning experiences for the 2019-20 school year! A special thank you to Mountain Lake Church for hosting this event for our 500+ students and families! An exciting adventure awaits our students next year! If you are interested in hosting a student, please email vlowe@forsyth.k12.ga.us.

Click here for Summer CTAE Career Camps!

CTAE Industry Certification Recognition Several career pathways in Forsyth County were recently recognized by the Forsyth County Board of Education for becoming industry certified, including healthcare science pictured above. When a program becomes industry certified, it receives a "stamp of excellence," which represents the apex of program quality. Only those programs that have successfully undergone rigorous reviews by leaders from business and industry are recognized with this distinction. Programs receiving certification or re-certification this year included: Forsyth Central HS Engineering Lambert HS Healthcare Science Lambert HS Marketing North Forsyth HS A/V North Forsyth HS Engineering North Forsyth HS Healthcare Science West Forsyth A/V West Forsyth HS Business and Computer Science West Forsyth HS Marketing

Staff Spotlight - Retirements

Doris Dickerson - Lambert HS Doris Dickerson was a Forsyth County educator for 20 years, recently retiring from Lambert HS in the Healthcare Science CTAE pathway. She taught Diagnostic Phlebotomy and Clinical Lab Internship where the students become National Phlebotomy Technicians. Additionally, the students work alongside medical practitioners for the academic school year earning clinical hours that they can carry with them into post-secondary education. Prior to education, Ms. Dickerson was in both rehabilitation medicine as a therapist and pharmaceutical sales. Ms. Dickerson also served as the HOSA advisor and developed and mentored students to become the world's largest HOSA chapter. Over her career, she was selected as Teacher of the Year, HOSA Advisor of the Year, and Forsyth County NSTA Lead. In retirement, she hopes to continue her enthusiasm for travel, photography, and hiking. "Doris Dickerson is the epitome of the caring, dedicated, and knowledgeable teacher that we all remember as the best teacher we've each ever had. I am proud to have been able to work with her. She, simply, is the best of the best!" -Gary Davison, Lambert HS Principal

John White - West Forsyth HS John White is retiring this year after a career of thirty years in education. He began his career as a Language Arts teacher in both the high school and middle school settings; however, through a series of fortunate events, he found a second life in CTAE as an A/V instructor which, ironically, was his major in college and first several years of employment. Over the past 20 years, he started two broadcasting programs from the ground up with his last twelve years spent at West Forsyth HS. His broadcasting students have won numerous awards from local film festivals to the prestigious Student Production Awards which are awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. As a faculty advisor for SkillsUSA, his students have won several state championships. "John has been a tremendous asset to the West family. He has been here since the school opened in 2007 and developed the broadcasting department from the ground up. In 2019, his students won first, second, and third place in SkillsUSA Georgia Region 2. We will miss him greatly!" -Karl Mercer, West Forsyth HS Principal

Student Internship Spotlights

Christy Villeda - North Forsyth HS Northside Hospital Forsyth Christy Villeda, a senior intern at North Forsyth HS, was a healthcare pathway completer who also served as North Forsyth's HOSA chapter president this past year. She did her internship at Northside Hospital Forsyth in the clinical rotation where she was placed in 3 Central, Surgery, and Women's Services. Christy will attend the University of North Georgia in the Fall where she will major in Biology. Her career goal is to become an obstetrics gynecologist. "Christy is a pleasure to have on the unit. Her professionalism and caring attitude will carry her far in her career path." -LuAnn Meinberg, RN

Nicolas Montoya - West Forsyth HS Forsyth County Health Department Nicolas Montoya, a senior mentorship student at West Forsyth HS, job shadowed at the Forsyth County Health Department. "As part of my mentorship, I have been able to shadow the Clerical Manager and the Nurse Manager. This means I have been able to see both the administrative and clinical sides of public health. Through the shadowing, I have seen the process of keeping the health department running, been introduced to clinical processes and policy, and have been able to witness all of the different sides of public health through conversations with the staff." Nicolas will attend Harvard University in the Fall where he plans to major in Public Health.

For more information on the Internship or Mentorship Programs, visit these links: Internship Forsyth Mentorship Forsyth

School Spotlights

FCCLA Lambert HS At Lambert HS's FCCLA end of year banquet, students collected salad dressings to donate to Meals by Grace. They also took a field trip to try out new products for school lunches in the county.

Future Georgia Educators South Forsyth HS Teaching as a Profession students at South Forsyth HS held their Future Georgia Educator signing day on May 7, 2019. These students plan to major in Education and pursue a teaching career. 

Culinary Arts Partnership with Christophe's To Go Students from several high schools recently participated in a fabulous Shark Tank-style opportunity from Christophe's To Go. The idea of the challenge was presented to students from each of the culinary programs in Forsyth County which challenged them to make something different. They had to complete a video, cost their product, and tell how and to whom they would market it. The students met with Chef Christophe Le Matayer and Entrepreneur Cyclone Covey, a local food delivery service. The purpose of the project was to help students develop a product. There were two competitors from South Forsyth HS and one from Denmark HS. Students had a final presentation as well as taste tests for the judges and audience. The winner was Charlette Bythewood, a Senior at South Forsyth HS, for her idea of a "Power Shot." It was a two-bite energy ball designed to help athletes fuel up before a game or recovery after practice. Second place was won by Oliva Zietlin with her healthy quinoa cup. All three contestants have been given the opportunity to further their product ideas with the company. Their products will also appear on Christophe's menu. What an amazing opportunity for students in high school! FCCLA South Forsyth HS Students from South Forsyth HS FCCLA recently attended the 2019 Georgia FCCLA State Leadership Conference to fantastic results for this growing chapter! Jenna Liming, Hope Huetter, and Madeline Grasso earned GOLD for Illustrated Talk - Suicide Prevention. Also, placing were the following students: Margaret Kelly - GOLD - Job Interview Emily Kohnen - Silver - Nutrition and Wellness Amanda Edwards - Silver - Food Innovations Kira Young & Chelsey Choe - GOLD - Chapter Service Project - Jeans for Joy! Sarah Mele & Laura Kelley - Silver - Advocacy Taylor Fries - Silver - Focus on Children - Strength through Stories  Good luck to those qualifying for nationals!

Family and Consumer Science Otwell MS Otwell MS students reach to other countries for real life experiences in the classroom. Students selected a country to research based on their interest and study of the countries in sixth grade social studies. The student lead groups worked cooperatively to research food culture and traditions, prepare a display and authentic cultural recipes representing their country. Students selected a country, identified its location using longitude and latitude, determined the distance for the capital of the US to the capital of their country, charted the population, researched food staples and the food economy. Students learned how a country's location, climate and natural resources affect their food supply. The students' favorite part was sharing their country's delicious traditions and tasting other country's specialties. Healthcare Science North Forsyth HS Essentials of Healthcare and Sports Medicine students recently showcased the North Forsyth HS Healthcare Science Labs to North Forsyth MS students. They applied the skills they learned from class to obtain the following: medical history/demographics, blood pressure readings, taping, hoyer lifting, and teaching how to check pulse points on their simulated manikin. What a great day for these students!

North Forsyth HS HOSA At the 2019 Georgia HOSA State Leadership Conference, North Forsyth's HOSA chapter took Chapter of the Year 2nd Runner Up - American Red Cross. Seniors Lindsey Coggins and Christy Villeda were also awarded American Red Cross Scholarship Awards.

FBLA Membership South Forsyth HS  FBLA Vice President of Community Service, Shreya Singh, was awarded the American Red Cross Scholarship for her coordination of the two-day blood drive where 52 lifesaving units of blood were collected. She was awarded $250 and will attend UGA in the Fall.

Business & Computer Science South Forsyth HS Business & Computer Science pathways at South Forsyth HS certified 220 students during Spring semester. These students passed a variety of Microsoft Office Specialist and Microsoft Technology Associate tests to earn the certifications. SkillsUSA Forsyth Central HS Forsyth Central HS had a great time at SkillsUSA State Conference where their students showed up and showed out! Congratulations to the following who placed in the following categories: 1st - Riley Hooper and Emme Owens - Hair Design Display 2nd - Louie Medick - Automotive Electrical 2nd - Mason Allen - Automotive Service Technology 3rd - Nadija Sljivo & Nicole Sunderland - Esthetics Display The chapter also won Bronze Chapter of Distinction from Georgia SkillsUSA!

FBLA North Forsyth HS North Forsyth HS Senior Daeton Harris placed 4th in Help Desk at the 2019 Georgia FBLA State Leadership Conference in March. He is headed to San Antonio to represent Georgia at FBLA National Leadership Conference. Good luck, Daeton! Family and Consumer Science Otwell MS Family and consumer science classes combined with media arts to design food sculptures, candy sushi, and tiny ecosystems. Students used their knowledge of bird's eye view, worm's eye view, and macro-photography to document their food art. This allowed the students to incorporate creativity and art into real learning experiments. NTHS South Forsyth HS Two South Forsyth HS Seniors recently each received $1000 scholarships from National Technical Honor Society. NTHS is the honor society over all career and technical education programs. Kelli Spiegelman, Marketing, and Chandni Amin, Business, were selected for the awards. Both students plan to pursue business majors at their respective schools. Additionally, a Junior engineering student, Nitya Modulla, also received an award.

Aerospace Alliance Academy for Innovation Students in the Alliance Academy for Innovation Aerospace Pathway have made significant progress on their flight simulator skills. Most pathway students have now have over 15 hours of flight simulator practice time. Students have also made significant progress in learning the skills needed for safe operation of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones. One student has already completed the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification, and several students are planning to take the FAA test this summer. Students also got a chance to hear from a professional drone operator crew when the Carroll Daniel Construction Company drone crew visited the class. A highlight of the year was a field trip to Lanier Flight Center at Gainesville's Lee Gilmer airport where students met with flight instructors, learned about the preflight of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, and got to fly advanced flight simulators. FBLA South Forsyth HS Abhay Chilakamarri has been awarded a $500 scholarship from the Georgia Business Educators Association (GBEA) based on completion of a Business or Computer Science pathway and high-level involvement in FBLA. As part of the North-metro Region, he is one of only five students in the state to earn this award. Abhay is the outgoing President of the SFHS FBLA chapter and has helped shape it into one of the best in the state. He has been a successful competitor at the national level and will return this year to compete on a Parliamentary Procedures team. He plans to attend the University of Georgia pursuing a major in Management Information Systems.

Healthcare Science South Forsyth MS HOSA State Leadership Conference first place winners were recognized at The Fox for the first annual Champions Luncheon. South Forsyth MS had seven students represented! What an amazing luncheon! Teaching as a Profession North Forsyth HS Students in the Examining the Teaching Profession class wrote children's story books using the 7-Mindsets Curriculum. They recently read these to the students at Coal Mountain ES. For the Teaching as a Profession practicum, students planned a fun, field day for special education students at North Forsyth HS.

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