7922 Opossumtown PikeFrederick, MD 21702

Hours: 7:00AM - 3:00PM

Phone: 240-236-8500Fax: 240-236-8501

http://education.fcps.org/ctc

Career and Technology Center

Our Mission—The Career and Technology Center provides intensive career-specific training to both college-bound and employment-oriented students. In addition to career training, emphasis is also placed on the development of broad, transferable “professional skills” that are essential for successful employment. We believe that Career and Technical education must provide students not only with technical knowledge but also essential academic and personal competencies that will allow them to become lifelong learners so that they can adapt to the changing requirements of the work-place and new technologies that are part of any career.

JUNE 2016Volume 2 Issue 5

Frederick County Career & Tech Center

@FrederickCTC

Principal: Michael Concepcionmichael.concepcion@fcps.org

AP: Jack Newkirk, IIjack.newkirk@fcps.org

Guidance Counselor: Kristen Dalykristen.daly@fcps.org

Message from the PrincipalHello CTC Parents, Students and Staff: As we come to the end of another school year, I’d like to recognize the achievements of our seniors. Many of them have been with us for two years; working towards mastering career skills and obtaining industry certifications and college credits. I also want to congratulate the 22 CTC students who recently earned a gold medal at the Maryland State SkillsUSA competition; qualifying those students to move forward and compete against the best students from each state at the National SkillsUSA Competitions in Louisville this June. To be eligible to compete at the national level, each of the 22 students had already won at the local, regional, and state levels. At the national level, there are technical competitions and written test competencies that representatives of the students’ respective technical professions, trade associations, and labor organizations as well as instructors from colleges and post- secondary technical institutes design and administer in this massive $35 million event. Students work against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in one of 100 industry areas. Good luck to those students! Finally, on behalf of the faculty and staff, I congratulate the members of the Class of 2016 who will graduate in a few days. They have worked diligently during their high school years; we’re proud of their accomplishments and look forward to their bright futures. We hope they will always consider CTC to be their home and, of course, wish them all a lifetime of health and happiness. We also look forward to maintaining contact with our graduates for years to come as we build our alumni network. We look forward to welcoming everyone else back in August. Have a restful summer.

Sincerely,

Michael Concepcion

FCPS CAREER & TECH CENTER

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W-F 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Walk-in’s welcome!

CTC Advanced Floral Design Students Fulfill Custom Prom and Wedding

Flower Orders Students in the Advanced Floral Design program have been busy this spring filling orders for prom flowers and consulting with brides to create the flowers for their special day. The students have quoted five weddings this spring and have booked three, one in May, one in June and the other in July. In addition to wedding flowers, students have also been busy creating one of a kind corsages and boutonnieres for CTC students attending prom. More than twenty five orders have been filled so far. Please remember the Advanced Floral Design program for any cut flower needs you may have!

CTC FFA Chapter Holds Annual Member Banquet

The CTC FFA Chapter held its annual member banquet on May 16th in the Spires Cafe. The following members were awarded their Greenhand degree: Zachary Bryant, Daniel Land, Ray Leaman, Evan Rodriguez, Jeff Sier, Josh Small and Essence Watts. Brandon Miller was awarded his chapter FFA degree. Ray Leaman was awarded the Arborvitae Award, Amanda Farmer the DeKalb Award, and Brandon Miller the Farm Bureau Unsung Hero Award. Proficiency awards were presented to: Amanda Farmer, Diversified Livestock Entrepreneurship, Brandon Miller, Equine Placement, Essence Watts, Food Science and Technology Placement, Ray Leaman, Landscape Management Entrepreneurship, Jeff Sier, Landscape Management Entrepreneurship and Grant Zimmerman, Landscape Management Entrepreneurship. Amanda Farmer and Essence Watts were awarded senior sashes and Amanda Farmer was awarded a scholarship from the CTC FFA Alumni. Many members were recognized for participation in regional, state and national career development events. A special thank you to Ms. Liddick’s Culinary Arts program for catering the event!

CTC Hosts 5th Annual Spring Fling On Saturday, April 30th

Thank you to everyone that participated in our annual fundraiser. Twelve vendors participated in the event, and more than $1,100 was raised. All proceeds from the Spring Fling benefit the SkillsUSA, Local and National Championships, and the CTC FFA Alumni. We plan to move the 2017 Spring Fling to the Saturday before Mother’s Day and include activities for children. We hope you’ll be able to join us!

Summer ReadingLooking for a good book or two

for the summer? See the Frederick County Public Library link below for

recommended reads for all ages.

http://www.fcpl.org/good-reads/summer-reading

Happy reading, CTC!

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3CTC SkillsUSA Results

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Action Skills .......................................Quincy Johnson ............................ TJ ............1stAudio Radio .......................................Christie Raffa ................................ TJ ............3rdAudio Radio .......................................Katherine Jones ............................ FHS ........3rdBasic Health Care ............................Aminata Jawara ............................. FHS ........3rdBroadcast News ...............................Maria Olney .................................. MHS .......2ndBroadcast News ...............................Arielle Koselak ............................. FHS ........2ndBroadcast News ...............................Eric Gyamfi .................................... FHS ........2ndBroadcast News ...............................Georges Friedli ............................. TJ ............2ndCareer Pathways Tech ....................August Shrader ............................. MHS .......1stCareer Pathways Tech ....................Brittainy Sechler ........................... FHS ........1stCareer Pathways Tech ....................Cody Phelps .................................. THS ........1stCareer Pathways Arch. Const.......Erika Jacobs ................................... LHS ........1stCareer Pathways Arch. Const.......Kevin Farmer ................................ THS ........1stCareer Pathways Arch. Const.......Austin Lemere .............................. THS ........1stCareer Pathways Health .................Manuela Caceres .......................... TJ ............3rdCareer Pathways Health .................Bailie Wangness............................ CHS .......3rdCareer Pathways Health .................Emily Romero ............................... THS ........3rdCarpentry ..........................................Thomas Mullaney, III .................... THS ........2ndCollision Repair ................................ Jacob Hessong .............................. MHS .......2ndCulinary Arts ....................................Sade Bowens ................................. FHS ........3rdDigital Cinema ..................................Garrison Irwin .............................. FHS ........1stDigital Cinema ..................................Braeden Smedley ......................... OHS .......1stDigital Cinema ..................................Nathaniel Superczynski .............. CHS .......3rdDigital Cinema ..................................Spencer Weaver ........................... CHS .......3rdExtemporaneous Speech ................Kermit Rivera Maldonado .......... TJ ............1stGraphic Communications ..............Kaitlyn Ford................................... THS ........3rdHumanoid Robotics .........................Allan Hitchcock ............................ OHS .......1stHumanoid Robotics .........................Mark Goff ...................................... CHS .......1stMedical Assisting ..............................Haven Silvio ................................... TJ ............1stMedical Assisting ..............................Emily Young ................................... THS ........3rdMedical Math .....................................Chloe Houck ................................ THS ........3rdNurse Assisting ................................. Jessica Bryant ................................ CHS .......1stNurse Assisting .................................Zoe Croyle .................................... CHS .......2ndOutstanding Chapter ......................Alivia Fogle .................................... WHS ......1stOutstanding Chapter ......................Andrea Cardona........................... TJ ............1stPrepared Speech ...............................Tram Nguyen ................................ FHS ........2ndTechnical Drafting ............................Layke Martin ................................. TJ ............1stTV/Video Production ...................... Jade Lopez ..................................... CHS .......1stTV/Video Production ......................Sophia Rivas .................................. TJ ............1stTV/Video Production ......................Zoe Maliszewskyj ......................... MHS .......3rdTV/Video Production ......................Frank Biggs .................................... TJ ............3rdWeb Design .......................................Beverly Cardillo-Friely ................ FHS ........2ndWeb Design .......................................Peter Andrade .............................. UHS .......2ndWelding .............................................. Justin McAfee ................................ CHS .......1stWelding ..............................................Samuel Brown ............................... CHS .......1stWelding ..............................................David Colvin ................................. LHS ........1stWelding Sculpture ............................Emily Sewell .................................. THS ........2nd

SkillsUSA State Results

Saturday, April 16, 2016

FCPS CAREER & TECH CENTER

4 CTC Awards ProgramElven Acolatse .................Academic ExcellenceRochelle Adjei ..................AchievementHerson Aleman ...............Academic ExcellenceSteven Ali-Napo ..............AchievementPeter Andrade ..................AchievementJose Ayala-Montoya ........AchievementAbigail Ball ........................AchievementMargaret Baumgarten.....AchievementJohn Bernbaum ................Harold Reiley Mem. ScholarshipSavanha Binns ...................AchievementJames Bolin .......................AchievementSade Bowens ....................CTC ScholarshipAva Brenengen .................Academic ExcellenceJessica Bryant ...................Academic ExcellenceAulbree Burriss ................AchievementBeverly Cardillo ...............AchievementJeremiah Carlen ...............AchievementCasey Cassels ...................AchievementZoe Croyle .......................Achievement, FCSMTF, Inc. ScholarshipNoah Dell .........................FCSCFT, Inc. ScholarshipTimothy Duley .................President’s Award/Acad. ExcellenceRayann Eaves ....................Academic ExcellenceJoseph Engel .....................Academic ExcellenceEric Evans ..........................AchievementAmanda Farmer ...............Achievement, Carroll L Shry, Jr. Scholarship, President’s Award/Acad. Excell.Benjamin Fisher ...............AchievementAlivia Fogle ........................President’s Award/Acad. Excellence FCSMTF, Inc. ScholarshipKaitlyn Ford ......................Achievement, DD&PM Program ScholarshipOwen Gamba ...................AchievementSydnie Grossnickle ..........AchievementMarcus Holder .................AchievementChloe Houck ....................Academic ExcellenceGarrison Irwin .................AchievementSydney Jackson .................AchievementMichelle Johnson .............AchievementElizabeth Kaplan ..............American CitizenshipSara Kephart .....................President’s Award/Acad.ExcellenceNayab Khan ......................Academic ExcellenceRyan Kinzie .......................President’s Award/Acad.ExcellenceMichaela Knight ...............AchievementRobert Knott, III ..............Academic ExcellenceArielle Koselak .................AchievementCorey Kraus .....................Ernest Morris Mem. ScholarshipDaniel Land .......................AchievementAustin Lemere .................AchievementKylee Lewis .......................Academic ExcellenceTyler Loveless ..................AchievementSarah Loveless ..................AchievementRachel Macharsky ............Achievement, DD&PM Program ScholarshipZoe Maliszewskyj ............Harold R. Flaherty ScholarshipAngel Mallery ...................AchievementMallery Manahan .............Academic ExcellenceClayton Marker ................Academic ExcellenceAustin McFadden .............Academic Excellence

CTC Awards Program

May 3, 2016

Honors, Awards,

and Scholarships

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Xochilt Mendez ...............Achievement, DD&PM Program ScholarshipBrandon Miller .................AchievementMario Morales ..................AchievementThomas Mullaney, III .......AchievementZoe Nagel .........................Academic ExcellenceAgnelyne Ndifor ..............Academic ExcellenceStephen Nelson, Jr. .........Academic ExcellenceTram Nguyen....................President’s Award/Acad. ExcellenceMaria Olney ......................President’s Award/Acad. ExcellenceImnacio Orellana .............Academic ExcellenceJacqueline Orr ..................Academic ExcellenceGiovanni Penate ...............President’s Award/Educ. AchievementBrady Peterson ................Academic ExcellenceReva Pettaway ..................FCSCTF, Inc. ScholarshipMichael Phelps .................AchievementRebekah Plemons ............American CitizenshipGabriella Punturiero .......President’s Award/Acad. Excellence FCSMTF, Inc. ScholarshipNam Quach ......................Academic ExcellenceJoshua Ramos ...................AchievementMacy Randall .....................Academic ExcellenceMadelyn Rowland ............Academic ExcellenceJoshua Runion ..................AchievementTyler Sandy .......................FCSMTF, Inc. ScholarshipBrittainy Sechler ..............Academic Excellence, President’s Award/Acad. ExcellenceHolly Seibert ....................AchievementLauren Smith ....................AchievementColton Stahley .................Academic Excellence, President’s Award/Acad. Excellence, ABC ScholarshipPatrick Stalnaker..............Academic ExcellenceLucy Stephens ..................FCSCTF, Inc. ScholarshipClifford Stitely ..................AchievementFrancis Sumner, II ............AchievementNate Superczynski ..........AchievementChandler Thomas ...........AchievementCatherine Toms ...............Academic ExcellencePaige Vandegrift ...............AchievementFaith Villafana ...................Amer. CitizenshipLuis Villegas ......................AchievementKenya Vincent ..................AchievementGabrielle Vogel .................Amer. CitizenshipEssence Watts .................President’s Award/Acad. Excellence Harold Reiley ScholarshipEric Weimer .....................Amer. CitizenshipJoshua Whipp ...................AchievementMorgan Willis ...................Academic ExcellenceRebecca Wingfield ..........AchievementHeather Winkler .............AchievementMichael Wolfe ..................AchievementCouper Yonkoski .............Academic ExcellenceEmily Young ......................Academic ExcellenceHua Zhang ........................Academic ExcellenceGrant Zimmerman ..........Achievement

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MAXIMIZE YOUR TAX DEDUCTION!DONATE YOUR USED VEHICLE TO THE CTC’S MECHANICAL TRADES FOUNDATION

*Donations qualify for the IRS’s “significant intervening use” designation allowing donors to use the Fair Market Value as a deduction on their taxes.

If you have an unused vehicle or a vehicle that does not run-consider donating it to the CTC’s Frederick County Student’s Mechanical Trades Foundation. Vehicles are used for instruction in the Automotive Service Technology and Collision Repair programs and eventually sold at auction.

The proceeds provide program support, scholarships, and funding for the CTC’s SkillsUSA organization.Call 240-236-8473

Our Students...

Biomedical Science Internships Eight Biomedical Science students were recently selected for paid student internships at Fort Detrick for the summer and during their senior year. Rayann Eaves will be an intern at the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disease (USAMRIID). Alexi Baumgardner, Katie Dapkus, Tess Fiorentino, Emma Gergel, Haley Smith and Isabella Teixeira will be participants in the Werner H. Kirsten (WHK)internship program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Broc Peterson will also be working at NCI, independent of the WHK program. Rayann will be working in the Molecular and Translational Sciences Division at USAMRIID with Captain Merle L. Gilbert, PhD. There she will study co-opting bacterial secretion systems to understand how they deliver proteins. She will be working with antibiotic resistant bacteria in both cell cultures and animal models. Alexi was selected to intern in the laboratory of Ira Daar, who injects proteins into frog embryos and uses fluorescent microscopes to track how these proteins effect the growth and development of the embryo. Emma and Haley were chosen to work in the lab of Yien Che Tsai who studies the function of components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and their cellular roles under normal and pathological conditions such as cancer, metastasis and apoptosis. Dr. Tsai studies the ways protein regulation contributes to the progression of cancer. Isabella was chosen to work with Dr. Christopher Westlake in the laboratory of Cell Development and Signaling. In this lab she will be investigating how a cell initiates and controls the assembly of cilia using fluorescence and electron microscopy. Dr. Kimberly Klarmann has invited Tess to work in her lab where Tess will be learning about blood cell development, hematology, basic molecular biology and genetic modification. She will be working with genetically modified mouse models and cell line models focusing on the genetic regulation of early blood cell and bone marrow maturation. Katie has been chosen to work for Dr. Bruce Shapiro, whose research deals with basic biological concepts with RNA structure-function relationships, and developing algorithms. Katie will be working with computational and experimental approaches to RNA structural analysis and RNA nanobiology. Broc will be working with Dr. Ronald Miller, in a yet to be determined role. The Biomedical Science program provides unique laboratory experiences that promote the development of advanced laboratory techniques to prepare students for internships in professional laboratories. Each year a number of students in the program are chosen for internships at NCI and USAMRIID. Most of the students continue to work in the laboratories on Fort Detrick throughout college and some choose to begin their research careers there after obtaining a college degree.

Go Kids Go! 2015-2016 Go Kids Go is a Community Service project in conjunction with Rock Creek School. The Local SkillsUSA Officer Team, Class Reps and many technical programs such as Automotive Service, Digital Design and Electricity have dedicated time on making accommodations to the cars to enable disabled students more independent mobility. The renovations include converting the original controls to making them handicap accessible. Students also designed stickers that will personalize each student’s vehicles based on their interests.

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Cassie Leach: Culinary Arts The Culinary Arts program catered an event on Friday evening at the Delaplaine Arts Center in downtown Frederick, Maryland. The event was held by Meg Lee, a teacher specialist in Frederick county who wrote a book called “Mindsets for Parents”. Lee, who co-authored the book, was holding this event to thank her friends for their help during the writing process. The entire Culinary Arts class was busy Friday morning and afternoon preparing everything needed for the catering, but one student in particular was very instrumental in helping make this catering happen. Cassandra Leach, a Brunswick High School sophomore, gave up her Friday evening to help Miss Liddick set up the catering and serve the food. This is not the first time that Cassandra has offered up her time after school to help Miss Liddick with a catering event, she has also helped with the FSA in a Culinary Arts fundraiser dinner, the FFA banquet, the carry out meals, and the after school cooking program where she taught local middle school students how to cook various meals. She is such a valuable student not only because she gives her own time after school, but during school she is relied upon by her classmates and even by her teachers. Cassie is extremely creative and motivated in the kitchen and she brings to the table a vegan aspect of cooking and eating that most people are not aware of. A vegan herself, she has a vast knowledge of the subject and shares this information with us on a daily basis. She has plenty to keep her busy after school as she is on the BHS swim team, is in the marching band, works at the Frederick Keys, and works at River and Trail Outfitters. Cassie is also currently working on her Gold Award Project with the Girl Scouts and is focusing on healthier eating and food knowledge for the future. Please stay tuned to hear more about the wonderful things Cassie is doing in Culinary Arts and the community!

Showcasing Our Construction

Electricity Student! Colton Stahley is a Senior at Catoctin High School who started his CTC experience as a sophomore in the Construction Electricity Program in 2013. Colton quickly picked up the electrical trade, always eager to learn and expand his knowledge. He has participated in SkillsUSA competition at the local and regional levels as well as working on the student built house project in the Cannon Bluff Community in Frederick, MD. Colton has completed the NCCER core curriculum in Electrical I and completed the 10 hour OSHA Safety Class. Colton was recognized at the 2016 CTC Awards Program for Achievement in the program. He also earned the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence sponsored by the US Department of Education and a $500.00 scholarship from the Association Builders and Contractors, Inc. Colton is currently employed with Hirsch Electric, LLC and working on the new Frederick High School construction project. Colton’s goal is to become a master electrician.

In the News

Ryan and I (Brittainy) were lucky enough to be selected to attend the most recent White House Science Fair as honored guests. We had been submitted for consideration because of our involvement in the Real World Design Challenge, and found out in April that we had received the invitation to attend. We travelled to DC on April 13th, and were escorted through several security checkpoints on our way into the White House. We spent the first part of the afternoon examining the huge array of projects that were present. One of the most interesting, we thought, was an underwater robot that was occupying a space on the back lawn. While we were exploring the displays, we ran into a few familiar faces- Bill Nye, the Science Guy and Adam Savage from Mythbusters. We were able to talk and take photos with them both. After a few hours of this, we were taken with the other students for more pictures. They arranged us on a set of risers, where we took photos with President Obama.

L to R: Brittainy, Adam Savage, RyanWhite House Honors-Brittainy Sechler & Ryan Kinzie

He took the time to address the group and, after posing for the pictures, spoke to each of us individually. Because I was at the far left corner of the group, I was the first to speak with the President. He asked my name and where I was from, as well as what project I was representing. He was genuinely friendly to each of us and shook our hands before moving on with his day. After taking the group pictures, Ryan and I were split up. He was allowed back into the fair with the rest of the attendees, where he waited to hear the president’s remarks. Following the trip, he mentioned having the opportunity to chat with a member of the Secret Service while he waited. I, along with several other students, remained separate from the rest of the attendees. We were instead taken to the hall outside of the room where the President would be giving his remarks. We were told that we would be standing on the risers behind the President while he gave the speech. The other students and

I were carefully filed into the room, where hundreds of news cameras lined the walls. Several Secret Service members and other White House employees arranged us on the risers. I was placed in the upper corner, on what would be the President’s right side to a spectator. We were close enough to read his speech over his shoulder as he gave it. Following the remarks, my group was thinned further. Only ten or twelve students remained, and we waited to be escorted to the adjacent executive building. While we waited, I was able to regroup with Ryan. The two of us also regrouped with Mr. Arnold and our parents who, until that point, had not been with us. Mr. Arnold and my father were able to get passes to accompany me to the executive building and

sit in on the discussion that the other students and I would be having with the US Secretary of Education. Our little group was led through the White House, where we bypassed the situation room and the Oval Office. We were then led into a meeting room in the executive building. The other students and I took our seats at the table, and were soon joined by Dr. John King, his assistant, and the President’s Chief Technology Officer. We each introduced ourselves, and then began a discussion on STEM education and minority/female inclusion in STEM. I was lucky to have been able to participate in the discussion. Afterwards, we were escorted out of the building. The three of us regrouped with Ryan and his mother and returned to Frederick.