Sanford Regional Technical Center

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Editors: Rosetta Kong and Heather Cole, Photos by students, printed by Graphic Arts Program PM Class

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Winter - Newsletter - 2012

Robotic students win the Design Award at the

Southern Maine VEX Tournament

Two teams from the Sanford Regional Technical Center participated in the Southern Maine VEX Tournament Saturday December 4th at the University of Southern Maine. The team of Abby Mallar,Skyler Gallant and Pat Coady finished second in the tournament and won the Design Award.

A group of students went to the FIRST Robotics kickoff on January 7th, where this years FIRST Robotics Game was announced. This years game is called Rebound Rumble; the theme is basket-ball. The students have 6 weeks to build and test their Robot before they compete against over 50 teams in Manchester, NH in March. This is our second year competing in FIRST Robotics.

Isaac Perreault also competed and made it to the semi-finals. The students are in the Pre-Engineering/Robotics Program.

SRTC Applications are now available!Do you know a tenth grader who would be a good candidate for one of SRTC’s programs? Please let them know that applications are now available and are due Monday March, 12th. Applications are available in the guidance office of any SRTC partner school.

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Graphic Arts - 1st Semester Photography Contest< Teague DeVoll, Best of Show # 208 people – Noble High School

Listed below students winning ribbons by category:

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Place

People

Photoshop1st Jamison Schweitzer- York High School2nd Jessica Chabot- Sanford High School3rd Kristin Lambert- Massabesic High School4th Amanda Schwab- Massabesic High School5th Rosetta Kong- Sanford High SchoolHonorable Mention - Taylor Bergeron- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention - Kylie Johnson- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention – Amanda Welch- Noble High School

1st Taylor Bergeron- Massabesic High School2nd Kaitlyn Bergeron- Massabesic High School2nd Teague DeVoll- Noble High School3rd Lissette Bishop- Marshwood High School3rd Haley Jones - Massabesic High School4th Taylor Bergeron- Massabesic High School4th Emily Beaudette - Marshwood High School5th Emily Beaudette- Marshwood High School5th Kristin Lambert- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention – Ryann Taylor- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention – Jessica Chabot- Sanford High SchoolHonorable Mention – Brandon Mannion- Wells High School

< left side, a few photo entries samples from this photo contest.

1st Teague DeVoll- Noble High School2nd Andrea Adams- Noble High School3rd Julia Josephs- Massabesic High School4th Taylor Bergeron- Massabesic High School5th Kristin Lambert- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention – Heather Cole- Sanford High SchoolHonorable Mention - Brandon Mannion- Wells High SchoolHonorable Mention - Casey Stanton- Massabesic High School

1st Kristin Lambert- Massabesic High School2nd Rosetta Kong- Sanford High School3rd Andrea Adams- Noble High School4th Kaitlyn Bergeron- Massabesic High School5th Amanda Welch- Noble High SchoolHonorable Mention - Taylor Bergeron- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention - Casey Stanton- Massabesic High SchoolHonorable Mention - Julia Josephs- Massabesic High School

Jamison Schweitzer Kristin Lambert

Amanda Schwab

Jessica Chabot Rosetta Kong

Teague DeVoll

Julia Josephs

Kaitlyn BergeronTeague DeVoll

Kristin Lambert

Taylor BergeronTaylor Bergeron

Andrea Adams

Emily Beaudette

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Bronze WinnersAlex Henderson, WeldingMorgan Cloutier, Residential WiringZach Pomerleau, Advertising DesignJames Turgeon, Precision MachiningBrandon Mannion, T-Shirt DesignBrandon Mannion, Pin DesignJulia Josephs, PhotographyMadison Ferrer, Screen PrintingCody Vachon, Medical TerminologySarah Calnan, First Aid/CPRKaylin Leclerc, Nurse AssistingNeil DeAngelis, Automotive TechnologyAaron Bickford, Cabinet MakingAndrew Cogliandro, Culinary ArtsJohn Caramihalis, Internetworking

Silver WinnersDerek Earley, WeldingPat Smart, Residential WiringTommy Begin, Video Product DevelopmentKyle Lessard, Video Product DevelopmentIsaiah Lemay, Video Product DevelopmentTim LaPointe, Video Product DevelopmentMike Fagone, Advertising DesignNathan Brown, Precision MachiningJessica Chabot, T-Shirt DesignKristin Lambert, Pin DesignRyann Taylor, PhotographyEmily Beaudette, Screen PrintingDesserrae Dutil, Medical TerminologySarah DiTroia, Professional PortfolioNicole Belanger, First Aid/CPRErica Guimond, Medical MathHaley Binette, Nurse AssistingRyan Lane, Automotive TechnologyColin Boisvert, Cabinet MakingCameron Raynes, Food & Beverage ServiceSheldon Castro, InternetworkingCameron Raynes, Culinary Arts

Gold WinnersSteven Potter, WeldingEric Colburn, Residential WiringSkylar Lewis, TV/Video ProductionChris Turner, TV/Video ProductionApril Kalde, Advertising DesignBrady Goodwin, Architectural DraftingBryce Lambert, Precision MachiningKristin Lambert, T-Shirt DesignJessica Chabot, Pin DesignTaylor Bergeron, PhotographyAmanda Pettibone, Screen PrintingMarie Harrington, Medical TerminologyJessica Bennett, Medical MathShantel Giguere, Nurse AssistingAlex Dumont, Professional PortfolioJimmy Shea, Architectural DraftingTyler Beaudoin, Automotive TechnologyKyle Langlais, Cabinet MakingRachel Hockhausen, First Aid/CPRRicki Carreira, Culinary ArtsKatie Chapman, Food & Beverage ServiceRyan Rutledge, InternetworkingVivian Sawtelle, Preschool Teaching Assistant

PRESS RELEASESanford Regional Technical Center -- SkillsUSA Medalists

About Sanford Regional Technical Center’s Local Competition

During the week of January 16th students at the Sanford Regional Technical Center (S.R.T.C.) competed in the Local SkillsUSA competition. Competing were students from Sanford, Massabesic, Noble, Marshwood, Traip and York High Schools. S.R.T.C. will proudly bring 50 students to the State SkillsUSA Competition in Bangor March 15-16. Those who win gold medals at the State Competition will be attending the National Competition in Kansas City in late June! We are very proud of all our participants!The Students attending the National Competition need to raise $1,500 each in order to go. If you would like to help them with their fundraising, please make checks payable to SRTC and mail them to SRTC, 52 Sanford High Blvd, Sanford, ME 04073. Your contribution is greatly appreciated!

Attention Senior Parents!If your child plans to attend college (certificate program, 2 year or 4 year college) next year, please plan to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ASAP. This form allows colleges to award grants, loans and scholar-ships to your student and EVERY family should file. Myth: My family makes too much money; we won’t qualify for aid. Although it is true that you may not qualify for certain types of aid, not all financial aid is based on income. Many scholarships ask for information from the FAFSA, which you will not have if you don’t complete the FAFSA. Students also qualify for student loans with the best terms, including low interest rates and repayment grace periods, by complet-ing the FAFSA. Myth: I must be accepted to college to apply for financial aid. You’ll want to apply to the college ASAP if you haven’t yet, but you don’t need an acceptance letter before applying for aid. Apply for financial aid from all of the schools to which you have applied right away! Myth: I have to wait to finish my taxes in order to complete the FAFSA. You may miss deadlines if you wait, and that can be very expensive. The FAFSA may be completed with estimated figures; just remember to change your FAFSA once you have the actual figures. All of this can be simply done online. Myth: There’s no hurry to complete the FAFSA and other financial aid paperwork. Be aware that financial aid filing deadlines can be as early as February 1st. Deadlines vary by college, so be sure to check with all of the schools on your list to be certain of the deadlines. Please feel free to contact a member of the SRTC counseling team if you have questions about the FAFSA or need help completing the paperwork. Deanna Farrell, School Counselor (Sanford students), 324-2942 (ext. 1784) dfarrell@sanford.org Roland Legere, School Counselor (non-Sanford students), 324-2942 (ext. 1778) rlegere@sanford.org Kathy Sargent, Career Planning Counselor, 324-2942 (ext. 1779) ksargent@sanford.org SRTC is partnering with Sanford High School to host a Financial Aid Night on February 16, 2012 at 5:30pm in the SHS cafeteria. After the presentation, families are encouraged to stay and complete their FAFSA; assistance will be available and the SRTC counseling staff will be in attendance.4

WSSR-TV is all abuzz with activity...from Service Learning Proj-ects with Mr. Bloom to community partnerships with so many amazing local organizations! Stop by and see us in V-8 as we work to complete video production projects and student-led film proj-ects. Reminder: TV CLUB Tuesdays 2-4 and Film Club Thursdays 2-4. Check us out on youtube/wssrtv, Facebook: WSSRTV Sanford and Twitter: WSSRTVSANFORD! Our studio is being furnished soon, with a complete interview set and our “ON-AIR” lights are up and running! So if you see the RED lights in the hallway--there is filming in progress! We are working with the town and Metro-cast to hopefully be on channel 12 soon, until the contract is rene-gotiated...for now we are filling up our ‘air time’ with social media connections... We are looking for student-centered ‘tv show’ ideas! Send them our way!!! wssrtv@sanford.org or email Shannon ssurran@sanford.org! Lights, Camera- ACTION!!!!

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