Mrs. Whempner’s Culinary II students took part in the state ProStart competition in Pierre and showcased their culinary skills to make everyone at the CTE Academy proud!
Mitchell Tech's 8th annual welding competition has concluded last Friday. The top ten placers left with a great prize package. Gage from the Sioux Falls CTE Academy took home 3rd place with a $9,000 prize package and scholarship and a $3,000 toolbox. Riley W. took home 5th place and Trevor H. took home 9th place all while taking home tools! Thank you to all of the competition sponsors for making this day possible for our young welders.
Maxed out on NCAA basketball? Switch gears and take in some football to raise funds for Sioux Falls Schools without PTA/PTOs! The Sioux Falls STORM take on the Iowa Barnstormers (that's the team Kurt Warner played for before he became SuperBowl MVP!) at 7:05pm tonight at The Premier Center.
50% of net proceeds from tonight's game go to Night of Hope & Caring!
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Did you know?!
The courses offered at the CTE
Academy provide students with relevant, project-based, career-oriented learning that aligns with each
individual student’s future career plans.
The facility, located at I-29 and Madison Street, is filled with state of the art equipment. The school offers
over 40 state approved CTE courses in several different career focused programs. Our highly qualified
staff members are eager to work with students in the classroom and laboratory settings, where students
utilize their skills and knowledge to solve problems, work as teams on projects and prepare for the 21st
century.
Guiding Youth & Families students completed their crisis support training with the assistance from the Helpline Center.
CTE’s “See the Vision” award winner is someone who appreciates the opportunities that she has at the CTE Academy. Kimberly Aguirre is a senior from Roosevelt High School and plans to attend Southeast Technical College next fall. Kim’s Culinary Teacher, Mrs. Whempner wrote, “Kim is a serious student and I appreciate the fact that Kim realizes that we are really lucky to have an opportunity such as the CTE Academy.” The CTE Academy recently opened a coffee shop and Kim demonstrated this conviction by being one of the first students to volunteer to work in the coffee shop. Mrs. Whempner added, “I think she would make an excellent chef!” Kim is undecided between culinary or digital media for a potential career field but we know she is a committed student and knows the value of a significant endeavor. Congratulations, Kim Aguirre!
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SFSD students had a direct line of communication with the SD Secretary of Education Tiffany Sanderson today. The Superintendent's Student Advisory Council welcomed Sanderson at their quarterly meeting to discuss higher ed, workforce, and student assessment. #LoveSFSD
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The Aviation students are learning about gyroscopic behaviors by building their own bottle gyroscopes. The students will create and fly the plastic gyroscope and then observe the manner in which it flies. They will then apply what they know about aerodynamics, the four forces of flight, and gyroscopic principles to explain why the bottle maneuvers the way it did during the test flights.
A HUGE thank you goes to Jeremiah H., owner/operator of Chick-fil-A Empire Place for presenting about franchising and the restaurant business to our Culinary and Career Exploration classes. Jeremiah and staff also treated our students to some delicious treats. Thanks again for teaching our students about the opportunities in the hospitality industry!
Thank you to Abby McCann and Kyle Pickner of Plains Commerce Bank for taking the time to present to our Academy of Finance and Information Technology students about cryptocurrency!
Thank you to Weller Brothers for an awesome tour today for CTE Explorations students. Our students were given hands on experience with building a patio from pavers and an education on soil and plants! Not to mention they all got to pot their own succulents and bring them home! To top it off, Weller Brothers bought donuts and juice for the students!
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📌 Reminder, the Sioux Falls School District will have NO SCHOOL Friday, March 18, 2022. See you on Monday!
Mrs. Hill & Mrs. Whempner’s Culinary and Baking & Pastries classes toured Look’s Marketplace today! Students learned the history of Look’s, toured the four kitchens that prepare the various foods, and even did a scavenger hunt for locally sourced products in the market.
It is time for March Madness and the basketball tournaments are upon us. Our media students got to see what it takes to broadcast the Summit League Tournament up close. A big thank you to Craig DeWitt and everyone at Midco Sports for allowing our CTE Media Arts students the opportunity to tour their production trailer, IKE, right before the Summit League Tournament started.
Our "See the Vision" winner is kind, respectful and always willing to do what it takes to be successful in a demanding internship.
Brianna Hanson is a Health Careers student from Washington High School and is interning at the Avera McKennan Hospital emergency room. Brianna comes to her CTE class and to her internship site with a positive attitude and is always ready to learn. She is a student with great bedside manner that all of her future patients will be extremely appreciative of and grateful for with her kind-hearted, caring people skills.
Congratulations Brianna Hanson!
Superintendent Jane Stavem hosted nearly 50 future educators Tuesday for "Bagels with the Boss." Student teachers currently working in SFSD classrooms joined us to learning about job opportunities, hear about the support offered by the District's Instructional Coaches, and connect with leadership. We look forward to adding many of these new teachers to our team in the Fall!
The Sioux Falls School District is excited to partner with Siouxland Libraries for a community-wide reading initiative. Throughout the month of March, students, staff, parents, and community members are being encouraged to track how many books they read. View the Count here! https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/everybody-reads The goal is to create a community of readers ages 0 –100!
Native American Connections program renamed to Očéti Šakówiŋ Owáuŋspe (OSO)! The Native American Connections program, often referred to as ‘NAC’ is a program in the Sioux Falls School District that connects Native students with the culture, traditions, and heritage of the Oceti Sakowin. To center Indigenous language and culture in its programming, Native American Connections has collaboratively determined to rename its programs to Očéti Šakówiŋ Owáuŋspe or OSO. The program will continue to have OSO facilitators in all elementary buildings and offer OSO classes to Indigenous middle and high school students. In addition, OSO has renamed its Lakota language classes at the high school level which will now be titled Languages of the Oceti Sakowin. Our Languages of the Oceti Sakowin and Indigenous Studies courses are available to all high school students in the Sioux Falls School District. See more here: https://youtu.be/HdDc-JLLRCE
Project Search 2022! While it may not be a brand-new program, it is one that is having a huge impact on many Sioux Falls School District students! Project Search is an innovative, business led transition program for special education students ages 18-21 who have completed all high school requirements. The program is a partnership between the Sioux Falls School District, Dow Rummel Village, Department of Human Services, Transition Services Liaison Project, and Department of Labor and regulation. With the help of a classroom environment and Sioux Falls School District staff, students in the program learn and develop their employability skills. Students then apply those skills while participating in targeted internships at Dow Rummel, 5 days a week. The ultimate goal of Project Search is to find competitive employment for each intern upon completion of the program. The program’s strong partnerships are helping to develop the workforce of tomorrow, while gaining valuable interns and future employees along the way. To see more about Project Search, visit our YouTube page: https://youtu.be/5NsEybdUU94
