Carpentry, Engineering and Exploration students visited Peska Construction and got to visit the future sight of the Sioux Falls Public Safety Training Center! What a cool project for the city of Sioux Falls! #siouxfalls #careerandtechnicaleducation #southdakota #sfcteacademy
The Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire held “Frame the Future” which is a fun educational event for students to gain exposure to the building industry. Students from CTE Academy and Home Builders Academy at Harrisburg High School took part in five sessions including siding demonstration, framing challenge, carpentry knowledge test, speaker presentations, and a tour of Building Products Inc. As part of the event, students spent numerous hours constructing projects that were then judged at the event. CTE students received very high scores and had a great time showing the skills they've learned from Mr. Opdahl and Mr. Claasen.
“She adds flair and color to class.” What kind of better situation can one ask for in a Horticulture class? Plant arrangement, flowering bedding plants, and landscape design – all a part of our Horticulture class and Lincoln High School student, Alyssa Bade is adding her own flair to those colorful plants. Our junior LHS Patriot has a passion for plants and is planning to work in a greenhouse during the summer months. Her teacher, Mr. Jensen, says that Alyssa is the type of person that makes her peers feel welcome in class and she brings a fun and free spirit to the Agriculture classroom. Alyssa, we think your passion for plants and people added with a little flair and color makes for blooming success in the greenhouse! Congratulations! You are a “See the Vision” winner! #careerandtechnicaleducation #ageducation #siouxfalls
Culinary students partnered with The Spice and Tea Exchange (thanks Tami Brown) to make Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies served with iced Earl Grey tea for the Active Generations Gourmet Guys event. They placed 1st in the dessert category! Student Chef Kat and Chef Whempner were awarded a medal by Mayor TenHaken! What a great experience for our students!
EMT students were taught how to deliver babies in emergent situations this week! Our birthing simulation manikin put them to the test and they all passed! What a great opportunity for hands on learning!
The stats are troubling-47% of SFSD students qualify for free/reduced lunches. Their family's income is not enough to make ends meet. That makes it difficult to support school fundraisers. Operation Hope & Caring helps! Get your tickets to the SF STORM game to support schools!
Cody Koepke, a senior from Jefferson High School, is a student of the financial industry. Our next “See the Vision” winner has taken Accounting I, Accounting II, Economics, Introduction to Financial Services, Banking and Credit and did an internship at a local business. Cody has learned a lot in CTE’s Academy of Finance. He said, “I enjoyed the hands-on of the class and all the real-world guest speakers we learn from in class. I hope to start my own business from what I have learned.” With his sights set on owning his own business and participation in collegiate bowling, our talented student is headed to Hastings College in Hasting, Nebraska to major in Economics and Finance. His teacher, Mrs. Brunken quoted Peter Drucker to describe her student, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Cody, we think you are well on your way to creating your future! Congratulations on being a “See the Vision” winner.
Does your child have conflict resolution skills to solve everyday problems? Join us Tues, April 18 at 6pm to hear from SFSD & Avera Behavioral Health in this month's Family Forum Series segment. Watch for the link in your email. It's practical advice to strengthen families.
Realtor Brent Baker and Mortgage Banker Preston Evans presented about the housing market in Sioux Falls. Thank you for your leadership! #nafcareersacad #cteacademy #kwrealtor #PlainsCommerceBank
We love ambition at the CTE Academy. We have a student that started his own “Traveling Car Detailer” business. Our student has turned his very evident passion for cars into an ambitious endeavor! Colton Lofflin is a junior from Jefferson High School and he is looking for work. Colton will clean the inside and outside of your car and make it look brand new again! Colton brings all of his work equipment in the back of his car to your car. Colton is a second year Auto Body student at the CTE Academy so he knows his automotive finishes. Our Traveling Car Detailer said it best, “With summer coming, I am looking for work!” A young man with ambition and passion – We love it!
Baking & Pastries had some guest chefs! Little chefs from Garfield Elementary's Leader In Me program got to attend the CTE Academy for the morning. Students were able to work with the big chefs to decorate cupcakes and make their own pizza! They then got to make their own commercial with the Broadcasting class at CTE (green screen and all)! Congrats to the Leaders In Me! #siouxfalls #sfcteacademy #careerandtechnicaleducation
When Brody Stenger was asked about his Ag Bio-Tech class at the CTE Academy, he replied with, “It fulfills my interest in agriculture.” Brody went on to explain he has grandparents that live on a farm. Our sophomore from Roosevelt High School is giving strong consideration to studying an agriculture-related field in college. His teacher, Mr. Jensen, says Brody is the type of student that asks questions that makes him (Mr. Jensen) think. Brody is a sponge that is always eager to learn. Mr. Jensen described his student by saying, “Brody is a student who does not settle for anything less than perfect and pushes himself to learn new things. He is a passionate student about agriculture and FFA.” Our “See the Vision” winner has the drive to push himself and a passion for agriculture. Congratulations, Brody Stenger! Keep the that willingness to learn and that drive – and you will go places in the fields of agriculture.
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The School Board has voted to move the last day of student classes to Friday, May 26, 2023 - requiring students to make up two of the five days missed due to weather. Staff will report through Friday, June 2, 2023.
One of the joys of working with young people and at a school is that one can see great things coming in the future. That can be said about our next “See the Vision” winner. Alizae Stinehart is a senior from Brandon Valley High School and she is laying the foundation for a great future. Her active leadership in FFA activities at BVHS and hard work at the CTE Academy indicate that this young lady is going to proceed with success. Alizae enrolled in Health Careers in the fall semester and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) this spring semester at the CTE Academy. Her teacher, Mrs. Drummond, says her student is hard working and has a passion to take care of others in the medical field. The teacher commented, “I am excited for Alizae and enjoy having her as a part of my class. I know she will go great things in her future.” Alizae plans to attend Southeast Technical College for a Paramedic Science Degree. Leadership, passion and hard working. Alizae – we think you have a great future!
Where is Dylan? Answer: In the other kitchen helping students out before the end of class. It is not unusual to find our Jefferson High School student, Dylan Naucke, helping other Culinary students. Dylan is a student that can be described as supportive, specific and thorough. Mrs. Whempner, Dylan’s Culinary Teacher, described Dylan as accurate, meticulous and “locked in”. The teacher said, “I know I can count on Dylan to listen carefully to my directions. Dylan is so attentive!” Dylan is known to be prepared for class, prepared to help other students and prepared to take on difficult culinary tasks in the kitchen. We think our culinary “See the Vision” winner is “locked in” and has the key to a great future! #siouxfalls #culinaryarts #sfcteacademy #careerandtechnicaleducation
Dolly did it! 14 piglets were born at the CTE Academy today! 10 gilts and 4 boars. Ag. Ed students will now be responsible for taking care of these babies! Learning by doing! #siouxfalls #ag #ageducation #sfcteacademy
Join the CTE Academy Agriculture Department as their sow, Dolly, starts her farrowing journey.
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We would love to introduce you to CTE Academy’s newest ag department addition. Dolly is a landrace influenced sow (female pig). She is due to farrow (give birth) in the next week. Stay tuned for more info regarding a livestream link to view the upcoming events. The CTE Academy would like to thank Pipestone Discovery for the donation and support of this project. #ageducation
Abe Schieuer is a senior from Roosevelt High School and he is a veteran CTE student. Abe has taken all the CTE Cyber Academy classes. He has taken Computer Hardware and Software, Networking, Cybersecurity and now he is taking Senior Capstone in Computer Networking. Our outstanding student wants to make a career of network operations and already works part-time in the security camera industry. Abe plans to attend Southeast Technical College next year for computer network administration. Listening to Abe while he is describing his Senior Capstone project is fascinating. With the use of multiple cameras set in our computer networking room, our future network engineer can determine the identity of students that should and should not be in the classroom on his laptop. Abe will tell you it is a work in progress but his teacher, Mr. Brockmueller, will tell you that Abe is successfully researching and developing a facial recognition system for businesses or schools. Congratulations, Abe Schieuer! We think your work deserves special recognition!
