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Jason Koebler at US News recently published a list of technology companies, trade associations and community organizations that offer scholarships to African-American students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). He also posted links to sources targeting Latino and women STEM students. Read Jason's article.
 

 
STEM :  Science - Technology - Engineering - Math
 
Following up its successful Election Day professional development event, LJCreate has scheduled another STEM workshop free-of-charge to New York City teachers:
 
Monday, January 30, 2012
10:00 am to 2:00 pm at 
LJ Create
85 Corporate Drive
Holtsville, NY11742
 
Who should attend? Science, Engineering, Technology, Math Teachers & Administrators. CTE Teachers & Adminstrators. All attendees will be provided with free access to LJCreate's Internet-hosted curriculum site for use in their schools.
 
Attendees must be registered. To pre-book your place, please email joezahra@aol.com, phone 800-237-3482 or fax the form linked below:
 
 
 

Last Friday, the ribbon was cut opening the doors of the brand new Bronx Design & Construction Academy on the site of the old Alfred E. Smith High School. Industry partner and CTE Council Member Jeffrey Smalls led the industry and community effort to create the new Linked Learning school and appeared in this video describing the school:
 

 
In Linked Learning, "students follow industry-themed pathways, choosing among fields such as electric, HVAC, plumbing, carpentry and pre-engineering/ architectural drafting. Participation in Linked Learning prepares students to graduate from high school and succeed in a full range of postsecondary options—including two- or four-year colleges, certification programs, appren­ticeships, military service, or formal job training."

The Bronx Design & Construction Academy has scheduled two

OPEN HOUSES

Tuesday, October 25, 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Tuesday, November 8 (Election Day), 4:00 to 6:00 pm

For more informations, see th BDCA web site

Through the Edward J. Malloy Inititative for Construction Skills, apprentices who enter the construction industry attend classes paid for by unions and contractors, while simultaneously being employed on projects in their craft throughout New York City. They receive at least 144 hours of annual classroom instruction as well as on-the-job training while employed at wages which increase as their skills progress.

At this year's ABC/Disney "Get Reel with Your Dreams" award ceremony, Channel 7 Eyewitness News co-anchor Sade Baderinwa presented $30,000 in college scholarship funds to five New York City high school students for their television work creating 30-second Pubic Service Announcements (PSAs). Baderinwa created the competition three years ago to introduce public high school students to top professionals in film and television.
 
Harry S Truman High School students Ian Denton and Ernesto Gonzalez took First Place for a PSA on child abuse. High School of Art & Design students received two awards: Jaquan Franklin won Second Place for a spot on HIV, and Elena Havas and Sebastion Lema took Third Place for a PSA  on teen suicide.All three Art & Design students were Finalists in the Tenth Annual Citywide Graphic Arts Competition last May.

Can a ninth grader produce an advertising campaign? Students from Brooklyn’s IAM (the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media), the first high school dedicated to teaching young people about advertising, recently did. They developed a multi-tiered national advertising campaign with their mentoring and partner agency BBH. BBH suggested the students create a campaign for their client Google.com and their Boutiques.com webpage.

At last week's SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Missouri, a student from Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in Queens became the first New York City winner of the Gold Medal in the SkillsUSA National Competition in Internetworiking.  Herschel Bhasin, a Cisco student at Edison,  joined more than 5,600 outstanding career and technical education students—all state contest winners—competing in 94 different trade, technical and leadership fields.
 
At the annual event, students work against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations like electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts.
 
Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations, and labor organizations, and the test competencies are set by industry partners. In all, New York State students won 8 medals in 6 different competitions in Kansas City.
 
Congratulations to all the competitiors -- and their teachers -- for putting their CTE skills on display.

The Seventh Annual Service and Installation Competition held at W.H. Grady CTE High School last week tested students of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) technologies. Students from Grady in Brooklyn, Alfred E. Smith CTE High School in the Bronx and Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers were checked out in Burner Assembly, Combustion Analysis,  Burner Troubelshooting and Boiler Installation Completion. The event is sponsored by the NYC Service Managers Association and the Westchester Service Managers Association.
 
Sheepshead Bites, Sheepshead Bay's Only Independent News Blog, has the story and the video:
 

New York City CTE students had their best showing yet in this year's New York State SkillsUSA competition in Syracuse, April 13 – 15.  SkillsUSA New York City administrative trustee Denise Vittor spread the word congratulating the winners:
 
First Place Plumbing:
Natalie Kavral, Queens Vocational and Technical HS
 
Third Place Plumbing:  
Tristan Ponce, Queens Vocational and Technical HS
 
First Place Electronic Applications:  
Kelly Ann Kato, Queens Vocational and Technical HS
 
Third Place Electronics Technology:
Stephanie Gonzalez, Queens Vocational and Technical HS
 
Second Place Advertising Design:  
Leah Velez, Thomas Edison HS
 
Second Place Internet Working:    
Herschel Bhasin*, Thomas Edison HS
 
Third Place Computer Maintenance Technology: 
Moses Aronov, Thomas Edison HS
 
First place winners from the Sytacuse event will represent New York State in their respective CTE fields at the Skill USA National Conference, in Kansas City, MO from June 20 – 24.
 
Congratulations also go to Michael Smith from Alfred E. Smith HS who is now the New York State SkillsUSA vice president representing Area 5, New York City.
 
 
*That's two wins in one month for Herschel Bhasin who also took first place in the Cisco NetRiders contest.
 

Herschel Bhasin and Anthony Herbert, students at  Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in Queens, are advancing to the National Finals of the 2011 Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders Skills Challenge in the High School category. The Round Three Theater Finale includes top-ranked competitors from the  United States and Canada and will be held virtually on May 6. Best of luck to Herschel and Anthony and to their teacher John Rullan.