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Employment Opportunities at Pontotoc County School District.
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Pontotoc Ridge Career and Technology Center is recipient of the Walmart Community Grant of $1,000!!!!
This grant will be used for instructional supplies for our classrooms. Thank you Walmart facility #164
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Shariah Fields
November-Student of the Month
Early Childhood Education
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PRCTC Teacher of the Year 2019-2020
Amanda Wood
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North Pontotoc Senior, Collin Crawson, completed the Rural Medical and Science Scholars Camp at Mississippi State University. The camp was held June 2-28, 2019, and the participants were able to:
- Shadow physicians, dentists, & other healthcare professionals
- Make new friends with similiar interests and goals
- Visit the University of Mississippi Medical Center
- take two college-level courses
- earn certificaiton as a Junior Master Wellness Volunteer
- participate in practical learning activities
- have college atmosphere while leaving on the campus of Missisissippi Sate University
The Pontotoc Ridge Career & Technology Center is proud of Collin's hard work and determination.
Thanks to the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund and CREATE for making this opportunity available.
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Each program promotes membership in student organizations such as HOSA, TSA, Skills USA, FFA, and Educators Rising.
Educators Rising
Future Farmers of
America
Future health
Professionals
SkillsUSA
Technology Student
Association
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KidSense Project
The Engineering II and Construction II classes have completed their service project for KidSense, PA. They designed a therapy gym that will help to increase gross motor skills for kids with developmental delays. The gym has a rock wall and slide. The students collaborated with PRCTC's Early Childhood class to make sure the rock wall was built for children to safely use during therapy.
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Pontotoc County School District Receives Over $40,000 from Ashley Furniture to Support Robotics Education
ECRU, Miss. – Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (Ashley) has partnered with the Pontotoc County School District to enhance the district’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program. Ashley is the largest manufacturer of home furnishings in the world with advanced manufacturing facilities located near the school district.
With a contribution of more than $40,000 from Ashley, the district was able to purchase VEX Robotics equipment for students, further expanding into grades 6-12 that will vertically align its robotics curriculum. The equipment will also allow the school district to provide objective-based learning, further connect with Career & Technical Education (CTE) and explore externship opportunities that provide problems that require a solution.
VEX Robotics is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to schools around the world. “Our students will benefit greatly from this donation of VEX Robotics Kits from Ashley Furniture, said Amanda Wood, Engineering Instructor within Pontotoc County School District. “When students are introduced to robotics at an early age, it heightens their interest in STEM related careers which can close gender and socioeconomic gaps in these fields. Robotics promotes 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking which will ensure our students' success inside and outside of the classroom.”
“This program is a great way for young students to learn career-readiness skills,” said Ron Wanek, Founder and Chairman, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. “We continue to support STEM education to inspire the next generation of skilled workers and help secure our country’s position as a world-leader in technology and advanced manufacturing.”
The equipment allows students to easily build their first robot and with endless possibilities of customization, the platform encourages students to build a robot that is bigger, stronger, and more functional as they continue to learn. VEX also provides curriculum options for educators to integrate lesson plans into the classroom and easily customize projects to meet the level of students' abilities. VEX Robotics equipment can also be utilized for extracurricular competition programs where students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play with other teams in a game-based engineering challenge.
Pictured in photo "PontotocCountySchoolDistrict" (L to R): Patricia Ellison (Director at Pontotoc Ridge Career and Technology Center), Danny Robbins (Board Member of Pontotoc County School District), Amanda Wood (Engineering Instructor at Pontotoc Ridge Career and Technology Center), Randy Tutor (Board Member of Pontotoc County School District), Dr. Brock Puckett (Superintendent of Pontotoc County School District), Earnie Gates (Ashley Furniture Industries), Lance Little (Ashley Furniture Industries) and Mike Hall (Ashley Furniture Industries).
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Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (Ashley) feels that every person deserves more value for their money. Established in 1945, Ashley is one of the largest manufacturers of home furnishings in the world and has been named one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes. From design through fulfillment, Ashley is committed to delivering the world’s best home furnishing values, selection and service, and earning the loyalty and trust of its customers every day. Visit Ashley online at www.ashleyfurniture.com and “like” Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. on Facebook.
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Master-Bilt Project
Chad Whisenant's Welding students recently completed two projects for Master-Bilt in New Albany. Students built material carts and sign posts that will be used in their facility. Students are pictured with Mr. Kerry Hodges from Master-Bilt.
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Law & Public Safety Students Visit Tupelo Police Department
Mr. Allen's Law & Public Safety class recently had the opportunity of visiting the Tupeleo Police Department. Lt. Mask guided PRCTC’s Law and Public Safety students around the department. He gave them a tour and explained how the station is set up and where the officers carry out specific tasks. The students were able to see offices, debriefing rooms, fitness center, as well as meet a member of the SWAT team. Students were shown where officers store their equipment such as bulletproof vests or weapons, when they are not in use. The students were able to explore a department vehicle and learn how the sirens work and where criminals sit when being transported.
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FEMA Certifications
Intro to Incident Command System Leadership & Influence
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Alex Grant & Daniel Beaman Yessica Martinez & Brennan Westmoreland
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Educator Rising
State Competition Winners
1st place- Alonzo Wilcher-Impromptu Speaking
2nd place-Ramynzia Billingsley- Educators Rising Moment
3rd place-Deleasha Lipsey- Exploring Support Services Careers4th place- Rachel Gann/ Brooklyn Lopez- Children's Literature (Pre-K)5th place- Morgan Gunter- Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers -
2019-2020 HOSA Officers
(Left to right) Jayla Traylor, Reporter II, Jolee Nowlin, Secretary, Katie Hamilton, Reporter I, Jarius Ware, Vice-President, Collin Crawson, PresidentA HOSA officer meeting was held at Sydnei's to plan upcoming events, fundraisers, etc. for their HOSA chapter
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2019 Fall Festival
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Welcome to the Real World
Pontotoc County Extension Service hosted the "Welcome to the Real World" reality fair for students at the Pontotoc Ridge Career & Technology Center. Each student is given a scenario indicating their occupation, salary, and family situation. Then they take their monthly income and make basic living purchases by visiting each of the booths. At each booth they are to deduct the amount they choose from their monthly income. Here are the names of the booths they visit:- Groceries
- Taxes-monthly withholding
- Housing - purchase or rent
- Transportation - type of car they might drive
- Child Care
- Communication (cell phone options)
- Clothing - low or high cost plan
- Personal Care - haircut, toiletries, etc.
- Entertainment - cable, fast food, game tickets, movies, restaurants, etc
- Supplemental Income - national guard, yard work, babysitting, house cleaning, etc.
It is an excellent way for students to see what happens to your paycheck in the "real world".
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Instructables Classroom Organization ChallengeCongratulations to Amanda Wood's 2nd Block Engineerying students who were finalists int he Instructables Classroom Organization Challenge. Out of 77 entries, they were one of 19 finalists wh won an Instructables Prize Pack for their Mobile Charge Cart. Pictured from left to right are: Amanda Wood, Dylan Capps, Avery Gardner, Michael Nix, Nathan Tzib, Zae Ivy, Wes Lindsey, Riley Sappington, Caleb Davis.Link for the Instructables Classroom Challenge
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First Annual Signing Day
On May 7th Pontotoc Ridge Career and Technology Center hosted their first annual signing day celebrating students who plan to enter the workforce, military, or post secondary technical programs after graduation. The key note speaker was David Simmons- a career coach with the create foundation. He retired from Walmart distribution center in New Albany where he was director of transportation, distributions, and logistics. He is a certified legacy coach in the Zig Ziglar organization. The different organizations that signed students included: US Marines, US Army, US Navy, ICC, Northeast, Thompson Cat Machinery, and Mississippi Metals. Students involved in Signing day were: Cameron Condor - US Marines, Mac Evans- US Army, Saylor Fallin US Navy, Daniel Benson- US Marines, Nathan Delgado - ICC diesel equipment program, Tristan Bates ICC Diesel equipment program, Justice Roberson- ICC automotive tech program, Ryan Oglesby Northeast Drafting program, Austin Boyle- Mississippi Metals, Perry Malone Thompson Cat Machinery
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Pedal Car Competition
Pontotoc Ridge Career & Technology Center took first place for the second year in a row at the Summit Racing Equipment Pedal Car Challenge. This pedal car was a collaborative project involving 7 PRCTC programs. The programs included: Welding, Industrial Maintenance, Ag-Power and Machinery, Carpentry, Furniture Manufacturing, Drafting, and Engineering. Congratulations to all students and teachers involved in this project.
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Health Science
Health Science students had the opportunity to not only practice sterille dressing changes but also to draw the different body planes.
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Ag Power and Machinery
Ag. Power and Machinery- Mr. Powell's class went to the local county school bus terminal to get some live, hands on experience working on our very own Pontotoc County School buses. These students have learned how the air brake system functions and how to disassemble and replace brake shoes on a school bus. They also learned how to adjust brake shoes to manufacturer specificaitons. We would like to thank Mr. Shane Long, Mr. Kevin Foster, and Mr. Dan Hester for taking time out of their day to help thsese students with this project based learning opportunity!
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Early Childhood
Early Childhood was presenting Shaken Baby Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Drug Affected Syndrome to Teacher Academy. Students discussed how each affects infants and children that carry on into struggles with learning and processing information.
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Teacher Academy
Mrs. Gunter's Teacher Academy students packed and shipped a care package to a soldier serving over seas for one of their service projects.
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AEST Plant Class
Our plant class has been in charge of keeping the flowers, shrubs, and tress in pristine condition on our campus. Students are learning how to pot plants using the correct amount of soil and gauging the proper pot size.
