Here's the latest news and information from SCRTC . . .
St. Croix Regional Technical Center has begun its 20th year serving students from Eastport, Woodland, and Calais. As one of Maine's 26 Career and Technical Education Centers our mission is to prepare our students with workforce entry level skills and/or post secondary education. To help our students prepare for success we have added the opportunity for each student to obtain a 10 hour OSHA card. Weibley Dean, Culinary Arts instuctor, with help from SCRTC faculty, is teaching this course on Friday afternoons at Washington County Community College. The 10 Hour OSHA card will be an important asset for our students as they compete for jobs in the future. This card will demonstrate to potential employers that our students have completed a certified course in safety and risk management.
Accuplacer
In addition to the OSHA Safety Card students will be acquiring this year, we have added the opportunity to take the Accuplacer test. This test is required by all of Maine's Community colleges and some private and public colleges as well. Darin McGaw, Assistant Dean of Students/Community Services, at Washington County Community College is administering this test for SCRTC students in WCCC's Multi Media Room. This test will help students identify their current level of proficiency in math and english. With the results of this test, SCRTC will be better prepared to help our students enter post-secondary institutions, or prepare them for the workforce.
SkillsUSA 2008-2009
The St. Croix Chapter of SkillsUSA, formerly VICA, will be holding elections for officers on Monday October 6th. Positions of leadership available for students are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Reporter. The top priority of the leadership team is fundraising. The cost of sending students to the State and National Championships grows higher each year, and without any monetary help from the sending schools the entire burden falls on the shoulders of our students.
Our first fundraising event will be held at Johnson's True Value parking lot on October 11th. The 4th annual Carharrt Cook-Out starts at 10:00 a.m. and runs until 2:00 p.m. Carharrt sponsors this event for schools across the country. Carharrt realizes that "the SkillsUSA organization and competitions are the first steps in teaching best practices to the next American workforce. SkillsUSA instills the drive and allows them to experience the sacrifices it takes to be among the best in their field". A big thanks to Dave, Cathy and all the people at Johnson's for helping with this event.
