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The Weekly Web Update is sent out each Friday, as needed, to keep you informed of recent or planned updates and additions to the Career and Adult Education Web pages.- Weekly Web Update
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In the Limelight
Students Participate in the SMG Turf Crew Mentoring Program at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, FL
On November 27th and December 11th students from the Keystone Heights Academy of Agriscience, Middleburg High School Academy of Agriscience and Oakleaf High School Plant Biotechnology program participated in the SMG Turf Crew Mentoring Program at EverBank Field during two Jacksonville Jaguars games. The students arrived at the stadium around 8am and immediately started working. They began setting up the sidelines, putting mats down, putting benches out, setting up cones and padding on the goal posts. During the day, students toured the different parts of the Turf Crew operations and got to sit down and talk with the employees about their training and education. During the game, the students were stationed behind the goal posts on each side and got to help raise and lower the net when the teams were kicking field goals. The students were so excited all through the day and loved every minute of it. It was a great learning experience for everyone involved and they hope to have the opportunity to do it again.By: Becky Whitmer-Sponholtz, Keystone Heights High School Agriscience Teacher
Florida Apprentice Wins 2nd Place 1st Year at the MCAA Masonry Skills Challenge at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas
Tom Webster 1st year apprentice for Masonry Arts in Pensacola Florida won 2nd place in the first year Apprentice Masonry Skills Challenge held at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas on January 24, 2012. Tom competed against the best 1st year apprentices from throughout the United States in a three-hour competition. This competition highlights our industry's finest young masons and focuses attention on careers in the masonry industry.Workshops Teach Teens to be Money Masters
Learning about how to manage personal finances can be a daunting task for adults, but it can be especially difficult for teenagers. To provide middle school students and their parents with valuable information on the many important aspects of personal financial management, the Palmer Munroe Teen Center (PMTC) is offering a series of workshops entitled Money Masters. The first workshop was held on Saturday, January 21, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Teen Center, 1900 Jackson Bluff Road."Personal financial management is important for all of us, but especially for young people who in their early teen years are quickly exposed to a desire to spend money," said City Commissioner Andrew Gillum, a long-time supporter and Board member at the Palmer Munroe Teen Center. "This series of workshops will provide middle school students and their parents with a broad overview of managing financial resources, from earning money to budgeting and investing."
At Saturday's workshop, students enrolled in the Academy of Finance at Godby High School will lead middle school students through a series of activities aimed at reinforcing the costs associated with their decision making. Godby student and Teen Center participant Autumn Merrill said, "The Academy of Finance helps students prepare for a successful future, especially in this type of economy where so many are struggling to find jobs and manage their finances. The financial education that I have received is priceless." Parents will participate in similar activities, and as an added bonus, they will receive information about how their teens can become eligible for scholarships for the College Reach Out Program/Take Stock in Children program through Tallahassee Community College.
Additional workshops will be held on the third Saturday of each month through May, and there will also be a week-long spring break camp. Money Masters partners include the PMTC, the United Way of the Big Bend, Godby High School Academy of Finance, Tallahassee Community College/College Reach-Out Program and WFSU-TV. The series is designed to educate middle school students and their parents about the importance of earning, saving, budgeting and investing money. The goal is to ensure that youth and their families receive the skills and tools necessary to make good decisions about their finances.
The Palmer Munroe Teen Center, open Monday - Saturday from 2 - 8pm, is a joint venture between the City of Tallahassee, Leon County and the Leon County School District. For more information on the Teen Center, please call 891-2568 or visit www.talgov.com/parks.
Contact: Tomica Archie Smith, Palmer Munroe Executive Director, 891-2568; or Bill Behenna, Communications Department, 891-8533
Loretta Cameron Honored as ACE Administrator of the Year for Florida
Loretta Cameron of Polk County Public Schools has received the "John E. Lawrence Administrator of the Year Award" from the Adult and Community Educators of Florida organization, commonly known as "ACE of Florida".Cameron is now the principal of two adult education centers in Polk County, the West Area Adult School in Lakeland, and the East Area Adult School in Auburndale.
This prestigious statewide award was presented at the 2011 ACE Achievement Awards ceremony in Orlando on Sept. 28th.
Cameron has been employed by Polk County Schools since 1981 and has been the Principal at West Area Adult School since 2005. She assumed the Principal duties at the East Area Adult School two years ago.
Cameron was nominated for her statewide award by Kara Trees of the West Area Adult center.
Miami Edison Teens Win National Entrepreneurship Contest
By Nancy Dahlberg - The Miami Herald
Two student-entrepreneur teams from Miami Edison Senior High School were winners in the World Series of Innovation, a national contest presented by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship for Global Entrepreneurship Week.
More than 300 teams from around the country entered the competition. From that group, 18 teams in six categories were selected as finalists to compete in an online competition for a classroom grant and other prizes. The finalist teams presented their business plans in videos, and the winners were determined by online voting. More than 40,000 votes were cast in the contest, NFTE said. Edison was the only school in the country to have two teams represented in the finals and in the winners' circle.
The two winning Edison teams were Marc Louis, Phaby Lubin, Tiffany Nelson, Tamara Petit and Patricia Predelus of 300 Calories or Less, who won in the New Franchise Idea category, and Quanesha Estime, Stephanie Frederic, Nerida Godinez, Frederic Knight and Melinda Lubin of E-Pride, winners in the College and Career Readiness Product or Service category.
The teacher for both teams is Yolette Mezadieu.
The videos from the event can be found at the following link: http://www.nfte.com/world-series-of-innovation/winners.html.
Orlando Tech's Digital Video Production Department Wins Prestigious Crystal Reel Award State Recognition
On Saturday, November 5, 2011, the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association presented the prestigious Crystal Reel Award to the Digital Video Production Department of Orlando Tech. The Award is much like the Oscars and Emmys for the state of Florida. The official judges for the event are Emmy, Grammy and/or Oscar recipients from across the country.Orlando Tech's recognition was for Best Special Program/Documentary Short for Signature Chefs of Orlando. The podcast series, with 63 episodes, features master chefs from Orlando, Florida. With over 39,000 hits, the series gains 70-100 new followers each day from over 60 countries around the world.
To see the series, produced entirely by students, go to iTunes and type in Orlando Tech or visit the podbean page at http://signaturechefs.podbean.com
The Orlando Tech instructor contact is Paul Read, .
Florida's Crooms Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) Tops U.S. News & World Report Most Connected List
Laptops, iPads, and smart phones are moving into high school classrooms faster than students can text "Lol." Transforming the way students and teachers interact with information, these technologies are shaping the classroom of the future.U.S.News & World Report is recognizing high schools leading the charge with its first ranking of the country's Most Connected Classrooms. We surveyed schools from our most recent Best High Schools rankings, published in December 2009, to gauge their connectivity. Of the 301 schools that responded, 185 scored well enough on the survey to be ranked.
Crooms Academy of Information and Technology claimed the top spot in the inaugural ranking. The Sanford, Fla., magnet school has more than 1,100 computers, and gives each of its 601 students a Dell laptop to use for the year. Students at Crooms use these laptops to interact with digital whiteboards in nearly every classroom.
The school scored 88 out of 100 on a "Connectivity Index" that takes into account student-to-computer ratios, Internet speed, technical support staff, and digital learning labs.
The Crooms story is one of a vision made real by overcoming obstacles, reinventing the school and leaders with the resolve to provide a high quality education, preparing students for post secondary education and/or the workforce.
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) is a strong supporter of Crooms, having representatives on their Business Advisory Council. NCS Keynote Speakers at the Crooms annual TECHFEST have included Hank Okraski (NCS Board of Directors ), Lt. Gen (Ret) Tom Baptiste (NCS President/Executive Director), Former Congressman Lou Frey (NCS Legal Counsel) and Dr. Mike Macedonia (SAIC and NCS Board of Directors).
In 2012, the TECHFEST keynote speaker will be Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghsemi (President, Productivity Apex , UCF Faculty and NCS Board of Directors ). Crooms is represented on the NCS Education and Workforce Development Committee and active in developing a high school modeling and simulation course.
Congratulations to the Principal, Dr. Connie Collins, teachers, students, administration, staff and the Seminole County Public School Administration for this well-deserved national recognition. We appreciate what you are doing to educate our children and prepare them for future high technology jobs!