Programs: Career & Technical Ed

Two students at the Careers 2008 competition explain their project to Representative Josh Svaty who served as a judge for the event.

Careers 2008 Competition

April 25, 2008

Smoky Hill Education Service Center hosted its annual applied Academic and Career Competition on April 23, 2008. Approximately 240 Kansas high school students from around the area competed individually or as a team in Product Development , Problem Solving and/or Job Search.

The competition, a partnership between SHESC, its 60 plus member school districts, the Salina Area Technical School, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, the Salina Human Resource Association, and Access TV is held at the Salina Bicentennial Center and the Salina Area Technical School.

Jared Bixby, Education Program Coordinator at Rolling Hills Zoo, gives feedback to participants on their entry in the Lego design competition.

AWARDS

1st, 2nd, & 3rd place certificates for each category were presented to schools for their winning students. In addition, Salina Area Technical School gives a scholarship to winning seniors to further their education at the school.

Students in the Computer Problem Solving event try to fix their computers. Each student was given a laptop computer and asked to troubleshoot and resolve problems with the machine.

RESULTS:

Schools and their placements:

Blue Valley Randolph: 2 first, 6 second, 4 third

Clifton-Clyde: 4 first, 7 second, 2 third

Concordia: 3 first, 2 second, 3 third

Ell-Saline: 2 first, 1 second, 1 third

Herington: 9 first, 13 second, 14 third

Hope: 1 first, 5 second, 4 third

Lakeside: 1 second, 1 third

Lincoln: 3 first, 3 second, 2 third

Salina Central: 4 first, 1 third

Southeast of Saline: 6 first, 3 second, 2 third

Tescott: 4 first, 4 second, 3 third

The date for Careers 2009 is April 21. Be looking for information on the Smoky Hill website.

Linda Talbott, Careers 2008 organizer, watches the competition as judges receive their evaluation materials. While this was the last Careers event led by Talbott who is retiring from Smoky Hill, students will continue to benefit from the knowledge and experience they gained during the events she coordinated.