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Students showcase CTE projects at Wyoming County Career and Technical Center
Summary
At a December board meeting held at the Career and Technical Center, students from multiple CTE programs demonstrated projects — including a parade train, electrical automation and multimedia videos — and staff highlighted recruitment, program changes and community partnerships.
Board members visited the Wyoming County Career and Technical Center in December to view student projects and hear program updates from center staff.
The visit featured short demonstrations from across the center: Skills president Haley Adkins described volunteer work including a food drive and parade participation, diesel and welding students showed a decorated train they built for community events, and Michael Johnson of the electrical program explained shop automation — a thermostat and control panel that can be operated remotely and that shuts heating off when garage doors open. "My name is Haley Adkins, and I'm the president for skills here," Adkins said, and Michael Johnson added, "My name is Michael Johnson in the electrical program here at the trade school." Board members and staff encouraged the public to inspect the projects and noted how many of the activities doubled as community outreach.
Why it matters: the center’s programs are meant to build career-ready skills and to strengthen ties between the schools and local employers. Staff said smaller class sizes (roughly 10–12 students per program) increase hands-on time and improve outcomes. Presenters also stressed the educational value of competitions, community events and partner advisory committees that advise curriculum.
Staff and students also described year-round clinical placements for therapeutic services students, which they said provide improved continuity of experience compared with a single-semester rotation. Students described practicing transfers, infection-control procedures and patient communication at nursing-home placements.
Board members commended instructors and students for projects that also serve the community, and staff said several items — including a greenhouse relocation and inventorying of older industrial equipment — are pending administrative follow-up. The board’s next regular meeting was announced for Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. at Central Office.
