One aspect I love about working at the Career Center is our focus on student recognition. Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) such SkillsUSA, National Technical Honor Society, National Arts Honor Society, and FFA offer amazing opportunities for students. You can read about some recent achievements of our FFA and NAHS students in this issue. Participation in these activities allows students to practice skills, compete for scholarships, and add to their resumes. For more information on CTSOs, click here. The Career Center further recognizes students at a breakfast each quarter. Instructors select one student as the program’s Outstanding Student. This is based on top scores in Habits of Work (Respect & Communication, Initiative & Self-Motivation, Quality of Work, Reliability, and Safety). Students attend by invitation only. Families, school board members, faculty, and administrators attend by invitation as well. Culinary Arts students prepare the meal and Outstanding Students are awarded a t-shirt (created by an HCC graphic design student), Subway gift card, and certificate for their portfolios. Their photo is taken for our “Wall of Fame” located in the front hallway at Main Campus and Commons area at North Campus.
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HCC is seeking friendly, energetic individuals to serve as substitute teachers. Applicants must have a high school diploma and minimum of two additional years work experience beyond the diploma OR a high school diploma and completed a minimum of one year of college. Interested? Call Emily at (802) 382-1012 for more information.
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Recognizing students Kelley Mills, Dean of students
A Publication of the Hannaford Career Center
upcoming Dates
November 15th & 16th: Outstanding Student Awards Breakfast November 17th: Medical Profs. & Engineering to Try A Major Day at VTC November 22nd-24th: Thanksgiving Recess November 27th: Human Services to Randolph Technical Center November 30th: Mount Abe sophomores visit December 7th: Early Release Day December 22nd-January 1st 2018: Holiday Recess
HCC's Design and Illustration and Visual Communications coursework emphasizes creativity, innovation, and communication in the analysis and visualization of ideas and information through print, screen, and interactive multi-media technologies. The year focuses on drawing, printmaking, typography as art, and portfolio development. Throughout the year, students apply what they have learned to graphic design problems. Each student gets their own computer and user account. D&I is a dual-enrollment program wherein students may earn up to three credits at CCV. Among the many projects HCC's graphic design students have worked on so far this year include workstation name tags (example at right) album covers, career poster designs, desktop wallpaper, and a collaboration with our Addison Repertory Theatre program on a special effects make-up workshop. Projects for the larger Middlebury community are also a part of these programs. Design and Illustration student Lydia Alberts was commissioned to create the poster for Middlebury High School's fall musical Hello, Dolly! and branded show T-shirts were printed by D&I student David Many as part of his co-op at Graph-X on Exchange Street. Vis Comm student Meilena Sanchez designed a poster for an event sponsored by the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and classmate Phineas Peterson designed the ad for the FFA citrus sale in this newsletter! Recently, a number of juniors attended National Portfolio Day at the University of Hartford School of Art. The group included Brynna Kearns, Nico Gori-Montanelli, Althea Kane, Nicole Palmer, and Lillian Clark. Portfolio Day is an opportunity for students interested in pursuing post-secondary education in the visual and related arts. While there, students met with representatives from various colleges and universities to discuss their school's programs, got questions answered, and had their work reviewed. HCC is also proud to announce that, between our theatre and design programs, nine students were nominated to the National Art Honor Society! Nominees were: Meilena Sanchez, Sophie Lefkoe, Dana Norton, Anna Browdy, Takumi Melchior, Erin Lawrence, Nicole Palmer, Lydia Alberts, and Brynna Kearns.
Spotlight: graphic design programs
This year Vergennes FFA sent two teams to compete nationally in Indianapolis. Our Parliamentary Procedure team included HCC students Emily Jackson and Howie Vander Wey (right). They gave an impressive 11-minute, on-demand demonstration of their skills. The team earned bronze. Our Agricultural Mechanics and Technology Team included HCC student Cody De Vries (far right). The team completed technical tasks and tests like assembling and programming an irrigation system. The team earned bronze, with Cody earning gold individually. Congratulations FFA members!
HCC student Honors & Achievements
Contact School Counseling Coordinator Ms. Logee at 382-1007 or blogee@pahcc.org to set up a visit or Shadow Day.
HCC recently hosted a group of students and teachers from Tottori, a city of just under 300,000 residents located about halfway between Kyoto and Hiroshima in southern Japan. The Tottori/Vermont exchange is facilitated in part by Shoreham-based Green Across the World. Students in this exchange express interest in sustainability, ecology, and a return to simpler living. The visit included time at our main campus, where HCC's Engineering Design students presented, via an interpreter, their trapper boat projects. At north campus, off Exchange Street, Wildlife Management students took the group on a tour of Deep Roots Farm. Students from the exchange last visited Engineering Design in 2014.
Japanese students visit campus
Issue Archive Click to read more about us! Vol. I, Issue 1 - Sustainable Ag spotlight, FFA FAQ Vol. I, Issue 2 - Engineering Design spotlight, Diesel power certifications awards Vol. I, Issue 3 - Academic Programs spotlight; FFA soils and land judging victory
©2017 The Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center Questions? Comments? Input? Ideas? Contact Kate La Rivière, Literacy Coach, klariviere@pahcc.org.
Dinner & a diploma len schmidt, Administrator
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Our mission at the Hannaford Career Center is, in part, “to provide high quality technical, workplace, and continuing education opportunities for both secondary and adult learners of our region.” We serve anyone in need of technical expertise or job skills to become productively and enjoyably employed. We are proud of the high graduation rate of HCC "completers" and the high rate of those completers who go on to graduate from college or other post-secondary training. An unfortunate but often-quoted statistic about Addison County is that there are roughly 500 residents between the ages of 16 and 24 who are not working and not in school. This number should concern all of us, as this is our future workforce and the fabric of our communities. But it should also concern us that behind the statistic are some very unfortunate stories of young people for whom neither school nor the job market have worked out well. To support those who haven't had these opportunities, HCC is collaborating with the United Way of Addison County and Vermont Adult Learning to help some of those 500 young people re-engage with satisfying education and/or employment. On Wednesday, November 15th, United Way is hosting a dinner and conversation at the Career Center for people 16-25 who have struggled to complete high school and gain employment. If you or someone you know fits this description, join us to discuss what is working and what is still needed to make sure that everyone has a fair shot at a good life and satisfying career. RSVP by calling or texting (802) 881-9121 or emailingmentorac@ unitedwayaddisoncounty.org.
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