KSD Career & Technical Education

Kennewick HS ASL Students Attend "See What I'm Saying"

2011-05-23T09:21:00.001-07:00

Suzanne Benfield, ASL instructor at Kennewick High School, and her students attended a screening of the documentary, See What I'm Saying, as well as performances by two local Deaf ASL teachers and two performers from the film.

The screening was held on May 20-21 at the Stanford Theater in Tiger Wood Center, Nike World Headquarter, Beaverton, Oregon and was sponsored by NWASLTA.

Pictured are Kristie Long, Alaena Sharp and Melissa Schmitz with TL Forsberg, a singer/signer.

Kennewick High Wins Best Overall in Project Goodwill

2011-05-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Kennewick High School's Marketing & Management and DECA students who competed in Project Goodwill on Wednesday night, winning the Best Overall category and the Best Donation Box outfit, winning a total of $700 for their DECA Chapter.

The Goodwill Industries sponsored event, Project Goodwill, is an opportunity for area high school students to showcase their creativity and compete for awards and prize money based on the creation of three outfits in specified categories.

Students designed and created outfits in three categories; Devine Demin, Donation Box, and Literacy. Additional prizes were given for Best Portfolio, Peoples Choice, and Best Marketing Plan as well as the Best Overall category.

The Devine Denim outfit was modeled by Ryley Dennis and created and designed by Katey Richins and Blair Westerman. The Donation Box outfit is an outfit made from items contained in a donation box provided by Goodwill. The outfit must contain a piece from each item in the box....even if it is not an apparel item. The Donation Box outfit was created and designed by Deborah Ramirez and modeled by Yuleni Martinez. The Literacy outfit was constructed entirely from books and magazines. Alex Simons modeled the dress and also created and designed the dress along with Michelle Meehan, Paul Martinez and Casey Brush.

Jose Magana and Fernando Ayala were MC's for the fashion show.

Kennewick HS Team Read

2011-05-09T10:37:00.001-07:00

Kennewick High School students in Team Read assist elementary students as they learn to read!

Kennewick Students Participate in Engineering Competition!

2011-03-03T12:07:00.001-08:00

On Feburary 25th, students from Mr. Quesnell's drafting classes, Mr Long's Computer Science classes and Mr. Nett's math classes participated in the annual high school engineering competition as part of National Engineers Week, February 1-25. The competition was part of the Discover Engineering competitions, sponsored by Hanford Engineering Contractors. Students from eight area high schools participated as teams of 3-4 students with a total of 63 teams and 250 participants. The event was held at Pasco High School.

Southridge FEA Celebrate Dr. Suess's Birthday!!

2011-03-01T12:37:00.000-08:00

In celebration of Dr. Suess's Birthday and Read Across America week, SHS FEA students hosted a storytelling with children event. The activities included storytelling, making Dr. Suess finger puppets, decorating green eggs, and flower making. The young guests received coloring books, Dr. Suess hats, a participation certificate, book marks and pencils. The entire event focused on Dr. Suess and the importance of reading!

Kamiakin Family & Comsumer Sciences Students

2011-02-17T14:27:00.000-08:00

Students in Mrs. Willingham's Child Psychology classes have been busy this year in our community. So far this school year, the 66 students have logged over 710 hours of volunteer time working with children and the elderly! Congratulations! That is an amazing number of volunteer hours.

Students in the Kamiakin Chapter of FCCLA hosted a Valentine's Day Celebration with the residents at the Royal Columbian Retirement facility. They took cookies and puch and made a sachet craft with the residents. The residents loved having the students spend time with them and one resident even gave students hats that she had knited. The students loved the gifts!

Kennewick HS FCCLA - Off To State!!

2011-02-16T11:44:00.000-08:00

Students in Kennewick High School's FCCLA - Family, Career and Community Leaders of America - are headed to the State Competition! At the Regional Competition held on February 15th, students placed in three events. In the Food Innovations and Recycle and Redesign events, students placed GOLD. For their Chapter Service project, they placed SILVER. Congratulations and best of luck to Tori, Amiee, Carlee and Maylen!

KeHS Technology

2011-02-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

Students in Mr. Giancola's Material Science Technology (MST) and Construction Technology classes are pictured here.

In Construction, the student is drawing wire and demonstrating how metal can stretch. Students collect data on diameter and length and create a graph from the information collected.

An MST student has created a ring from a drawing and is designing it into wax using a Dremel tool. She created the ring from her own design and will cast it into metal.

67 Kamiakin Students Receive Top Honors at Area DECA Competition!

2011-02-03T09:42:00.000-08:00

67 students are returning to Kamiakin with regional accolades in 21 different competitive events. Kamiakin DECA students received 15 first place prizes. the competitive events are aimed at student's career interests. This included taking a comprehensive test, followed by role playing events where students must demonstrate marketing proficiencies before judges. The students are eligible to compete at the State DECA Conference in Bellevue, WA, in March.

Congratulations to Kamiakin DECA!!

Good luck at the State Conference!

KENNEWICK HIGH SCHOOL TEAM READ

2011-01-11T13:07:00.001-08:00

Kennewick High School students in Team Read mentor elementary students in reading. Their commitment and dedication is awesome!!

FCCLA Takes Off At Kennewick High School

2010-10-15T13:21:00.000-07:00

As the 2010 school year begins, FCCLA students at Kennewick High School get involved!! Chapter members attended the Regional FCCLA Meeting held in Prosser on Wednesday, October 6th. Pictured are students participating in a mini-mock Recycle and Design STAR Event.

FCCLA members particiapted in the Annual Kennewick HS Homecoming parade!

Advisory Committee Members Wanted!

2010-09-27T09:50:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year! The Kennewick Career & Technical Education programs are looking for business and community members to serve on their Advsiory Committees. Advisory committees support specific programs and members provide valuable input and advise in the ongoing development of programs.

Members provide a variety of support activities including: reviewing curriculum and making recommendations for curriculum adoption; participating in classroom presentations; judging at student leadership events; reviewing new courses and updating current course frameworks; and assisting in the ongoing planning and development of programs.

Programs include: Agriculture, Business and Marketing, Family & Consumer Sciences, Photography, American Sign Language, Technology and Engineering, Drafting, Health Occupations and Sports Medicine, and Careers In Education.

If you are interested in becoming an advisory committee member please email Debbie McClary at debbie.mclary@ksd.org.

Kennewick HS DECA Members Attend ICDC

2010-04-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

Kennewick HS DECA members Shelbi Wood, Katia Johnson, and Hayley Self attended the annual DECA International Career Development Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, April 24th to 27th. Shelbi and Hayley participated in the Leadership Development Academy, where they learned about working effectively in teams and strategies for making KHS DECA a stronger chapter. As an incoming State Officer, Katia participate in LEAD, which helped to prepare her for her duties as the Area 6 DECA President for the 2010-2011 school year.

Southridge Photography Students' Photos Going to Olympia!

2010-03-10T08:17:00.000-08:00

Southridge High School students Emily Butler, Hayllie Ward, Sara Welch and Susana Vidro all reveived Judge's Awards or Honorable Mention Awards at the Annual ESD High School Art Show, held at Columbia Basin College. Emily and Hayllie's photos will be moving on to the State High School Art Show Competiton in Olympia, Washington. Good luck girls!!

AW Photo Contest

2010-02-24T17:50:00.000-08:00

Photography students from Tri City area high schools competed in a photo contest judged by photography professionals from the Area-Wide Photography Advisory Committee. The categories were: People, Places, and Things. Student could enter photos at either the basic editing or advanced editing level.

Winners for basic editing were:
People: First place - Emily Butler (11th grade, Southridge)
Second place - Kayla Hutchings (10th grade, Southridge)

Places: First place - Brittany Evans (10th grade, Kennewick) Second place (tied)- Tyler Bower (10th grade, Southridge) and Hayllie Ward (12th grade, Southridge)
Things: First place - Roy Castillo (10th grade, Southridge)

Second place (tied) - Abrianan Monroy (10th grade, New Horizons), Joaquin Moreno (9th grade, Chiawana)

Winners for advanced editing were:
People: First place - Israel Maldonado (12th grade, Kamiakin)
Second place - Reed Draper (11th grade, Kamiakin)

Things: First place - Ben Cabrera (11th grade, New Horizons)
Second place (tied) - Joshua Alvarez (11th grade, Kamiakin), Josephine McCoy (12th grade, Kamiakin)
Best of Show - Emily Butler, Southridge

Kennewick High School DECA - ON TO STATE!

2010-02-02T14:40:00.000-08:00

Over 75 Kennewick High School DECA Members competed at this year’s Area VI DECA Conference on January 29, 2010. This year’s conference was held at the Tri-Cities Convention Center and was judged by volunteers from the local business community. In order to compete, all students were required to take a 100 question, timed exam, as well as present a role play to the judges.

The following students placed in the top 6 for their test scores:
Shanelle Eilers, Zack Tamburello, James McKinnis, John Sturgis, Natali Magana, Maria Rodriguez, Valentine Furniss, Cody Gadeberg, Jose Magana, Inna Korotkova, Thayne Whebey, AJ Hill, Fernando Ayala, Thomas Kennan, Richard Hernandez, Laura Marquina, John Penney, Casey Brush, Taylor Wilder, Deborah Ramirez, Yvette Aguilar, Brenda Guzman, Victor Zuniga, Chris Bojorquez.

The following students placed in the top 6 for their role play scores:
Dana Meyer, Lindsey Sullivan, James McKinnis, John Sturgis, Garrett Wilz, Tory Osmundson, Kenya Olivera, Suzana Djuric, Natali Magana, Maria Rodriguez, Valentine Furniss, David Salwegter, Thayne Whebey, AJ Hill, Fernando Ayala, Chris Lamm, Shelbi Wood, Katia Johnson, Meva Beganovic, Laura Marquina, Geyny Mendoza, Eryn Nelson, Casey Brush, Yvette Aguilar, Brenda Guzman, Victor Zuniga, Chris Bojorquez.

The following students placed in the top 6 overall for their event and are eligible to compete at the Washington DECA State Career Development Conference in Bellevue, WA on March 4-6, 2010:James McKinnis, John Sturgis, Natali Magana, Maria Rodriguez, Valentine Furniss, David Salwegter, Cody Gadeberg, Thayne Whebey, AJ Hill, Fernando Ayala, Chris Lamm, Katia Johnson, Meva Beganovic, Laura Marquina, Geyny Mendoza, Eryn Nelson, Casey Brush, Yvette Aguilar, Brenda Guzman, Victor Zuniga, Chris Bojorquez.

Kamiakin Food and Fitness Students Learn About Healthy Snacks

2010-01-20T11:05:00.000-08:00

Kamiakin Food and Fitness class ended the semester by reviewing healthy snacks with Sam Shick, district Food Service Director. This two day event began with a discussion on reading food labels, proper portion size, nutrition dense foods (eating around the rainbow), daily caloric needs and planning a healthy and convenient snack. Day two was preparation and judging day. The students went right to work and prepared their snacks for judging.

The teams of students prepared a presentation plate and enough small samples for everyone in the class to have a taste. The competition was close with two judges tied and the third judge determining a winner by only 3 points. Comments from the students included, “It was fun” and “couldn’t have been better.” “I enjoyed the experience very much” supported the success of the students! We will invite Sam - The Food Dude - back next semester.

ASL Student Host Party for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

2010-01-08T14:26:00.000-08:00

Kennewick High School first and second year American Sign Language students planned and implemented a Christmas party for local deaf and hard of hearing children and their families last month. Activities for the kids included cookie decorating, face painting, craft projects, and a bouncy castle.

Students provided refreshments and games that all ages could enjoy. Tabitha Troutman was the signing Santa and Jacob Miller, Nicole Killinger, and Nikki Slate were Santa’s helpers. The event took place at Pasco First Christian Church and Pasco Jaycees generously donated gifts for Santa to give the children.

Kamiakin FFA Students Meet Congressman Doc Hastings

2010-01-08T14:21:00.000-08:00

The Annual Pasco Agriculture and Trade Show was held at TRAC January 5th and 6th. Its purpose is to inform individuals in the agricultural community about the newest federal and state policies related to agriculture and how those policies will affect farmers in our area. It is also an avenue to distribute information about new techniques that are being used to improve efficiency of operation and address environmental concerns.

A series of guest speakers participated, including Congressman Doc Hastings as a key presenter. The Congressman discussed the new administration’s stance on the removal of the Columbia and Snake River dams and what his office was doing to prevent that from happening.

Kamiakin Agriculture and FFA students were invited to participate and have a booth where they could showcase the different projects they are working on at school. Both individual projects and FFA projects at Kamiakin were showcased. Students presented their program of activities for National Chapter (FFA). The students created three Tri-fold posters, one for each of the three development areas and then listed and had pictures of all the projects that we do within the chapter. Samples of different projects were shared representing metal art, centerpieces, and our stuffed fish (used in the teaching program) which was displayed on the table in front of the posters.

Kamiakin High School Agriculture and FFA students attending the Pasco Ag Show have an opportunity to meet Congressman Doc Hastings. Picture are: Congressman Doc Hastings, Kristina Lizotte, Junior, Kayla Emineth, Sophomore, Emily Perry, Junior, and Rachelle Lizotte, Freshman.

Kamiakin Students Earn 1st Place in International Competition

2009-12-07T16:15:00.000-08:00

Three Kamiakin DECA students have successfully taken on international competition in a business simulation called Virtual Business. These students placed 1st in the Virtual Business H&R Block Personal Finance challenge by testing their skills at managing their personal financial wealth. They also placed 2nd in the Virtual Business Retailing Challenge by testing their skills at managing a retail convenience store. The students had to make marketing decisions as well as many personal finance decisions and upload their scores to compete against others in the region as well as the nation. Team “Minority Report”, which consists of Taran Patel, Brandon En’Wezoh and Ronish (Billy) Sharma, competed against thousands of teams spending many hours running their simulation as precisely as possible.

The next step for these enterprising students is to compete against other top teams from around the world in a round robin format tournament at the International Career and Development Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Team Minority Report will be competing for cash and scholarship opportunities for up to $50,000 as well as shadowing an H&R Block executive. In addition, the top three teams will receive a $2,500 classroom grant for their school.
Congratulations to these students and we wish them the best of luck!

CORE 24 - Proposed State Graduation Requirements

2009-12-07T09:11:00.001-08:00

The State Board of Education has been working on new state graduation requirments known as CORE 24. The “core” of CORE 24 is a set of graduation requirements that the Board believes will prepare students intentionally for whatever option they choose after high school.
CORE 24 represents the essential high school graduation requirements all students should have to prepare for life after high school.

CORE 24 is based on the following principles:
1) Equip everyone: Prepare ALL students for life after high school—in gainful employment, an apprenticeship or postsecondary education.
2) Expect more: Align requirements to meet the increased expectations of the 21st century workforce.
3) Provide flexibility: Allow students to customize their education, creating relevance to their interests.
4) Give focus: Encourage students to align course work to achieve their future career goals.
5) Plan ahead: Emphasize the High School and Beyond Plan to offer students personalized guidance to prepare them for work, postsecondary education, or both.
6) Start early: Prepare students to enter highschool and create opportunities to meet high school graduation requirements in middle school.

Under CORE 24, all students would be enrolled automatically in college and career ready courses that would keep all postsecondary college and career options open unless they chose to pursue a college emphasis or a career emphasis only.

Additional information may be found at the State Board of Education's web site: http://www.sbe.wa.gov/mhsd.htm

CORE 24 flyer: http://www.sbe.wa.gov/documents/Core24Final12-19-08_001.pdf

Kennewick High DECA Event Benefits Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery

2009-12-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

Kennewick High School DECA held its third annual three on three Basketball Tournament on
Tuesday, November 10 in the Lions Den. Eight teams hit the court, some just for fun in the novice division and some for a real test of skills in the expert division. The winning teams from each division had their team names placed on the basketball trophy which is on display in Mr. Buckingham’s room throughout the year. All proceeds from the event were donated to Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery. Event organizers selected Safe Harbor because they wanted to see the money raised help people in our local community.

Southridge High School Web Desgin Students "Feed the Teens"

2009-12-04T13:55:00.000-08:00

It’s not something many people realize, but a surprising number of teenagers in the Tri-Cities don’t get enough to eat each day. Southridge students Cameron Fountain, Andrew Coxen, and Casey Chen, who are in a Web Design Class together, all know of students who are going hungry at Southridge and are doing something to help. As part of a project for their class, they have developed a program called “Feed the Teens”. And now, the students are asking for help from the community and local businesses to donate food for the program throughout the year.

“One of the big emphases of this program is that it is totally confidential,” says Chen. “No one will know the name of the person making the request and they can pick up the food without anyone knowing any personal information about them.” To determine eligibility, teens fill out a short confidential survey that can be found on the Southridge website that submits their answers to a confidential email address. Teens then receive a confidential number that corresponds to a number found on food care packages they can pick up in the Southridge kitchen. Those wishing to make a donation can bring nonperishable food items to the main office at Southridge High School during normal school hours. For more information on the "Feed the Teens" program and a complete list of accepted foods, please visit http://www.ksd.org/srhs/Activities/feed%20the%20teens/.

Kamiakin DECA and Link Crew Sponsor Second Harvest Food Drive

2009-11-30T11:27:00.001-08:00

Kamiakin DECA and Link Crew, led by students Sedale Garcia and Juan Pedraza, worked extremely hard this year to run a successful food drive. Not only were 2,891 pounds of food collected, last year’s total of 2,861 pounds was beat! With all the food collected a total of 481 families can be fed for a week. The food drive at Kamiakin was from November 10-23 providing two weeks to collect as much food as possible.

This food drive was successful due to great advertising. Link Crew and DECA participated in making posters and hanging them around the school. The food drive information was on the background of all computer desktops, and on the reader board outside the cafeteria. The variety of advertising techniques helped to collect a lot of food.

Every classroom was given a list of needed items and boxes to fill with food. To provide additional incentives, the winning first hour class would receive a pizza party. Mr. Young’s first period class won with a total of 48 boxes! On November 24th at 8:00 am KNDU videotaped DECA and LINK Crew students putting the boxes collected into the Second Harvest truck. This was a great hands-on experience for all the students and a project that supported our local community!

Kamiakin DECA Students team with SADD to "Be A Lifesaver!"

2009-11-30T11:22:00.000-08:00

From November 16th – 20th Kamiakin DECA, led by Brielle Olson and Emily Thoelke and the SADD Club (Students Against Destructive Decisions), sponsored a Suicide Awareness/Prevention week. Results from a survey taken last year at Kamiakin indicated that 17.3% have had thoughts of suicide within the past year. This statistic startled our staff and students, thus, the campaign was created.

During this week DECA and SADD members handed out Life Savers with the Suicide Prevention Hotline telephone number and three easy steps to help somebody with suicidal issues to get help. The point of this activity was to “BE A LIFESAVER.” DECA members, Emily and Brielle went to all the health classes on Tuesday November 17th and presented ideas on how to help someone with thoughts about suicide and what is best to do in a suicidal situation. They focused on making students aware that there is always somebody that would be willing to listen if they are ever in need.

A video announcement was made that really hit home with the students. The video featured Kamiakin students answering questions regarding how they would help make other student’s days better. The suicide statistics from the survey were included. Daily announcements in the school bulletin voiced how serious and realistic suicide is.

Surveys taken at the end of the week indicated that the staff and students at Kamiakin High School are more aware of how to prevent and report suicidal thoughts. We feel that this will help in the fight against harmful acts to self and others. Great job Emily and Brielle for a successful campaign!

CTE Programs at Kamiakin Focus on Job Readiness!

2009-11-24T12:46:00.000-08:00

The Career and Technical Education programs at Kamiakin High School worked together to send the same message on job readiness to all CTE students. In order to do this, two days in November were set aside to have students learn from industry professionals.

The first day, November 23rd, the focus was on the paper tools necessary for applying for a job and getting an interview. Four WorkSource professionals talked with the students about the do’s and don’ts for resumes, job applications, employment correspondence, and many other tips. Students were given pocket applications and encouraged to ask questions.

On Tuesday, November 24th, the focus was on interviewing and avenues to get great jobs and careers. There were good and bad interviews presented and then a panel of professionals provided crucial advice to students. The panel consisted of representatives from Battelle, the Forest Service, the health industry, and photography.

We appreciate the community support and feel that the days were successful. An estimated 900 students were involved each day.

"My Little Princess" - Kamiakin DECA's Daddy Daughter Dance

2009-11-24T12:25:00.000-08:00

On November 21st Kamiakin DECA, led by seniors, Kristin Kontogianis and Randee Pemberton, hosted the first Kamiakin Father-Daughter dance. With intense preparation, and support from DECA, staff, and local businesses, we are proud to call this dance a great success!

“My Little Princess” took place in the Kamiakin Cafeteria and was open to girls ages 5 to 18 and their fathers/guardians. There was a dance floor set up, as well as tables. Lon Martins was the DJ for this event. Everyone loved him! Attendees learned to square dance and do a tunnel line with their dads. Aside from dancing, there were professional pictures, taken by Realife Photography, free desserts and drinks, tables to color on, and a smoothie bar! Comments from participants were very positive, with thanks to DECA for the opportunity to make the night a special one.

151 guests attended Kamiakin’s Daddy Daughter Dance, a great turn out for its inaugural year; Kamiakin DECA could not be happier and hope that this will become an annual event for years to come.

STEM in Career & Technical Education

2009-11-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

Science, Technology Engineering and Math standards are integrated into many CTE classes where students are preparing for their futures! Classes that integrate the STEM standards include Materials Science Technology, Engineering Technology, Principles Of Technology, Drafting and CAD, Construction Technology, Food Science, Agriculture Science, Horticulture Science and Health Science Occupations.

Within these courses students learn STEM concepts through hands-on applications of the standards and participate in exciting projects. For example, students in Agriculture classes learn about water quality while raising fish in partnership with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Students in Materials Science learn about the chemical properties of glass while they make their own glass.

Recently, students in Marci Howard's Health Science class participated in the Health Career Fair at CBC's Health Science campus in Richland. The students had an opportunity to learn about the many career opportunities within the health care industry, speak with physicans, nurses, technicians and other health care professionals and participate in hands-on activities.

Students are challenged to think creatively and solve problems using the scientific process in hands-on learning environments.

2009-10-30T11:31:00.000-07:00

Kids Helping Kids ~ Free Halloween House Sponsored by Kamiakin DECA

The Kamiakin DECA club is sponsors the annual Halloween House on October 29th at McDonalds. This free event provides children ages 5 to 8 a safe place to go for a fun Halloween evening. Ronald McDonald, a maze and trick-or-treat houses make-up the fun event. Children, young and not-so-young, are in costume!

Kamiakin DECA has sponsored this event for over ten years with the goal to provide an alternative activity to trick-or-treating in neighborhoods that they are not familiar with. The DECA students are responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of this community tradition. McDonalds and Adams Enterprises invest in this activity through their support of the annual appearance of Ronald McDonald!

This is truly a great community partnership of kids helping kids.

2009-10-30T08:45:00.000-07:00

DECA Students Receive Leadership Training

Kamiakin Marketing and DECA students had a great opportunity to learn how to be better leaders by attending the Washington State DECA Fall Leadership Conference in Bellevue on October 25-27th. From touring Seattle on the infamous Ducks, to the high energy opening session with the Seattle Sounder’s President, to leadership training sessions, the students learned and had fun doing it! Topics covered included: decision-making, effective communication, citizenship, teamwork, consequences, problem-solving, and communication styles, along with workshops on competition, leadership, and careers. Seventeen Kamiakin students felt the excitement of being a DECA member. Students networked with other students from the local area and from across the state. They also experienced the pleasure of teamwork and got a chance to explore their future goals.

Kamiakin Marketing is doing their part in training future leaders in business and marketing!

2009-10-29T14:59:00.001-07:00

Careers In Education Students Attend Future Teachers Workshop!

Southridge and Kamiakin High School’s Careers In Education students had the unique opportunity to attend a Future Teachers conference in October at WSU-Tri-Cities. The students learned techniques to be more successful at their internship sites and as a teacher. These techniques included making math fun, working with special needs students, teaching through song and music, and routines and rituals in the classroom.

Pictured: Southridge and Kamiakin CIE students thank the Kennewick Education Association for sponsoring their T-shirts!

We look forward to an incredible year in CIE!

2009-10-16T09:53:00.000-07:00

National DECA Week Celebrated at Kamiakin High School - October 2009

Kamiakin’s DECA chapter celebrated National DECA week with lots of fun activities. The week started with the City of Kennewick recognizing DECA week with a formal proclamation. Each day had different activities: Monday’s activity was “find a DECA Diamond.” DECA Diamonds were strategically hidden around campus for students to look for and find for a reward. The winners were recognized with prizes and bragging rights.

Tuesday was the day for the annual DECA Week Dodgeball Tournament. Mrs. Clizbe’s Sports Marketing class were the winners in this very competitive activity. There was also a parent open house that evening to explain DECA and the opportunities that are available to the members. Wednesday challenged our members with a scavenger hunt at lunch time. This was competitive and creativity in the pictures was key. Thursday was the first meeting of the year. Eighty of the 170 members were present for pizza and information on upcoming activities. DECA members were also encouraged to participate in the blood drive at school. Friday was fun with the “pie-an-officer-in-the face” fundraiser.

The week capped with a Tri-City wide DECA fashion show called “Viva La Glam”. Students from DECA chapters in the area planned, promoted, implemented, and modeled in a fabulous fashion show held at Columbia Center Mall. Even our principal, Mr. Chelin was involved by strutting his stuff on the runway. All in all, this DECA week was filled with fun and rewarding activities for all members.

Kamiakin DECA Officers: Kristin Kontogianis-President, Randee Pemberton-Vice-President, Taran Patel-Secretary, Billy Sharma-Treasurer, Savanna Davies-Public Relations, Brandon En’Wezoh-Fundraising Coordinator, Laura Philllips-Competition Coordinator, Kevin Paulson- Delegate. We are proud to say that we have 168 members this year!

2009-10-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

Marketing & Business Leadership Conference - October 1, 2009

Marketing and business students from area high schools attended the 11th Annual Marketing & Business Leadership Conference held on October 1st. Students participated in break-out sessions with local business representatives including, Carl Taylor and Harold Adams from McDonald’s, Matt Price from McCurley, Deb Bowen from Jr. Achievement, Rachael Drouhard, Stephanie Maier and Chris Collier from Imageworks.

Additional sessions included Job Preparation and Job Seeking Skills with Becky Ferguson, Owner, Taste Tri-Cities and Darlene Mendoza, HR, City of Kennewick and Innovation in Action! presented by Jon Heaton, CEO, Pay Plus Benefits.

The featured speaker, Joe Estey, talked with students about how to develop their own futures and create their own destiny.
Students were served lunch provided by Costco and had an opportunity to talk to a variety of business representatives at the mini-trade show.

2009-10-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

Agriculture Students Visit CBC and Gauntt Farms

Students from Kamiakin and Kennewick Agriculture programs participated in a tour of the Columbia Basin College research farm, agriculture mechanics facilities and then headed out to Burbank where they met with Gauntt Farm owner, Chep Gauntt. Gauntt discussed the many opportunities in farming today and the important role that technology plays on today’s farms.

At CBC, Tim Woodward, Dean of the Agriculture Research and Development Department led students through the school’s research farm and discussed the many crops they are growing, including soybeans, alfalfa, chili peppers, sweet corn and giant miscanthus. Much of the research is focused on the development of alternative fuels.

2009-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:00

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