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Greetings!
Spring is a very busy time at Mercer County Technical Schools with student competitions and other exciting events. I hope you enjoy catching up on what's happening in our district. Visit www.mcts.edu for the most current information.
Warm regards,
Dr. Kimberly Schneider, Superintendent
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Mercer County Students Take 2nd Place
in Tri-state Auto Competition
In this photo (left to right): Nick Tucci and Chuck Flesch
Mercer County Technical Schools' Chuck Flesch and Nick Tucci (both of Hamilton, New Jersey) took home second place in the 18th Annual Greater Philadelphia Automotive Technology Competition organized by the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia. The team was led by their Instructor, Michael Cramer, and sponsored by Haldeman Ford. At the event, Flesch and Tucci received more than $190,000 collectively in scholarships and prizes.
Created in 1994, the purpose of the competition is to build awareness for the important role of auto technicians in today's workforce and to spotlight their specialized skills and professionalism. The first part of the competition involved a 160-question written exam. Individuals who received the highest marks advanced to the hands-on portion of the competition, which took place at the Warminster Campus of the Automotive Training Center.
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Mercer County Students Win Marketing Competitions
In this photo (left to right): Samantha Higgins, William Gould, Aaron Fernandez
Mercer County Technical Schools' Retail Food Marketing students recently completed a sequence of regional and state DECA (An Association of Marketing Students) competitions. Samantha Higgins of Plainsboro earned 1st place overall at the regional competition and went on to win 2nd place overall at the state competition in the Supermarket Careers competitive event. Aaron Fernandez of Hamilton earned 2nd place overall at the regional competition in the Supermarket Careers competitive event. William Gould, Retail Food Marketing Instructor and DECA Advisor, worked diligently to prepare each student for the challenging competitions. "The students and their teacher invested a lot of time preparing for the competitions and they did an excellent job," said Nancy Schumacher, Principal of Mercer County Technical Schools' Arthur R. Sypek Center.
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Six Students Advance to
National Health Occupations Competition
In this photo (left to right): Shawna Tift, Shawnee Chaudhury, Vikash Bandi,
Sunakshi Puri, Vishal Bandi, Marquies Young, Lenaya Ford, Piyush Puri, Mr. Lugo,
Christopher Fulwood, Jackie Rapport (kneeling in front)
Fifteen students from Mercer County Technical Schools competed in the New Jersey HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) State Competition on March 19-20, 2011. Six of the fifteen students earned the opportunity to compete at the National HOSA Competition in Anaheim, California on June 22-25, 2011. In addition, two ninth-graders from the Mercer County Technical Schools' Health Science Academy were elected as New Jersey HOSA State Officers. Vikash Bandi of Plainsboro was elected New Jersey HOSA Parliamentarian and Sunakshi Puri was elected New Jersey HOSA Secretary. "This is the first time we've had students elected to HOSA State Officer positions. We're so proud of this amazing accomplishment and thrilled for the students who are advancing to the national competition," said Dr. Kimberly Schneider, Superintendent of Mercer County Technical Schools. Elise Lybrand and David Lugo, Co-Advisors of the local HOSA Chapter, worked diligently over the last several months to prepare each student for this challenging competition.
The winners are:
Vishal Bandi of Plainsboro - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
Nadia Boye of Hightstown - 5th Place in Medical Terminology
Lenaya Ford of Ewing - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
Christopher Fulwood of Trenton - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
Piyush Puri of Hightstown - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
Sunakshi Puri of Hightstown - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
Nida Qamar of Hamilton - 4th Place in Extemporaneous Health Poster
Marquies Young of Ewing - 2nd Place in Public Service Announcement
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Mercer County Students Take Top Honors at
SkillsUSA Competition
In this photo (left to right): Cristal Hernandez, T. J. Constantino, Matt Festa,
Corey Czap, Courtney Walters, Dan Lawrence, Gisendry Rodrigues-Pujols
In this photo (left to right): Michael Sammy, Nicco Curro,
Gabriel Porras-Herrera, Vanessa Snead and Nicholas Citarella
Nineteen students from Mercer County Technical Schools took home top honors at the New Jersey SkillsUSA State Competition earlier this month. Students worked against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations like architectural drafting, graphic communications and diesel technology. Four of the nineteen students earned the opportunity to compete at the SkillsUSA National Championships on Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri. More than 15,000 people-including students, teachers and business partners-are expected to participate in the Championships. "The highlight of these competitions is being able to witness our students demonstrate their remarkable skills in such an intense environment. We're proud of all the competitors," said David Nash, SkillsUSA Advisor at Mercer County Technical Schools.
The winners are:
Miguelangel Banegas of East Windsor - 3rd Place in Building Maintenance
(*) Nicholas Citarella of East Windsor - 1st Place in Graphic Communications
T.J. Constantino of Hightstown - 2nd Place in Carpentry
Nicco Curro of Hamilton - 2nd Place in Custom Auto Paint
Corey Czap of Hamilton - 3rd Place in Industrial Motor Controls
(*) Matt Festa of Hamilton - 1st Place in Architectural Drafting
Candice Fuccello of Trenton - 2nd Place in Cosmetology
Cristal Hernandez of Hamilton - 3rd Place in Cosmetology
Will Hunter of Trenton - 3rd Place in Basic Masonry
(*) Dan Lawrence of Hamilton - 1st Place in Diesel Technology
Kasty Peskosky of East Windsor - 3rd Place in Auto Tech Maintenance
Gabriel Porras-Herrera of Trenton - 2nd Place in Custom Auto Paint
(*) Curley Reid of Hamilton - 2nd Place in Building Maintenance
Gisendry Rodrigues-Pujols of Hamilton - 3rd Place in Novice Cosmetology
Michael Sammy of Hamilton - 2nd Place in Auto Collision Repair
Vanessa Snead of Lawrenceville - 3rd Place in Action Skills
Anthony Spence of Princeton Junction - 3rd Place in Auto Service Tech
Bill Voorhees of Yardville - 3rd Place in Carpentry
Courtney Walters of Hopewell - 2nd Place in Diesel Technology
(*) Students are eligible to compete at National Championship.
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LearnDoEarn Scavenger Hunt
Students at the Arthur R. Sypek Center recently participated in the LearnDoEarn Quick Start Scavenger Hunt. It's a simple, quick and fun way to get students to become familiar with key concepts from LearnDoEarn: data-driven messages that will help them make the best possible academic, behavioral, career and financial decisions. The name LearnDoEarn (www.LearnDoEarn.org) encapsulates the message that the program delivers: learn more now and do more now, so you can earn more later.
The primary goal of the Scavenger Hunt is to get the LearnDoEarn message to students as quickly as possible. Schools post the LearnDoEarn posters in strategic places around the building. Students are given LearnDoEarn Scavenger Hunt Player Cards and have one week to 'scavenge' the answers to the questions on the Player Cards using information from the posters and from the LearnDoEarn website. At the end of the week, students drop completed Player Cards in a LearnDoEarn ballot box. Player's Cards are picked at random from the LearnDoEarn ballot box and the first four completely correct Cards generate rewards for the four students who completed them. Winning students are then awarded the prizes that come with the LearnDoEarn Scavenger Hunt Kit (an iPod Shuffle and three WalMart gift cards worth $15.00 each). Prizes are supplied by New Jersey State Chamber Of Commerce.
The winners are:
iPod
Jordan Schujko
$15 WalMart gift card
Aaron Fernandez
Monica Koppstein
Leon Merrick
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Mercer Reads
The Health and Child Care class recently participated in the 3rd annual Early Mercer Reads initiative. The goals of this initiative are to have children throughout Mercer County read on a daily basis and instill in them a lifelong love of books, which can increase individual achievement, and improve their overall quality of life. The HCC students read to 23 preschool children from the Graduate Learning Center. They also collected new and gently used books to donate to Graduate Learning Center's school library.
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Technical College Fair
Mercer County Technical Schools recently hosted a Technical College Fair. More than 400 students, grades 11-12, networked with 20+ technical college and trade school recruiters.
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DRIVE ONE 4 UR SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
May 14, 2011 9:00am - 3:00pm
DRIVE ONE 4 UR School is a test-drive event that can help us raise up to $6,000 for our school. For each person who test-drives a car, MCTS earns $20. The more people that drive, the more money we earn! Proceeds raised from the event will support student activities at Mercer County Technical Schools. DRIVE ONE 4 UR School participants must be at least 18 years old with a valid driver's license to participate in the test-drive. No salesman will call on you afterwards unless you want them to.
HALDEMAN FORD
607 Rt. 33
Hamilton Square, NJ 08619 |
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PORTFOLIO NIGHT
May 25, 2011 5:00pm - 7:30pm
First and second year Commercial Art Technology students will display their work for the public to see.
ARTHUR R. SYPEK CENTER
129 Bull Run Road
Pennington, NJ 08534 |
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NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION - HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY
May 31, 2011 5:00pm - 7:00pm
All new students are invited to attend this orientation. The meeting will take place in the 'A' Building Health Science lab.
ASSUNPINK CENTER
1085 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690 |
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NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION - SHARED-TIME PROGRAMS
June 3, 2011 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Students must report to the location where they've been accepted.
ARTHUR R. SYPEK CENTER
129 Bull Run Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
Check-in located in Building 'A' Lobby
ASSUNPINK CENTER
1085 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
Check-in located in Building 'A' Lobby
CAREER PREP
Mercer County Community College (West Windsor Campus)
1200 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550
Communications Building - Room 107 |
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PARENTS SPEAK!
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"Our son had a passion for cosmetology since he was in 6th grade. This has been a life transforming experience for him and us! The faculty and staff are highly trained, seasoned, caring professionals with a wealth of experiences and knowledge to equip our son to begin his career immediately upon graduation. Clearly, heeding to our son's creative and artistic skills and sending him to Mercer County Technical Schools was the right decision."
Robin Bridges Johnson -Parent of Assunpink Student |
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The Honorable
Brian M. Hughes
County Executive
BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS
Hon. Ann M. Cannon
Chairwoman
Hon. Keith V. Hamilton
Vice-Chairperson
Hon. Lucylle R. S. Walter
Hon. Dan Benson
Hon. John Cimino
Hon. Anthony P. Carabelli
Hon. Pasquale "Pat" Colavita, Jr.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY OF MERCER
Mr. Albert Pitman
President
Mr. Clifford Reisser
Vice-President
Ms. Judith Iszard
Mr. Kevin Drennan
Dr. Samuel Stewart
Executive County Superintendent
Ms. Nancy Swirsky
Business Administrator
Board Secretary
ADMINISTRATION | |
Dr. Kimberly Schneider
Superintendent
Ms. Robin Soriano
Admissions
Ms. Lori Perlow
Communications |
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