Mr. GCIT and Fashion Show

April 13, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm 

GCIT's Student Council will be hosting the Mr. GCIT competition and Fashion Show. The proceeds from this competition will go to Good Grief, an organization created to help normalize grief in our communities through education, advocacy, and year-round support group programs for grieving children, teens and adult.

Good Grief is honored to be chosen by the students of the New Jersey Association of Student Councils as its 2011/2012 benefitting charity. Tickets are $7 and will be sold only in advance. Thank you for your continuing support.  

For more information, click here... 

FCCLA to Host Community Yard Sale

May 5, 2012 (Rain Date: May 12, 2012)

$20/Table

All profits that FCCLA receives will benefit Share our Strength- an organization that seeks to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. The proceeds made from renting the parking spots and concessions will benefit a worthy organization that will help save and improve the lives of children across the country.

Attention Seniors Who are on Non-Credit Status

When a senior has accumulated nine unexcused absences, the pupil will be placed on a non-credit status. A certified letter will be sent to the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and the Assistant Principal will hold a conference with the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and the pupil. Pupils will be required to make up a day for each unexcused absence over eight days through credit completion from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Failure to make up all the required days and assignments will result in loss of credit and possibly render the pupil ineligible to graduate.

Any senior student who is on non-credit status will be given the opportunity to make up all required days and assignments.

Please contact Mr. Gregory T. Wright, Assistant Principal, to schedule an appointment at 856-468-1445, ext. 2555 or gwright@gcit.org.

National Prime Rib Day - April 27, 2012

2 Dinners for $22

The Culinary Arts department's Culinary Creations Catering presents their National Prime Rib Day Dinner 2 for $22 special. Get two meals for only $22!  

• Caesar salad
• 8 oz Prime Rib, horseradish mashers, green beans
• Triple layer chocolate cake
• Rolls & butter

All orders must be placed by April 20, 2012 and picked up by 3:00pm on April 27, 2012.

GCIT's first Robotics Team 3151: Cyberstorm, recently competed at Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy and placed twenty-fourth out of thirty-seven teams. This was quite a big improvement from the past two year's placings!

The 115 pound robot, nick-named Chuck Taylor, performed very well, and the team was able to work with other teams in order to play this year's game, Rebound Rumble. The robot shot basketballs into hoops to score during the autonomous (un-manned) period, as well as when the drive team was in control. The team was also able to balance on the bridges with other teams during the last 30 seconds of each match, earning big points towards the final score.

On March 24 and 25, 2012, the Robotics Team competed in the second competition at Seneca High School.  The team was selected out of thirty-eight participating teams to receive the "Gracious Professionalism" Award for sportsmanship, both on the competition field and in the pit area for assisting other teams.   

The 12th grade Auto Restoration & Customization students have been working on various projects throughout the first semester.

The first portion of the class focused on evaluating, purchasing and dismantling project vehicles. The second area of concentration was to identify areas of the project car that needed repair or replacement. Students learned how to develop a budget to guide with project completion.

In the last segment, before the end of the first semester, they learned metal fabrication skills. In this area, the students learned how to create, shape and modify metal for different shop/project needs. One of the projects was to design & build a rotisserie to hold a project vehicle. The rotisserie allows the project car to be rotated over to ease with all aspects of repairing and replacing parts of the unibody structure. All welding and painting can be done with ease and at a higher level of quality. The class helped design and fabricate the entire rotisserie jig from scratch. They started with 1/4" all American steel square tubing and worked from there. The students had a chance to use their welding, metalworking and tap threading skills to finish this project. The class really enjoyed building this project and we saved about $400.00 by building it in-house!

The class has been learning about Automotive Systems since the start of the 2nd semester. They will be moving on to custom paint and project assembly in the next few weeks.

The 9th grade Transportation students have been learning about fasteners and working on the aluminum plate project since they arrived in my shop 2nd semester. The class just started learning about oxyacetylene torch fundamentals this past week. They will continue working the plate projects and will be moving to the welding project shortly. In the next few weeks, they will learn about welding fundamentals.

Allied Health CTE Week February 13 - 17, 2012

Give Kids A Smile

On February 3, 2012, AHMS students interested in the field of dentistry volunteered at New Jersey's Annual Give Kids a SMILE program. This program provides free dental care to children in need under the age of 12.  Students actively participated, assisting the dentist as well as interacting with the children. 

HOSA Competition

It has been a busy competitive events season for our HOSA members. Congratulations to the following Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) members who placed in the Southern Regional competition hosted at GCIT on Saturday, February 11, 2012:

1st Place

• Tatheer Moosavi Dental Terminology
• Regine Simon Medical Math
• Tara McManamy Human Growth & Development
• Megan Merbach Pathophysiology

2nd Place 

• Catherine Baitinger Dental Terminology
• Ariel Diza Medical Spelling
• Ali Wear Medical Terminology
• Jaci Conroy Pathophysiology

3rd Place 

• Gina Stagliano Extemporaneous Writing

4th Place

• Ryan Krause Pathophysiology
• Ryan Gardner Job Seeking Skills

5th Place

• Rachel Tejero Medical Terminology
• Lauren Eastlack & Courtney Mann CPR

7th Place

• Izabella D'Onofrio Extemporaneous Health Poster

Great job all around to all the GCIT HOSA competitors!

HOSA State Competition 

On March 17 and 18, 2012, the HOSA State Leadership Competition was held at Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey.  Approximately twenty HOSA members competed in individual and team events and a congratulations goes out to the following HOSA students:

• 5th Place:  Megan Merback for Pathophysiology  

• 4th Place:  Michael Griffith and Danielle Osborne for Career Health Display 

• 3rd Place:  Sanda Gahli, Amanda Hughes, Taylor Thomas, and Adrian Medinia for Creative Problem Solving
   
• 2nd Place: Sarah Mae Medella for Medical Photography
   
• 1st Place:  Alyssa Lehman for Home Health Aide 

A job well done by all the competitors!

The GCIT Media Center is participating in the

Camden Riversharks Reading Program. 

Students should visit the Media Center and pickup a free Riversharks bookmark with every checked out book. After reading five books, the bookmarks can be exchanged for one free 200 level ticket to the Riversharks game on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

New Image Salon 

Please stop in and support the Cosmetology program and see our students in action.

The clinical experience is a required part of each student's education and since we are a public, non-profit, regional county/state supported school district, the costs for the services are minimal and less than at salons and barber shops. 

New clinic hours are Monday & Wednesday from 8:00-10:00 am, Tuesday & Thursday 8:00-11:30 am, and closed Friday. To see the services available, please click here.

To schedule an appointment, call 856-468-1445, x2875 (CURL).

The Miracle League is looking for dedicated volunteers, "buddies," to assist Miracle League players.  As a result, the parents, children, and volunteers are all brought together in a program which serves them all.

The season opener is April 14, 2012, and runs through mid-June.  They are looking for staff, students, family members, siblings, etc. to come out and support the league by volunteering their time.  

Students may use this opportunity to earn community service hours while helping a great cause.  If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jennifer Wilson at jwilson@gcit.org or Elly Rocco at erocco@gcsssd.org.

To see what the Miracle League is all about, click here...

Congratulations to Thespian Troupe 5480 for their participation in the NJ State Thespian Festival the weekend of March 24, 2012.

Click here to see the the list of winners...