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Back to the Future
JTED Biotechnology Teacher Honored
Honorable Hors d'oeuvres
Graphic Design Student Work Sells
Hair & Makeup Tips for Halloween
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The Pima County JTED 2012 Annual Report

 

2012 Annual Report Cover

 

 

 


Back to the Future  

Old Pueblo Trolley restored bus

A new grant will put JTED automotive students on track to help restore Tucson's historic buses and streetcars.  JTED Governing Board Member Bob Schlanger worked to secure the $8,120 grant from the Collectors Foundation to establish a student training program for the Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc. Motor Bus Division.

"Our volunteers are excited about passing on some of their knowledge to younger people," says Schlanger. He says that there are only a handful of bus museums in the United States that are working to preserve a part of automotive history, and having student volunteers join Old Pueblo Trolley will speed up the non-profit's efforts to bring vintage vehicles back for the public to enjoy. 



Old Pueblo Trolley old bus

Schlanger, the owner of British Car Service which services new and restores vintage cars, will initially work with students from the JTED automotive mechanics program at Flowing Wells High School and JTED's collision repair program at Tucson Magnet High School. He hopes to also work with students from the District's precision manufacturing, welding, and metal fabrication programs, as well as its business and marketing programs. 


Collectors Foundation is an educational grant-making organization founded by Hagerty Insurance and funded by collector vehicle and classic boat enthusiasts to serve youth development and the long-term interests of the collector vehicle and classic boat communities. More information about the Foundation can be found on its website: www.collectorsfoundation.org

JTED Biotechnology Teacher Honored  

 

Margaret Wilch

"Students can do authentic scientific research as a part of their high school education thanks to a wonderful synergy between public school, Pima County JTED, and The University of Arizona," says Margaret Wilch - make that Dr. Wilch. The University of Arizona's College of Science honored the JTED biotechnology teacher at Tucson High Magnet School with an honorary doctorate this past summer for her contributions to science education.

 

 Wilch, who has been honored with 17 teaching awards since 1998, earned a Master of Science in general biology from the UA in 1999. She has collaborated with UA faculty in ecology and evolutionary biology, molecular and cellular biology, neurobiology and psychology in the College of Science, and with plant sciences and entomology in the College of Agriculture. During the summers, she and her students have conducted research on the genomics of a diversity of organisms in the BLAST program she founded, as well as held internships at a world-class ecology field station in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeast Arizona. 

 

"To be recognized by the people who work with me, know my research program, and by an institution that I respect is truly the greatest honor I could imagine," says Wilch. She says she always planned to earn her Ph.D. in science, but was finding it difficult to fit into her busy schedule, so she gave up on that dream about a year ago. "I was very surprised by this honor," she says.


Wilch has a classroom in which 32 students at a time can learn to use the tools of modern molecular biology and run investigations in collaboration with research labs at the UA. "Biotechnology is a growing field," she says. "Biological sciences hold a lot of promise for employment -- students will be able to find jobs in the health sciences, drug discovery and development, as well as basic research in any field of biology." 

Honorable Hors d'oeuvres     

   
Small Bites Cookoff Sunday, Nov. 4
JTED Culinary Arts teams and the Rincon Rotary are offering you a chance to enjoy a tasty competition this Sunday, Nov. 4. Proceeds from the event will go toward scholarships and support for the JTED Culinary Arts programs. 
  • Small Bites Cookoff
  • JTED @ Santa Rita (3951 S. Pantano Road)
  • Sunday, Nov. 4.
  • 1 to 3 p.m.
  • Tickets $10 in advance/$15 at the door

Tickets are available through JTED Culinary Arts programs, or contact Jim Aslin at (520) 404-6203.

Graphic Design Student's Work Sells   


JTED @ Flowing Wells Graphic Design students recently designed flyers for Creations Boutique's Fall Sale. The Fourth Avenue Merchant, which paid a modest fee to the students' career and technical student organization account, chose Emmelyne Villela Valle's design. 
 
Graphic Design Instructor Mike Srsen works with a variety of local businesses to create real projects for his students.   

Hair & Makeup Tips for Halloween      

   
JTED Cutting Class instructor Desire'e Wible's students are studying the art of costume makeup, and testing their skills at recreating a look from a photograph. You are invited to visit their horrific works of art:
  • Cutting Class @ Master Pieces
  • (2855 W. Master Pieces Drive)
  • Wednesday, Oct. 31
  • 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
  • Free  
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Greg D'Anna,
Editor, The Way to Work

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