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Middle School Network meeting
Feb. 12
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Receive FREE career resources to integrate real-world Common Core activities.
For information, contact:
Alyssa Lynch 
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 East Side Union High School district awarded Linked Learning grant
East Side Union High School District
will make Linked Learning the primary educational delivery strategy for its schools through a pilot grant awarded by the California Department of Education (CDE).
District officials expect their Linked Learning plan to increase student engagement in learning, reduce the dropout rate, raise student achievement, increase transition rates to postsecondary education and prepare students for successful careers. Linked Learning programs use coursework, technical training, work-based learning and related support mechanisms to forge real connections between high school and college and career. A total of 20 participants were selected by the CDE to participate in the Linked Learning pilots.
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| February is National CTE Month
 There are so many reasons to celebrate Career Technical Education. Here are just a few:
- Statistics show that CTE Works
- 90.18% of CTE students graduate vs. 74.9% of non CTE students
- 70% of students concentrating in CTE stay in post-secondary education vs. 58% of non CTE students
- Students who earned a CTE related associate's degree make an average of $9,000 more per year
- Students in CTE programs are less likely to drop out
- CTE students raised their GPA by an average of .42 after enrolling in CTE between 10th and 12th grade
- CTE students were significantly more likely then non-CTE students to report that they had developed problem-solving, project completion, research, math, college application, work related communication, time management and critical thinking skills during high school
Learn how you can celebrate CTE Month and read all the different ways schools across the US are participating. |
DECA chapters expand in silicon valley
In the past two years,10 new DECA chapters were established in Silicon Valley schools. Previously local chapters belonged to the Northern California District. Due to growth to 1400 members, the Silicon Valley District was created in Fall 2012 for student career development conferences. Enormous credit is due to Monta Vista DECA Advisor Carl Schmidt and his 489 members that support the new DECA chapters. New chapters are from the following high schools: Cupertino, Los Altos, Lynbrook, Presentation, San Benito, Monte Vista Christian, Archbishop Mitty, Carlmont, Saratoga and Mission San Jose.
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 Campbell Union High School student wins CreaTV award
Chelsea Olsen, a 2012 graduate from Boynton High School won the CreaTV Teen Studio award for her stop motion video at the CreaTiVe Awards Gala. Olsen created the video last year as her senior project in Gregg Witkin's video production class. The project embodied her belief in what art really means to her. She loves stop motion and worked hard to find a way to highlight her artistic talent through her video.
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California Career Tech student Harvard bound 
One of the state's high-achieving
career technical education students has earned early admission to Harvard University. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson is congratulating Belinda Zeng of Monta Vista High School in Fremont Union High School District on this honor. Zeng is currently president of DECA (formerly known as the Distributive Education Clubs of America), a career technical student organization designed to help students prepare for work in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. She is also DECA's 2012 California student member of the year, was the Silicon Valley DECA President and served as the student representative on the Santa Clara County Office of Education Career Technical Education steering committee. Zeng previously made headlines last January after receiving a patent for a fashion design software program she created.
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SCUSD teamed up with chamber to showcase CTE programs 
It was a packed Creekside Cafe when the Santa Clara Unified School District and the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce teamed up to host a mixer at Wilcox High School. The advisory board meeting and mixer drew over 100 business members. Hosting the meeting at Wilcox High School was a brilliant way to introduce several business members to local programs that provide training to their future employees. The first hour of the event allowed teachers and students to share information about the CTE classes offered in the district. Students enjoyed sharing information about their programs which also provided industry members an opportunity to review course outlines for ten different CTE programs.
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Elementary and middle school network meeting
The Santa Clara County Office of Education CTE department will hold their first elementary-middle school network meeting to support Career Tech and STEM middle school programs on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 8 a.m. District leaders will share resources and information on what they are doing at their sites. Free lesson plans and resources will be provided. Click here for details and registration.
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Career and College Clubs 
Career & College ClubsSM is a two-year program for 7th and 8th grade students designed to help them succeed in life after high school. Topics include postsecondary education, career exploration, leadership development and financial literacy. The program includes curriculum, training and ongoing support for site staff. To learn more visit their website.
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