October 2017

GIBSON

TECHNICAL

CENTER

GIBSON

TECHNICAL

CENTER

386 W. Hwy. 76

Reeds Spring, MO 65737

417-272-3271

Website:

http://gt.rs-wolves.com/

Follow us on Twitter:

@gibson_tech

From the Director

Busy October As you will see in this

newsletter, October is one of

our busiest months of the year.

GTC has hosted several Pro-

gram Advisory Meetings,

Open House and Parent/

Teacher conferences just to

name a few! Our industry

partners gave our staff some

great insight to what employ-

ers are looking for in an em-

ployee. Employability skills

and problem solving skills

were at the top of their list.

Our instructors will take this

information and continue to

revise their curriculum to meet

the needs of an ever-changing

job market to prepare our stu-

dents for job readiness.

Nick Thieman, Director

nthieman@wolves.k12.mo.us

GTC hosts Program Advisory Night Each program at Gibson Tech conducts an Advisory Meeting

twice a year to receive input from business partners, parents, students

and community members. The primary purpose of the local Program

Advisory Committee is to assist educators in establishing, operating,

and evaluating programs which serve the needs of students, business

and industry, and to provide expertise pertaining to technological

change.

Topics may include curriculum development, public relations, job

placement, recruiting, and program evaluation. The Culinary Arts

class catered a delicious meal for all of the advisory members to en-

joy as they conducted their meetings.

Advisory students raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Students at GTC sold ribbons, buttons, t-shirts and several other

items to raise money to go to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the

Ozarks.

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OCTOBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Student of the Month AM Block

Audri Sweeney Branson

Audri Sweeney is a second year

Culinary Arts student from Branson.

Audri credits her parents for her inter-

est in Culinary Arts as they work in

the restaurant industry. Audri's plans

after high school are to attend college

to pursue a degree in Culinary Arts

and eventually own her own Bakery.

Student of the Month PM Block

Kyle Wittmuss Reeds Spring Branson

Kyle Wittmuss is a second year

student from Reeds Spring in the

Automotive program. Kyle plans

to attend a Technical School after

high school and specialize in Heavy

Equipment Mechanics. Kyle is al-

so involved in Band, SkillsUSA

and is a member of the GTC Stu-

dent Advisory Committee. Good

luck Kyle! Kyle is pictured with his Auto Technology instructor, Mr.

Tom Sears.

Audri is pictured with her Culinary Arts instructor, Mrs.

Jennifer Noiega.

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Computer Technology I students have been busy working on several projects this year. Students

are learning the facets of Microsoft Windows 10 and how software (operating systems) interact with

hardware. During lab days students have learned how to fix or replace damaged hard drives by fol-

lowing troubleshooting procedures.

Second year students have new iMac computers. They have been studying the Mac operating

system and using the iMacs to connect to Linux and Windows networks and are learning network

commands and remote login technology.

Computer Technology at GTC

Shed for sale The Construction

Tech class is selling this

8’ x 12’ storage shed on

a “first come first serve”

basis for $1200.00. This

cost does not include a

hauling fee; the custom-

er needs to make ar-

rangements for moving

the shed. Students have

just completed the pro-

ject and are getting

ready to move on to

their next project. To

inquire please call GTC

at 417-272-3271.

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The GTC EMT HOSA club

attended the Fall Leadership

Conference held in Jefferson

City October 26-27, 2017.

The local HOSA chapter of-

ficers President- Alyssa Hus-

ton (Reeds Spring), VP- An-

drew Highfill (Reeds Spring),

Secretary- Alexis Mundell

(Hollister), Reporter/Historian

- Erika Grotts (Reeds Spring),

Parliamentarian- Zeke Whitty

(Branson), and Treasurer-

Jonelle Graves (Reeds Spring)

will attend numerous leader-

ship meetings. These meet-

ings are focused on teaching

officers how to lead other fel-

low students and to teach

them professionalism in the

health field.

EMT HOSA Fall Leadership Conference

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CTE Nontraditional Careers Nontraditional career: any occupation in which women or men comprise 25 percent or less of its total employment.

One of the goals of CTE is to help students become aware of all career opportunities, including nontradi-

tional career opportunities, unrestricted by gender, social, or cultural expectations. All students are encouraged

to recognize their own personal skills and abilities and to look “outside the box” in order to consider the full

range of career options available to them, unconstrained by traditional gender role stereotyping. When students

apply the skills learned and recognize the abilities and interests gained in the secondary school programs, they

may achieve a higher level of job satisfaction as they pursue post-secondary education and job opportunities.

GTC is proud to provide an opportunity for these students to pursue careers of their choice: Erika Bollinger,

Construction; Austin Callaway, Culinary Arts; Dylan Chambers, Culinary Arts, Taya Clark, Auto Collision;

Starla Elliott, Welding;

Alexis Eutsler, Printing/

Graphic Arts; Miranda

Glidden, Printing/

Graphic Arts; Gillian

Guitar, Computer Tech;

Dakota Haney, Culinary

Arts; Andrew Highfill,

EMT; Jaycee Holden,

Computer Tech; Savanna

Huffman, Printing/

Graphic Arts; Kelsey

Keller, Auto Tech; Dallis

Killion, Culinary Arts;

Samantha King, Auto

Collision; Keionna Lam-

erson, Auto Tech; Trevor

Letterman, Health Tech;

Austin Linkous, EMT;

Tyler Mann, Culinary

Arts; Rachael Michaud,

Printing/Graphic Arts;

Tiffany Neudecker, Con-

struction; Alyssa Pastrana, Auto Tech; Krystian

Preston, Auto Tech; Marletta Price, Auto Tech;

Alex Ramirez, Culinary Arts; Dominique

Randazzo, Culinary Arts; Mary Reichenbach,

Printing/Graphic Arts; Jakin Seabert, EMT; Kai

Shand, Auto Tech; Caitlyn Short, Auto Colli-

sion; Blake Sims, EMT; Nora Smalley, Print-

ing/Graphic Arts; Madison Thomas, Printing/

Graphic Arts; Lenaye Turnbo, Welding; Luke

Walker, EMT; Justin Watts, EMT; Ezckiel Wit-

ty, EMT; and Saphronia Youngblood, Printing/

Graphic Arts.

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Pictured left to right: Nick Thieman,

GTC Director ; Cindy Propst , GTC Place-

ment Coordinator and Secretary to the

Director; and Michael Mason, Superin-

tendent of Reeds Spring R-IV Schools..

Trunk or Treat Over 2,000 people participated

in Reeds Spring R-IV Schools An-

nual Trunk or Treat, Monday, Oc-

tober 30 in the football stadium

parking lot.

Allysa Gammons from GTC Early

Childhood Careers helps hand out can-

dy at the Reeds Spring "Trunk or

Treat" .