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YUHSD CTE Program Stimulates Local Students to Think About Possible Careers

The Yuma Union High School District Career & Technical Education program spent Tuesday, Oct. 29, giving area middle school students a head start on their possible career ambitions.

During the 2019 Middle School Leadership Conference and Expo, CTE students, faculty, and administrators welcomed close to 900 seventh and eighth graders from Yuma, Somerton, and San Luis - the largest group to ever attend the annual event.

Numerous booths were set up around the exhibition hall at the Yuma Civic Center, each featuring a CTE program.

YUHSD students representing their respective program shared a hands-on activity with the middle schoolers.

“To have our students showcase their programs, it builds pride in the program and it gives them an opportunity to reach into the middle schools,” Kofa High School CTE Instructional Leader Norm Champagne said. “A lot of the students are reaching out to schools that they came from. So, that there’s a sense of community that they build. ”

Stopping by the culinary arts booth, for example, meant you were frosting sugar cookies, while visiting the film and TV booth meant you were recording something in front of a green screen.

Middle school students presented a “passport” at each booth they visited and received a stamp for completing an activity with high school CTE student ambassadors serving as tour guides.

In addition to providing displays from various programs, CTE student leaders provided breakout sessions addressing topics such as communication, decision making, teamwork, multicultural sensitivity and awareness and much more.

There were also stations for hands-on CPR and details about Career and Technical Student Organizations offered throughout YUHSD.

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