EXCEL TECC 2005 Competitions

*STUDENTS WIN-WIN-WIN!*

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!

*EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION*
Two Excel TECC students in the Junior Early Childhood Education competed in the FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) Regional Skills Contest at the University of Akron on Saturday, March 5th. Kylene Bandelow (Mayfield HS) won the Gold Medal in Language and Literacy. She presented a Big Book story (school-age group) to the judges and also had an Art lesson as the extension activity. Her score was 92.5. LoRe'al Menefield (Mayfield HS) won the Gold Medal in Learning Game/Toy. She made a toy (toddler group)which she called 'Number This Shape' and presented it to judges. Her score was 95.5. LoRe'al qualified for the state contest and will compete on April 14th in Columbus. UPDATE: Winners again at the FCCLA State competitions...Kylene accepted the Gold Medal in Language and Literacy and LoRe'al scored Gold Medal in the Learning Game/Toy contest. Great Job & Congratulations!!	LoRe'al and Kylene with their district awards Kylene accepting district award Kylene and LoRe'al at State competitions
*HORTICULTURE*
DISTRICT 3 FLORICULTURE CONTEST Horticulture students competed in a test that consisted of plant, insect, disease and supplies. Students also had to perform lab practicums and judge plant quality. Gates Mills Horticulture took First Place Team. Four of the top ten individuals contest winners were from Gates Mills Horticulture Center: Christine Sanders - 2nd Place; Casey White - 3rd Place; Aaron Shymske - 5th Place; Rachel Corradetti - 9th Place Horticulture students travel to competition. NORTHEAST OHIO TECH PREP SHOWCASE The following Horticulture students accomplished First Place Team at the Northeast Ohio Tech Prep Showcase competition: Andrew Gyongyosi - West Geauga David Hardesty - West Geauga David Walter - West Geauga Gerry Paprocki - West Geauga
SKILLS U.S.A. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN/DRAFTING - COMPUTERS, NETWORKING & ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY - CONSTRUCTION TRADES
Congratulations to the following Excel TECC students who participated this past weekend in the SKILLS USA Regional Tournament: Amanda Gordon (Mayfield) in Architectural Drafting and Jason Klabik (Aurora) in Carpentry. Also competing and placing third was Art Boloussov (Solon) for Techincal Drafting and placing second was Jim Fehlman (Mayfield) for Computer Maintenance Technology. Art and Jim qualify for the State Competition along with Pat DiBarto (Mayfield) for Internetworking and Ryan Hoover (Richmond Heights) for Technical Computer Applications. State competition will be in Columbus the weekend of April 28th. Congratulations to Mr. Niinisto, Mr. Kaminsky, and Mr. Zivny for their dedication and efforts for preparing their students for the competition. Good luck to Art, Jim, Pat and Ryan at States. (L to R) Jason (Construction Trades), Amanda (CAD) Art (CAD) and James (CNET)
*CULINARY ARTS*
FCCLA REGIONAL SKILL EVENTS Congratulations to the following Culinary Arts students who competed at the University of Akron in regional skill events: Eden Sizler -West Geauga H.S. Sr.-gold medalist in Pastry Arts Sara Harvey - Aurora H.S. Jr. - gold medalist in Pastry Arts Adam Hirsh - Brush H.S. Sr. - gold medalist in Garde Manger ( Garr Mon jay)- Cold Food Matt Velotta - Brush H.S. Jr. - gold medalist in Garde Manger (Garr Mon jay)- Cold Food All Gold medalists scored high enough to advance to the State Competition in April. Also a congratulations goes out to the Culinary Team Silver medalists: Andrea Frederico - Brush H.S. Sr. Michael Krimmer - Solon H.S. Sr. Brad Terbizan - West Geauga H.S. Sr. James Barnes - West Geauga H.S. Sr. UPDATE: Culinary Arts went on to score at FCCLA State Competitions: Eden Sizzler - Gold Medal for 2nd place in Pastry Arts; Sarah Harvey - Gold Medal for 3rd place in Pastry Arts; Adam Hirsh - Silver Medal in Garde Manger (cold food); Matt Velotta - Gold Medal for 3rd place in Garde Manger (cold food) Excellent Job & Congratulations!!	Matt and his prize food tray Sarah and Eden Eden's winning pastry tray Sarah and her prize cake Adam at the competition
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
NORTHEAST OHIO TECH PREP SHOWCASE Four Interactive Media students entered the Northeast Ohio Tech Prep Showcase and walked away with first prize. The students competed against eight other Northeast Ohio teams in the Multimedia category. Their entry consisted of an interactive multimedia computer rendition of 'TECC-OPOLY' - featuring Excel TECC programs as the base for the game board and pieces and parts of a Monopoly-like game. Congratulations to the IM team of: Andy Boehm - Aurora Chris Comella - West Geauga Craig Kaufman - Brush Brody Klotzman - Solon	The TECC-OPOLY Team Brody discusses the display Chris demonstrates the game The team with First Place
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
NORTHEAST OHIO TECH PREP SHOWCASE 2005 CIS Juniors, 3rd Place, Information Technology/Programming Division Greg Muzila, Mayfield Justin Meden, Mayfield Justin Leighton, West Geauga Title: Pioneer Chruch Library Management System Project Overview: The project was commissioned by Pioneer Church in Solon, Ohio to develop a management, inventory and circulation solution for thier church's library. The application was developed using Microsft Visual Basic.NET, Microsift Access Database, and SQL Script. The application has been delivered and is being used by Pioneer Church, and is being considered for adoption by at least two other area churches. The program was developed in such a way that it can be used by any type of organization and customized for that organization with minimal effort by the programming team. ********************************** 2005 CIS Seniors, 2nd Place, Information Technology/Programming Division Justin Pryatel, Mayfield Natalie Cwynar, Mayfield Phil Schreibman, Orange Xavier Willis, Orange Title: US Navy, ASVAB Primer Project Overview: Project was developed to fulfill a request by the local Navy Recruiting officer to develop a solution to aid in preparation and remediation for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, refered to as the ASVAB test. Using Visual Basic.NET, SQL Script, and Access database, a dynamic tutorial environment is created. Students can practice for the exam, track their progress, identify areas of weakness and remediate. The test deliverer can add, delete and edit questions, monitor student progress and facilitate exams in a secure, password protected application.	CIS Juniors with project CIS Juniors with 3rd Place CIS Seniors with project CIS Seniors with 2nd Place