EXCEL TECC 2008 Competitions

*STUDENTS WIN-WIN-WIN!*

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!

*EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION*
Early Childhood Education students attended the FCCLA [Family, Career and Community Leaders of America] Regional Skills Competition in Painesville on Saturday March 15, 2008. Congratulations to the following winners: Nicole Becka (Mayfield senior) - Gold Medal in Concept Curriculum Development; she will advance to state competition in April Melissa Friedman (Beachwood senior) - Gold Medal in Concept Curriculum Development; she will advance to state competition in April Shawn Kahan (Solon junior) - Gold Medal in Language & Literacy; she will advance to state competition in April Teira Taylor (Brush junior) - Gold Medal in Teacher Resource Kit; she will advance to state competition in April Ashley Grayer (Richmond Heights junior) - Silver Medal in Language & Literacy	Early Childhood winner Nicole
*HORTICULTURE*
Floriculture Team 2007: [Bottom row L-R] Mario, Megan; [Middle row L-R] Alicia, Lea, Michelle, Erin; [Back row L-R] Peter, Anthony, Bob, Prentice and Nick. NORTHEAST OHIO TECH PREP SHOWCASE Horticulture students were winners in the Tech Prep Showcase held on March 11 at Cuyahoga Community College: 1st place went to the team of Bob Chapline (Brush), Michelle Weissman (Beachwood), Kayla Mahone (Richmond Hts), and Josh Kovach (Brush) for 'Global Worming'. Instructor Becky Gardner was their advisor. 2nd place went to the team of Konstantine Boltyansky (Mayfield), Kim Gessler (Brush), Brandon Hoover (Solon), and Mike Corbets (Solon) for 'Deck Construction'. Instructor Ed Tuhela was their advisor. STATE NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE COMPETITION The following Horticulture students competed against 40 teams at this competition in Columbus on January 23-24, 2007: Nick Wolf (Brush), William Marcrum (Mayfield), Andrew Ferreri (West Geauga) Constantine
*MARKETING - JEAN GETZ*
Eight students from Jean Getz's Beachwood Marketing Program competed in the Ohio DECA State Competition on March 7 & 8 in Columbus. Angela Alaqua, Robert Barta, Patrick MacKenzie, Neil Stark, Kristy Thrush all from West Geauga High School, Keith Schmader from Aurora High School, Dana Schulman from Beachwood High School and Alexander Neesham from Chagrin Falls High School all represented Getz's Beachwood Marketing Program. Kristy Thrush (West Geauga) came in Second Place in the state for the Quick Serve Series Event. Dean Giarrizzo's (West Geauga) Ohio DECA pin design was voted First Place in the state. All of the Ohio DECA State contest winners that will be going to the DECA International contest will be given 10 of the Ohio DECA pins to trade with students from the United States, Canada, Guam, Germany and Japan. Keith Schmader (Aurora), Alexander Neesham (Chagrin) & Patrick MacKenzie (West Geauga) have been invited to attend the Senior Management Program. Getz's Beachwood Marketing Program has partnered with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will be giving an Ohio DECA/Cleveland Cavs T-shirt to each Ohio student competing at the DECA International Contest. The students will attend the International DECA Competition in Atlanta, Ga at the end of April. There are approximately 15,000 students that will attend this competition.	DECA National Competitors
*COMPUTERS, NETWORKING & ELECTRONICS*
OHIO COLLEGE TECH PREP SHOWCASE On Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Computers, Networking & Electronics students competed at the Ohio College Tech Prep Showcase held at Cuyahoga Community College: The junior team of Ian Fant (Mayfield) and Stan Zbarasheuski (Mayfield) presented their project: Home automation control via the World Wide Web. The senior team of Karina Nikitkin (Mayfield), Rachel Emery (Solon), Mike Patterson(Orange) and Alex Sinclair(Brush) won 1st Place for their project: Wireless, remote controlled 4-player video game SKILLS USA Jordan Strah competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008 in regional Skills USA and earned High Honors for Computer Maintenance
*COOPERATIVE BUSINESS INTERNSHIP*
David Akerley (Solon) recently won 1st Place in Ohio BPA Region 18 Graphic Design Contest. This qualified him for competition in Columbus on March 6-7. Honorable mentions: Desktop Publishing - Ivan Mernenko (Solon) & Elizabeth Howell (Aurora) Spreadsheet Applications - David Akerley (Solon) & Samuel Torrelli (Solon) Financial Math & Analysis - 5th place Vikram Singh (Solon)
*CADD ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY*
SKILLS USA The following CADD students competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008 in regional Skills USA events: Pat Rongers (Solon junior) - Bronze Medal for Architectural Drafting and qualified for state competition Tremaine Gissentaner (Richmond Hts senior) - Silver Medal for Professional Job Interview and qualified for state competition Mike Buettner (West Geauga senior) - Gold Medal for Job Skills Demonstration-A and qualified for state competition Adam Fludine (Beachwood junior) earned High Honors for Technical Drafting
*CULINARY ARTS*
FCCLA REGIONAL SKILL EVENTS Culinary Arts students competed on March 15 at the FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America) regional skill competitions. Rachel Biben (Aurora senior) won a Gold Medal in the Pastry Arts category and qualifies for state competitions Cat Alaimo (Solon senior) won a Silver Medal in the Garde Manger (cold food) catergory Culinary Team of Kevin Kralik (Brush), Angela Giambrone (Aurora), Rachel Skillicorn (Brush), Ashley Smith (W.Geauga) won a Silver Medal CONGRATULATIONS & GOOD LUCK!!	Rachel hard at work in the competition Rachel's winning pastry Cat's Garde Manger entry Silver Medal Culinary Team
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
NORTHEAST OHIO TECH PREP SHOWCASE & SKILLS USA Interactive Media students competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008 in regional Skills USA contest. Hiram Foster (Aurora junior) won a Silver Medal for Advertising Design and qualified for state competition
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PROGRAMMING
SKILLS USA Information Technology & Programming students competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008 in regional Skills USA events. Alex Ilchenko (Solon junior) won a Bronze Medal in Related Technical Mathematics and qualified for state competition Ilya Yufit (Mayfield senior) won a Gold Medal for Extemporaneous Speaking and qualified for state competition Rachel Lipton (Mayfield senior) won High Honors for Prepared Speech OHIO COLLEGE TECH PREP SHOWCASE On Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Information Technology and Programming students competed at the Ohio College Tech Prep Showcase held at Cuyahoga Community College: The junior team of Gregory Gutmann (Solon), Taylor Hemphill (Aurora) and John Kilbane (Solon) earned a Third Place award for their project, “Canine University”, a web-based solution that was created as part of an ITP Experiential Learning Project in cooperation with Canine University of Bedford Heights and Ms. Amy Gutmann, Owner. The senior team of Byron Brown (Brush), Roland Cross III (Brush), Lamar Hinchen (Solon) and Walter Moore (Solon) earned a First Place award for their project, “Advanxe Media Group”, a dynamic web-based application that was created as part of an ITP Experiential Learning Project in cooperation with Advanxe Media Group and Mr. Robert Bankston, CEO.
*MEDICAL CAREERS TECHNOLOGY*
SKILLS USA Medical Careers Technology students Katherine Monti (Mayfield senior) and model Julia Gaspar (Mayfield senior) competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008 in regional Skills USA events. They earned the Gold Medal for Job Skills Demonstration—Open and qualified for state competition.
*MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES*
Medical Technologies students of Stephanie Howlett (Brush senior), Nicole Smolik (Solon senior) and Carrie Vitale (Mayfield senior) competed at Polaris Career Center on March 15, 2008. The team earned the Gold Medal in the Health Science Tech Prep Showcase and qualified for state competition.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY
Membership in the National Technical Honor Society is based on outstanding scholarship, character, leadership and service. Students who meet academic criteria can submit an application with recommendations from staff. For the 2007-08 school year, there were thirty-two students who qualified based on a 3.5 grade point average and and A in their program. Twenty-one students applied and fourteen were accepted. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Rachel Biben, Aurora senior, Culinary Arts Josette Galiano, Mayfield junior, Visual Art & Design Tremaine Gissentaner, Richmond Hts senior, Cadd Engineering Technology Alisa Glukhova, Brush junior, Medical Technologies Megan Greenawalt, Brush junior, Construction Trades Christopher Kern, Richmond Hts junior, Medical Technologies Lily Kim, Solon junior, Interactive Media Samantha Kokish, Aurora junior, Cosmetology-Mayfield Jennifer Laureno, Brush senior, Construction Trades Anna Lopez, Solon junior, Medical Technologies John Minor, Brush senior, Business Academy Jayme Pollock, Mayfield junior, Video Broadcasting Ryan Tankersley, Mentor senior, Construction Management Michelle Weissman, Beachwood senior, Horticulture	Current NTHS members light candles Inductees read pledge Congrutulations new NTHS members NTHS reception