In Mrs. Payne's class, Maria Giambrone (Aurora), junior, and Shawn Kahan (Solon), senior, earned a Gold medal at the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) regional competition. Maria qualified to compete at the state competition where she was awarded a Silver medal for her Language and Literacy presentation.

In Mr. Tanigawa's class, Megan Puskar (Mayfield), senior, won a Gold Medal at the FCCLA regional contest for Concept Curriculum Development.

Environmental Education student award winners!

SUMMER 2008 -- CONGRATULATIONS! to the Excel TECC
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION winners in competitions at the Ohio State Horticulture Contest in Columbus.

The team of Brandon Hoover, Chris White, Frankie Tarulli and Chris Weist placed first in the Open Division. Brandon Hoover placed first in the state of Ohio as an individual.

In the FFA division, James Francisco, Kim Gessler, Kayla Mahone and Stephen Clucas earned a first place team finish. Stephen Clucas and Kayla Mahone were ranked first and second place individuals.

A second place FFA team finish was awarded to Robert Clark, Adam Gross and Kristen Clarke.

WINNERS: Fall 2008
CONGRATULATIONS! to the Excel TECC
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION winners

National Junior Horticulture Association Contest: Eight students from the Environmental Education program participated in the National competition held in Spartanburg, South Carolina on October 10-14, 2008.  Students were expected to identify 100 plant specimens, judge plant quality of over eight species, and complete a written test.  The team of:  Kayla Mahone (Richmond Hts.), James Fransisco (Maple Hts) , Kim Gessler (Brush) , and Chris White (Maple Hts.) placed second as a team in the FFA division .  Bringing home third place team honors in the open division were: Brandon Hoover (Solon), Frankie Tarulli (Aurora), Chris Weist (Aurora), and Stephen Clucas (West G.). 

District #3 Ornamental Contest: Eight teams consisting of over 130 students competed in the District Ornamental contest hosted by Holden Arboretum on October 23, 2008.  Brandon Hoover (Solon), Stephen Clucas (West G), Chris Weist (Aurora), and Kim Gessler (Brush) brought home a 3rd place team finish .  Brandon and Stephen placed 2nd and 5th as individuals. Morris Mitchell (Brush), Cheyenne Bailey (Mayfield), Tom Goetz (Mayfield), Mike Cellura (Brush), and Tevan Cooper (Cleveland Hts.) from the Cleveland Botanical Garden program placed 5th as a team. 

National Career Pathways Conference: The Tech Prep Showcase first place team of Bob Chapline (formerly Brush), Kayla Mahone (Richmond Hts), and Kristin Clarke (Beachwood) presented their topic entitled "Global Worming" to over 2,000 visitors at the National Career Pathways Conference October 22-24, 2008 in Cincinnati.  This team was one of 30 groups invited to present at this prestigious event.

Anthony on the awards stage

The team of Chelsea Kluk, Ori Friedman, Jesicca Palevsky and Sarah Zucker took 3rd place achievement in the College Tech Prep Showcase competition. In this particular competition they displayed their talents and achievements at the FCCLA regional culinary team competitions using a display board of pictures, Knife skill display, PowerPoint, a 2-minute speech describing their efforts

The following students recieved awards at the regional FCCLA competitions on Saturday March 7th:
Caitlan Lotts, WG senior - Pastry Arts - Gold medal
Nicole Serpone, WG junior- Pastry Arts - Silver medal
Rebecca Ferlotti, WG junior - Garde Manger - Silver medal
Ori Friedman, Beachwood junior - Culinary Team - Gold medal
Chelsea Kluk, Mayfield junior - Culinary Team - Gold medal
Sarah Zucker, WG junior - Culinary Team - Gold medal
Jessica Palevsky, Brush junior - Culinary Team - Gold medal

After winning Gold at the FCCLA regional culinary team Competitions & 3rd place in College Tech Prep Showcase, Chelsea Kluk, Ori Friedman, Jesicca Palevsky and Sarah Zucker Qualified for State Level Competitions and Earned Gold Medals 3rd in State FCCLA Culinary Team Competitions.
They prepared Filet of beef with Stilton-Portabello Sauce Steakhouse Salad Potato Gnocchi Sauteed Asparagus Minted Dark Chocolate Custard.



[Top] Competitors: Caitlin, Rebecca
[Bottom] Nicole

Getting instructions from the Chef

Team: Chelsea, Jessica, Sarah and Ori

Culinary Competitors

Gold Winning Team

Culinary cake winners

Medical Technologies students Maurice Chazaro, Melissa Fuerst, Lauren Kraska, and Mary Vasinko were First Place Team winners at the  2009 College Tech Prep Showcase. They were also the 2009 SkillsUSA Regional and State Gold Medalist team and National Qualifier. 

At the SkillsUSA National Competition in Kansas City in June 2009, the team of Maurice Chazaro, Melissa Fuerst and Lauren Kraska, all Mayfield graduates, placed 5th Nationally in the SkillsUSA Tech Prep Health Sciences competition.