CTE Health Occupations students explore future professions at MMCC Doan Center and Morey Courts

The Health Occupations program from the Clare-Gladwin Career Center visited the Doan Center of Mid Michigan Community College (MMCC) in Mount Pleasant last month to view the facilities available for health professions degree programs.  

During a tour lead by MMCC Physical Therapy Assistant Program Director Amanda Wismer, students explored the nursing labs, physical therapy assistant labs, and medical assisting and pharmacy technician classrooms. Following the tour, the class received an introduction to preventative medicine through exercise at Morey Courts Recreation Center.

“Students heard from the Morey Courts staff about the history of the facility, and then broke into groups to try various types of exercise,” said Erin Lenhart, Clare-Gladwin Career Center Health Occupations instructor. “Each group sampled high intensity interval training (HIIT), TRX suspension training, and had a brief nutrition class. Before leaving, students also heard from fitness professionals at Morey Courts Recreation Center about how they started their careers in fitness and where they plan to go in the future. A huge thank you to Amanda Wismer of MMCC, Morey Courts Fitness Director Kelvin Bolar Jr., and Clare-Gladwin Career Center Counselor Margie Dill for coordinating the trip for us.”

Health Occupation is one of nine career and technical education programs offered to local high school juniors and seniors through the Clare-Gladwin Career Center, a program of Clare-Gladwin RESD. Students spend half of their school day at their CTE class and the other half at their local high school.

Santa and his reindeer share some holiday spirit at the Clare-Gladwin Area School

Santa and his reindeer made a special stop at the Clare-Gladwin Area School last week to spread some holiday cheer.

Officers from the Reserve Division of the Clare County Sheriff’s Office were also in attendance to hand out the gifts they provided to every student, which included a plush toy, a football, or a makeup kit.    

“The visit from Santa and his reindeer was a great way to celebrate the season with the students,” said Area School Principal Mike Simon. “We can’t thank Santa and his helpers enough for their generosity year after year!”

Clare-Gladwin Area School classroom learns basic color theory from CTE students

Students from the Clare-Gladwin Career Center’s Culinary Arts and Graphic Arts programs teamed up this month to teach students from the Clare-Gladwin Area School about basic color theory.

The career and technical education (CTE) students used cupcakes, icing, and food coloring to share their lesson with the kids in Rachel DuMond’s Area School class. The local high school juniors and seniors demonstrated how to make different colors by mixing icing and food coloring. After the cupcakes were decorated with the appropriate color, the treats were formed into two color wheels, offering a visual way for the Area School students to learn the basic color theory. 

"Getting to frost cupcakes with the kids was a rewarding experience,” said Graphic Arts student Kaitlyn Corell. “The best part of the whole day was getting to eat the cupcakes with the kids and seeing the joy on their faces.”

Culinary Arts and Graphic Arts are two of nine career and technical education programs offered to local high school juniors and seniors through the Clare-Gladwin Career Center, a program of Clare-Gladwin RESD. Students spend half of their school day at their CTE class and the other half at their local high school.

Culinary Arts students learn from industry mentors at ProStart Symposium

Four Clare-Gladwin Career Center students learned culinary and restaurant management skills first-hand from industry mentors during the Michigan Restaurant Association’s ProStart Student Symposium, held last month at Sysco, the event’s sponsor, in Canton, Mich.

Joined by their peers from around the state, the CTE Culinary Arts students were split into two groups; culinary and management.

Jaime Phillips of Beaverton and Chelsie Eichorn of Farwell participated in the culinary group. “Jaime and Chelsie worked in groups with industry mentors and created a three course meal using mystery basket items, such as whole salmon, orzo, and mushrooms,” said CTE Culinary Arts Instructor Heidi Rocha.

The management group included Heather Baker of Gladwin and Kelsey Kula of Beaverton. According to Rocha, the management students worked with mentors on a case study and presented their response to the study to the more than 150 people in attendance at the symposium.

“The ProStart Symposium is a very rewarding and worthwhile opportunity for the culinary arts students,” said Rocha. “I am extremely proud of them for their demonstration of critical thinking, dedication to their tasks, and creativity. They were a wonderful representation of the Clare-Gladwin Career Center.”

The Culinary Arts program is one of nine career and technical education (CTE) programs offered to local high school juniors and seniors through the Clare-Gladwin Career Center, a program of Clare-Gladwin RESD. Students spend half of their school day at their CTE class and the other half at their local high school.

For more information about the Clare-Gladwin Career Center, please visit www.cgresd.net. 

Hundreds of local high school seniors apply to college during College Application Week

In early November, a total of 534 college applications were submitted to both community colleges and four-year universities across the country by high school seniors from Beaverton, Clare, Coleman, and Farwell as part of the third annual College Application Week.

The Clare-Gladwin Career Center, Mid Michigan Community College, and Educational Talent Search joined nearly 200 high schools around the state during Nov. 4-8 in assisting their local graduating seniors in completing and submitting at least one application to community colleges, independent colleges and universities, and state universities in which they were interested. 

“We feel our first attempt at hosting College Application Week was a success,” said Clare-Gladwin Career Center Counselor Margie Dill. “The goal of the program was to give students the tools and guidance they needed to successfully apply to college. We hope this process has given kids additional confidence and drive to continue to submit applications - in turn providing them with more options for their futures.”

Established in 2005, College Application Week is a national campaign committed to the common goal of increasing the percentage of first-generation and low-income students to pursue a post-secondary education. Last year, 73 Michigan high schools participated, helping seniors complete more than 8,500 applications. Michigan College Application Week is sponsored by the Michigan College Access Network.