Scheduling Updates:
- A reminder that beginning this Monday, juniors and seniors in the Allied Health, Computer Information Technology and Graphic Communications programs will be attending shop in-person 5 days a week.
- 9s and 10s will be returning to academics 3 days a week--Monday, Wednesday & Friday--beginning Monday, March 1st.
- For the great many of you who could join our 2021-2022 scheduling discussion on the Friday before vacation, we thank you. Please continue to digest Tom's slide show and screen-cast and as you formulate ideas or questions please email them to administration. The leadership team will listen to all thoughts, but may not be able to carryout on all ideas. Again, "a good idea is a good idea, no matter where it came from."
Attendance: We continue to enforce our attendance policy with counselors calling families whose students have 5 - 10 absence and virtual meetings be set-up for family's who child has more than 10 absence. Please continue to do your part by taking attendance in each and every class as you help us help you. Thank you
From the Vocational Office:
- SkillsUSA: On Friday, February 26th we will be having 118 students compete at the annual SkillsUSA district conference. Due to covid this will be held here at SST. We will run two sessions in the LH and Cafe. Here is the schedule with all the details
- Shout Out: Thank you to the Culinary Arts instructors and students for providing staff with a delicious breakfast the week before vacation. Lots of smiling faces!
- Project of the week: Horticulture staff and students used their floral skills in yet another successful holiday arrangement sale. Many community and staff members were very excited about receiving their arrangements.
- Save the date: Our Spring Program Advisory Meeting will take place virtually on the evening of Wednesday, March 31st. Invitations will be sent to advisors from the Vocational Office the week of Feb. 22.
- Social Media: We are looking for pictures of students in their shop environment practicing social distancing to use on our schools social media accounts. Please send photos and a brief description to vocoffice@ssvotech.org
- Advisory: Advisory meetings will take place on Wednesday, March 31st. Invitations will be sent at the end of this week. If you haven't already done so, please update your advisory list and make sure your current chairperson is indicated. Once the invitation is sent from the vocational office, shop teachers will be asked to follow-up with a Google Meet invitation.
- Co-op Job Board: If you know of any juniors or seniors looking for a co-op placement, please direct them to our new job board. They can also email us at vocoffice@ssvotech.org or stop into the office at any time. If you receive any inquiries from companies looking for co-op students, please direct them to the job board where they can fill out a form to post their job.