One-stop shopping at North Avenue
Want a free hand massage? Blood pressure screening? Baltimore's vocational students are marking Career and Technology Month by offering up their skills in the North Avenue lobby on several dates in February. Those lucky enough to pass through between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. today were offered cookies baked by culinary students at Carver. Tomorrow, Edmondson-Westside students will do blood-pressure screenings. On Thursday, Carver's cosmetology students are providing hand massages.
A more complete list of events is below.
Wednesday: Students from Edmondson's business, health, media, trade/industry and auto programs will carry out various demonstrations, including the blood-pressure screenings.
Thursday: Carver's cosmetology students provide hand massages.
Feb. 17: Presentations from Mervo's construction and cosmetology programs.
Feb. 19: Heritage business students present a photo display, while entrepreneurs from Frederick Douglass show off their sales skills. "Hold onto your wallet!" a school system letter promoting the events advises.
Feb. 24: More blood pressure screenings by Edmondson students.
Feb. 26: Numerous activities with students from the Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship and Patterson.
All events are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Comments
Hi Sara,
Thanks for recognizing these events. However, I was disappointed that, in what looks to be a complete list of CTE month events, one of today's presenting schools was left off.
Today in the lobby at North Avenue, from 11-1, in addition to Carver's culinary students, 22 students from Patterson High School's engineering program showed off the projects they have built and the science, math, and technology skills they have learned. From a lamp made out of a soda can, to styrofoam airplanes that fly when hooked up to a power source, to cells built of Lego-like pieces that simulate automated factory processes controlled by programs students wrote on computers, to blocks where students applied coordinate geometry and computer programming to carve out their initials and design jewelry boxes, to digital trainers where students study electrical currents, to an assortment of robots including one with a camera attached. Our students have accomplished a lot, and we are very proud of them for exhibiting their work today.
To all, if you'd like to find out more about the Project Lead the Way engineering program at Patterson, you are welcome to visit our website, and also to take a look at the online portfolios our students have begun to create. Also, stay tuned to Channel 77 to see video of students from both Carver and Patterson being interviewed at today's event!
Best,
Nick Yates
Math and Engineering Teacher
Patterson High School, Baltimore
Posted by: Nick Yates | February 10, 2009 8:29 PM
Nick, I'm sorry for the omission; it was not intentional. Thank you for providing us information on what sounds like a neat program at Patterson.
Posted by: Sara Neufeld | February 10, 2009 10:06 PM
This is wonderful! More time should be spent finding the positive things about the schools and the students AND teachers. I love Patterson! You guys are a good school always work hard to rise above the critics! (that's not for you Sara, that's a general statement ) keep up the good work guys!
Posted by: BornNRaised in East Baltimore | February 14, 2009 7:27 PM
All great things, yet also held when teachers can't go and participate...
Posted by: Ummm... | February 16, 2009 12:17 PM
@Ummm... - I'm guessing the concept was for the kids to have a chance, during their school day, to show off their skills and achievements. North Ave is a place with a fair amount of foot traffic that the students can use for free. Did that mean that it was seen by more upper muckety-mucks than average teachers? Yes. I don't think the point was to provide services to everyone involved in the school system. At least that's how it seems to me - it's not like I could make it to North Ave. between 11 & 1.
Posted by: a parent | February 16, 2009 12:50 PM