Business, Marketing, & Finance Students wrapped up a fun unit this week! Students presented their cereal box creations and celebrated with a fun cereal bar provided by Mrs. Skylar. Branding, business, and a CEREAL-SLY good time in BMF!
Yesterday, Health Sciences I learned about the digestive system with a fun hands on activity! Thank you to Mrs. Tila for doing such a good job at always making learning fun!
Check out these Ed Prep Students doing a great job at clinicals. ACTC is proud of these future educators!
ACTC FFA Wild Hog Trapping is underway!!!! Today marks the beginning of our trapping for our first customer. Students Brennan Bullard, Hunter Matheny, and Matthew Forsythe set up the traps we built in the AG Power shop. For the next several weeks students will be able to monitor the site remotely via an app and trigger the trap if/when hogs are in the trap.
The landowners are excited to have this service and students are gaining some amazing opportunities to see this program through success.
If you or anyone you know have a wild hog problem, come see us at the center and we will get you on the schedule……
Another HUGE congratulations to the Meat Evaluation team for finishing 3rd in the State!
Team members were:
Jacob Spencer
Jimmy Tapp
Tavien Posavec
Jaden Hodge.
A HUGE congratulations to the Farm & Agribusiness Management team for finishing State Runner Up!
Team members were:
Zeke Haynie
Kage Richardson
Kaleb Holman
Kenslei Baswell
Special thank you to Hago Automotive for the fantastic window display at ACTC. Hago Automotive has opened doors and created opportunities for many ACTC Students. Their window display highlights several ASD students who were signed as apprentices with the company. We are proud to display their company at ACTC, and appreciate their partnership at creating opportunities for our students to flourish as people, and as citizens in our community!
NTHS Seniors! NTHS Graduation Honor Cords for sale! Cords can be purchased in Student Services for $10!
Blue & Green Day Midsouth 2024. This week, Health Sciences highlighted the more than 4,000 people in the Mid-South waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Today, the Mid-South Transplant Foundation's Blue & Green Day shines a light on our community's need for organ and tissue donation.
Special thank you to Health Sciences Instructor, Mrs. Tila Johnson for bringing awareness to important issues for her students and our center!
Check out Ag Power Instructor, Mr. Rodney Fagan demonstrating how a carburetor on on outboard engines works! Hands on learning happening in Ag Power & Machinery!
Yesterday, ACTC said goodbye and good luck to one of of our special friends and coworkers, Ray Williams. Ray has brought nothing but joy, kindness, smiles, laughter, and friendship during his time at ACTC. We like to call him our "Ray of Sunshine". He is such a hard worker, and we know he will be successful in his next endeavor. He is easy to love and celebrate, but hard to see go. We sure will miss his bright light and singing every day!
Special thank you to our talented instructors, Mr. Jesse Potts with Industrial Maintenance, Mr. Rodney Fagan with Ag Power, and Mr. Tim Bradley with Construction for creating a special gift for Ray. Talent and teamwork!
ACTC Culinary II was honored to be the guest of Chef John Mabry at Vicari. The food was delicious, the atmosphere was beautiful, and networking with professionals in the industry is priceless for the students in the Alcorn School District.
Last week, Culinary Arts II students enjoyed a visit to Soco Grind for coffee and treats. Special thank you to Instructor, Mrs. Tara Lauderdale for creating opportunities for her students to experience all aspects of culinary arts! Learning is FUN at ACTC!
Last week Ed Prep Students shared the day with some special friends from ASD. Instructor, Nan Nethery, says that assisting with the Special Olympics is a highlight of their year! Students finished off their fun day with lunch at Danvers and Crumbl Cookie. Special thank you to Mrs. Nan Nethery for creating opportunities for these future educators and for Tupelo High School for hosting.
ACTC is proud to highlight our Assistant Director, Mr. Jeff Boren, for National Assistant Principal Week. "Coach Boren" is kind, hardworking, loved at ACTC. We are thankful for all he does for our center, district, and community.
CONGRATULATIONS to Health Sciences Instructor, Mrs. Tila Johnson on being named Mississippi HOSA Teacher of the YEAR!!!!! We are so proud of her and all of her hard work inside the classroom and out in our community! We are blessed with Mississippi's BEST!!!
Congratulations to these fantastic students on being named Student of the Quarter for their programs! We are proud of them and their hard work!
ACTC loved kicking off our week welcoming KHS 9th Grade Students to tour the center! Each student's tour was personalized based on their choices and interests allowing them to become familiar with our programs that interest them. We had a great time, and look forward to welcoming KHS students in the Fall!
BMF Students had a fun day of learning outside the classroom, yesterday! First stop, the students visited the Alliance where Karen Isbell & Alliance President, GT McCullough shared an overview of the Alliance and the importance it has for businesses, industries, and the community of Corinth. Next, students visited the Corinth Coke Museum where they enjoyed Coke floats and listened to the interesting history of the Corinth Coca-Cola plant Mr. Kenneth Williams. Then, students were placed in groups where they explored downtown Corinth businesses, interviewed entrepreneurs and business owners, and completed a scavenger hunt. They ended their industry visit with lunch, ice cream, and coffee in the Soco District. Special thank you to Career Coach, Rebecca Lewis and Mrs. Mincey for their hard work to organize this fun and special day!
Ed Prep Instructor, Mrs. Nan Nethery had the privilege of reading to former student, Destiny Ozbirn's, classroom for Dr. Seuss Week. ACTC is always proud to see these full circle moments and the lasting impact our instructors leave on their students and their careers.
"I had the honor of reading to my former Teacher Academy student, Destiny L. Ozbirn’s, classroom at Saltillo Primary School. Talk about coming full circle - I watched Destiny blossom into this amazing teacher. I am so very proud of her and count it a blessing having been apart in her life’s journey. I loved every minute of my visit with Destiny and her students." -Nan Nethery, Ed Prep Instructor
