Alcorn Career & Technology Center

Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week! We celebrated with brownies, ice cream, and another day full of prize winners!! Special thank you to Mr. Anderson's mother-in-law for the yummy brownies! THANK YOU to the following local businesses for their donations and support to our Teacher Appreciation Week Celebration! We are so thankful for the love and support from our community! SoCo GRIND Love & a Dog Boutique 2nd Amendment Defendment Magnolia Soap and Bath Co Corinth Bucks Bbq & Burgers

Day 2 of Teacher Appreciation Week! We celebrated with a donut and coffee bar and another day full of prize winners!! Starting our day off with lots of laughter and fun! Special THANK YOU to today's prize sponsors! We could not celebrate these instructors without the support from Corinth's fantastic local businesses! Cafe Mikes Pizza Grocery K-Town Nutrition Bayleigh Pounders

ACTC kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week yesterday with popcorn and prizes! A special THANK YOU to yesterday's prize sponsors! Our instructors go above and beyond to instill life lessons and life skills to the students of ASD, and we are excited to celebrate them all week long! It wouldn't be possible without these generous local businesses' support! THANK YOU for supporting the teachers of ACTC! Crossroads Ribshack Corinth, MS The Dinner Bell Steak & Fish Pizza Grocery Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt Hoochies Boutique

ACTC was honored to participate in Kossuth High School Awards Day Program for the 2023-2024 School Year. We are proud to highlight and recognize our ACTC Students at each ASD high school campus this year!

ACTC's National Technical Honor Society Officers were able to drop off donations to the Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter this morning. We are so proud of the leadership these students portrayed in this community service project! Thank you to everyone who donated!

Congratulations to these accomplished ASD Students on an exciting Apprenticeship Signing Day! ACTC is proud to highlight the following 7 Students from ACTC: Joseph Pickens- Carpentry- Signed for IBEW Fabian Hinojosa- Culinary II - Signed with IBEW Aiden Bobo- Metal Fab II- Signed with HAGO Conner Walker- Ag & Natural Resources- Signed with HAGO Ronnie Shiner- Industrial Maintenance- Signed with Base Camp Coding Aaron Tapley- Digital Media- Signed with Base Camp Coding Michael Jeremiah Boswell- Polymer Science & Engineering- Signed with HAGO

"Secretaries are the core of the school." Mrs. Sherry Rencher goes above and beyond to take care of everybody at ACTC and we are truly BLESSED she is ours! There's no sweeter voice or smile to be the first person you see at ACTC and she is just as pretty on the inside as she is on the out! Celebrating this gem is easy! Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Sherry!

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!