Amp Archives - Stafford Technical Center

Summer Camps

Stafford Technical Center is offering two different summer camp activities for students currently in grades 6-8.

Summer Arts & Technology Camp at Stafford Technical Center is designed for students who will be entering 7th or 8th grade in the fall of 2011. Participants will engage in many different activities each related to a specific area of arts or technology. The camp runs from June 27th to July 1st. Each day begins at 9am and ends at 2:30pm. Lunch will be provided.

Construction Camp introduces current 7th and 8th grade students to the local construction trades industry. The Construction Camp will run from July 5th to July 15th. There is no cost for this Camp. Lunch is included each day.

Auto Refinishing & Collision Students make over 1995 Dodge Viper

Stafford Technical Center Auto Refinishing & Collision Students put forth a stellar effort in reconditioning a 1995 Dodge Viper for customer, Anthony Everidge. The body was in very poor shape, and the class did a complete refinish and repair. The project leader was 2nd yr student April Haskins who devoted most of the time on the project with the assistance of the other students. The other students all contributed to complete the project. The customer was very satisfied with the outcome.

Preschoolers Learn Wreath Making

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Pictured: L-R: Brittany Hance (Stafford Human Services Program), Stafford Pre-Schooler Kaitlyn Sharp, Ariel Martin (Stafford Human Services Program), Stafford Pre-Schooler Gabrielle Couture, and Emily Humiston (Stafford Forestry & Natural Resources Program)

Students in Stafford Technical Center’s Forestry& Natural Resources and Human Services Programs work with the Stafford pre-schoolers in the art of wreath making. Each pre-schooler takes home their own handcrafted wreath. This is an annual event which takes place in the Stafford Technical Center’s on campus greenhouse.

Planting Season

BulbPlanting Students from Stafford Technical Center’s Forestry & Natural Resources and Human Services Programs recently participated in the annual fall bulb planting with the boys and girls in Stafford’s Pre-School Program. This is one of the many examples of community service projects involving the participation of Stafford Tech students.

Attached Photo: Stafford Pre-Schoolers with students from Human Service and Forestry & Natural Resources Programs

Forestry & Natural Resources Students Learn by Doing

Stafford Technical Center’s Forestry & Natural Resources Program have begun a landscaping project on the property adjacent to Central Vermont Public Service Corporation’s (CVPS) planned solar-array power station along Route 7, just north of Rutland. The students are involved in a number of work activities including felling and limbing the pine and spruce trees on the property. The removal of these trees will expose the panels to the greatest amount of sunlight possible, especially in the winter months. The trees will be chipped and the wood chips will be used on the public path adjoining the project. In addition, the students will be planting trees and shrubs to beautify the area and delineate the boundaries.

This exciting partnership between Stafford and CVPS allows students to integrate their forestry curriculum while learning valuable safety and workplace readiness skills in an employment setting.

Students elected to serve on Board

Amber Dumas, Kati Messer, and Alison McLellan were recently elected by their peers to serve as student representatives to the Stafford Technical Center Regional Advisory Board for 2009-2010. Amber is a Video Production Student from RHS, Kati, (Mill River Union High School) and Alison (Proctor High School ) are both enrolled in Stafford’s Hospitality & Entrepreneurship Program. They will act as liaisons between the students at Stafford and the regional advisory board members.

Stafford Students Build Bridge at Vermont State Fair

The Forestry & Natural Resources students from Stafford Technical Center will once again be part of the festivities at the Vermont State Fair. The students will be demonstrating cutting logs into boards with their portable sawmill setup. In addition, they will also be constructing a portable skidder bridge for the Rutland Natural Resource Conservation District using the beams that they have cut, trimmed and drilled. Portable Skidder bridges ensure that equipment and logs crossing over water bodies are not causing stream bed or stream bank disturbance. These bridges minimize the potential for soil erosion. Come and see them near the Fair’s Forestry Building.

Spring Planting

The children from Stafford Technical Center’s Pre-School planted their own sunflower seeds with the help of students from Stafford’s Forestry, Natural Resources & Horticulture and Human Services programs. Some of these Sunflowers will be sold in Stafford’s greenhouse. This is an annual activity for the children.

Picture: left to right: John DeMatties-Stafford Forestry, Natural Resources & Horticulture Student, and Stafford pre-schoolers; Eliza Bridge and Bradley Bishop