Architecture Engineering Archives - Stafford Technical Center

Students Chat Up Senator Leahy

March 9th, 2010: Nine Students from Stafford Technical Center recently participated in an online chat with US Senator Patrick Leahy. This was the first online chat that the Senator has held with Stafford Technical Center. The students asked the Senator questions and communicated with him through Skype. The questions covered a broad range of topics including health care, workforce development, the affordability of college, and even more personal ones like who were his favorite rock bands and the types of summer jobs he had while in high school. This chat was a wonderful opportunity for the students to interact with an important political figure and learn how they can become more civically engaged in their communities.

Participating students: Molly Spaulding-Health Careers (Fair Haven High School), Colin Terenzini-Power Mechanics/Welding (Rutland High), David Sexton-Culinary Arts (Mill River), Josh Marcille-Hospitality and Entrepreneurship(West Rutland High School), Colin Haas-Electrical/Plumbing (Rutland High), Luke Molaski-Forestry and Naturual Resources (Otter Valley), Geoffrey McDonald-Public Safety Services (Otter Valley), Lauren Graziano-Architecture Engineering Design (Fair Haven Union High School) and Amber Dumas-Video Production (Rutland High )

Students Team Up with Local Architect on Teen Center

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Caption of Photo: Front-L-R: Chad Johnson and John Pluta-Stafford Technical Center Students and in rear, Architect Mark McManus.

An exciting collaboration between the Slate Valley Teen Center in Fair Haven and Stafford Technical Center (STC) has begun to develop as students from STC’s Architecture Engineering Design (AED) Program worked on the proposed teen center location under the supervision of architect, Mark McManus, of Middletown Springs. STC second year students Chad Johnson and John Pluta, both from Mill River Union High School, spent time measuring, recording, and sketching the existing assembly space above the Fair Haven Municipal Offices. This space originally housed the local high school, but has been unused for approximately 50 years. The space boasts high ceilings, wood wainscoting, and tall windows, which bring in lots of natural light and wonderful views of the town green. The Stafford AED students will have the opportunity to work on “as built” drawings which will be used in the development of a design for the center.This project has enabled the Stafford students to utlize their program skills in a “real world” application.

The proposed teen center will serve eleven surrounding towns and two high schools, Fair Haven Union High School and Poultney High School.

National Technical Honor Society Chapter inducts 7 Students

L-R: Matt Adamsen, Chelsea Tice, Patty Danahy, Becca Hall and Paige Mayer; Missing from photo were Melissa Rixon and Kayla Perry

Stafford Technical Center inducted seven students into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on May 7, 2009. The candlelight ceremony was held in Stafford’s Dollhouse Restaurant. The mission of NTHS is honor outstanding student achievement in career and technical education, promote educational excellence, and help to create strong partnerships with business and industry. These students exemplify the core values of NTHS, which are leadership, service, honesty responsibility, skill, citizenship, and scholarship. Stafford is very proud of them and their accomplishments.

The following students inducted were: Matt Adamsen-Power Mechanics/Welding (Otter Valley Union High School), Chelsea Tice-Video Production (Fair Haven Union High School) Patty Danahy-Architecture Engineering Design (Fair Haven Union High School), Becca Hall-Health Careers Academy (Proctor High School), Paige Mayer-Digital Arts (Rutland High School), Melissa Rixon-Music Technology: Jazz and Contemporary (Rutland High School), and Kayla Perry-Music Technology: Jazz and Contemporary (Otter Valley Union High School)