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STCN Winter Storm Watch
STCN’S KEVIN RICHER
(RUTLAND, VT) As of 8PM EDT the snowstorm is currently switching over to heavy wet snow across the area. Road conditions are deteriorating across the state. The Vermont Department of Transportation is reporting that road conditions are difficult. Please slow down if you have to travel this evening. Due to the storm Rutland City Public Schools will be closed tomorrow.
The National Weather Service has been tweaking their forecast a little as they are calling for 6-12 inches of wet, heavy snow and up to a tenth of an inch of ice. Over the night tonight we will see rain and snow mixing on and off. Between 9pm tonight and 2am tomorrow is when we will see the heaviest snowfall rates as we could see up to 1-2 inches of snow per hour. Tomorrow we will continue to see a mix of rain and snow as temperatures will only be around the freezing mark. We will see additional accumulations of about 1-3 inches.
Keep checking staffordonline.org for the latest on this winter storm.
Another Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Another great day at the Stafford Technical Center Children’s Center. If you haven’t visited in a while take a look at our new tricycle raceway and storage shed – built by our very own summer Construction Campers. The Children’s Center is located in the Human Services Program and is a State licensed child care center. We accept 15 children into our multi-age class of 3-5 year olds. We still have two openings available! Call now to visit 802-770-1042.
Opening Week 2014
Welcome back to all of our awesome students and staff. It has been a great first week! Our new Director, Ted Guilmette, cruised through his first welcome back assemble with ease and highlighted all the reasons we’ve chosen Stafford to be our home. We look forward to another great week next week and to seeing everyone at our fall open house (Sept. 4th @ 6pm).
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.
Contact us at 770-1050 for more information.
Stafford Inducts 7 into National Technical Honor Society
Stafford Technical Center inducted seven students into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on May 6, 2010 during a candlelight ceremony in the Dollhouse Restaurant. The mission of NTHS is to 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, citizenship, service, honesty, responsibility, skill, and scholarship. Stafford is very proud of these outstanding individuals.
Inductees L-R: Haley Cotrupi-Public Safety Services (Mill River Union High School), John DeMatties-Forestry & Natural Resources (Poultney High School), Arianna Lynn-Digital Arts (Rutland High School), Mercedes LaPlant-Human Services (Proctor High School), Molly Spaulding-Health Careers (Fair Haven Union High School), Cierra Phelps-Public Saftety Services (Mill River Union High School), and Emily Patch-Hospitality & Entrepreneurship (Mill River Union High School)
Stafford SADD Members Underwrite Christ the King DARE Program Expenses
The Stafford Technical Center SADD Chapter was advised by Bill Lucci, a parent of a Christ the King student and Assistant Director-Adult Technical Education at Stafford Technical Center that the Christ the King DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program at Christ the King School was in need of funds to pay for the expenses for running the program. The Rutland City Police Department has agreed to provide the services of the DARE Instructor, Officer Keith Lorman, who has undergone specific training to provide the DARE core curriculum to fifth or sixth graders. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts and a generally poor economic environment, the funds pay for the program’s expenses were not there. Mr. Lucci told the SADD members about the plight of Mrs. Barbagallo’s fifth grade class, and they unanimously voted to donate the funds ($200) to run the programs.
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) is a peer leadership program designed to make students role models of responsible behaviors and to act to reduce negative behaviors, such as drug usage. The students saw the opportunities to help the younger students in this case as a perfect example of the type of positive activities that they should be promoting. Normally, the SADD Chapter never has any additional funds, but the chapter just won $1200 as national finalists in a contest involving distracted driving that was run through ActOutLoud.org. The SADD members have chosen to deal with the issue of eating while driving in this contest and their project will be promoted on that site and there will be voting through that site from May 10-21, for the winners, who will get $10,000.
The Stafford Technical Center SADD Chapter is made up of Mill River Union High School students Kayla Jones, Nate Hance, James Reed, Cantlin Eaton, Cierra Phelps, Erika Stocker, and Haley Cotrupi, Rutland High School students Ashley Barnes, Chris Crout, Jamie Bonilla and Jordan Grenier, West Rutland High School student Kayla Stewart, Proctor High School student Kyle Lenher, and Otter Valley Union High School students Joanna Lilly and Geoffry McDonald.
Stafford Technical Center Students Go “Up, Up, and Away With FCCLA” at the 2010 NH FCCLA Spring Leadership Conference
Ten student members of the Stafford Technical Center chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) attended the New Hampshire FCCLA annual Spring Leadership Conference on April 8th and 9th, in Bartlett, NH, at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel. This year’s conference theme was “Up, Up, and Away With FCCLA”. Approximately 250 members, advisors, and volunteers from New Hampshire and Vermont attended the conference. FCCLA – Family, Career and Community Leaders of America – is the Ultimate Leadership Experience. FCCLA is a national student organization that helps students become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
Every year, FCCLA chapters take part in a nationwide community service project. This year our students are contributing to FCCLA’s National Outreach Project called DIG IT. The money raised from this campaign will go to Children’s Miracle Network. The Stafford Chapter raised $100.00 will go directly the Fletcher Allen Children’s Hospital, the Vermont member the Children’s Miracle Network.
The Stafford Technical Center FCCLA Chapter were also recognized for their outstanding achievements. The following awards were given to members of Stafford’s FCCLA Chapter.
Applied Technology
Bronze Medal and $1,000 scholarship to Johnson and Wales University – Charlena Breon (West Rutland) and Mercedes LaPlant (Proctor)
Chapter Service Project
Silver Medal – Ariel Martin (Otter Valley), Amy Lincoln (West Rutland), Rebecca Raymond (Rutland)
Job Interview
Silver Medal and $750.00 scholarship to Johnson and Wales University – Jack Kearney (Rutland)
Chapter Showcase
Silver Medal – Nikki Broadwell (Rutland), Laura Brown (Rutland), Brittany Hance (Otter Valley)
Focus on Children
Silver Medal – Highest score and eligible to compete at the national convention in Chicago – Alyssa Hartwell (Rutland)
Left to Right:Charlena Breon (WRHS), Alyssa Hartwell (RHS), Jack Kearney (RHS), Ariel Martin (OVUHS), Amy Lincoln (WRHS), Brittany Hance (OVUHS), Nikki Broadwell (RHS), Mercedes LaPlant (PHS), Laura Brown (MRUHS), and Rebecca Raymond (RHS)
Welch Hangs with the All Stars
US Representative Peter Welch recently visited Stafford Technical Center. He toured the facility and spoke with Program Instructors and students. One of the stops along the tour was Stafford’s Music Technology; Jazz and Contemporary Program. The students and instructor, Bill Comstock, performed a musical number for the Congressman.
Pictured in photo-L to R: Cameron Watts (Mill River), Frank Venturella (RHS), Jessica Wood (Fair Haven), Jonathan Russell (Fair Haven), Rachel Fillioe (Mill River), Mike Labelle (RHS), Congressman Welch, Alex Horner (RHS), Eric Pillon (Otter Valley), Tanya Averill ( Otter Valley), Steve Shanahan (Mill River), Bill Comstock-Instructor, Tyler Johnson (West Rutland), Austin Herber (Fair Haven)
Two Stafford Students Win Governor’s Award for Community Service
Two Stafford Technical Center students, Erika Stocker of Wallingford, and Ashley Barnes of Rutland, recently won the Governor’s Award for Community Service in the youth division. Both girls are seniors in the Public Safety Services Program and are members of the Students Against Destructive Decisions Chapter at Stafford Technical Center. The awards are granted through the Vermont Commission on National and Community Service, a bipartisan committee of 15 persons appointed by the governor. Both Ashley and Erika have also been nominated for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award at the gold level.
Ashley Barnes has been an active member of the Rutland City Police Cadets and has done hundreds of hours of assisting with traffic and crowd control, parades, training and other events over a 2 and a half year period. Ashley has assisted Detective Ray LaMoria of the Rutland City Police in teaching the RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) Program to all sorts of people, from elementary school students, to high school students, to college students, and to special populations. Ashley plans on becoming a trainer in this program.
Both Ashley and Erika are both active members of the Stafford Technical Center SADD Chapter, and have donated hundreds of hours in training, and in projects designed to reduce the incidence of underage drinking, promote positive personal behaviors, provide positive role models, and to reduce other negative behaviors such as drug usage, dating violence, bullying, etc. They have presented on topics such as “Improper Cell Phone Use”, “Sexting”, and “Teen Dating Violence” at a number of schools and the state-wide Governor’s Youth Leadership Conference. They have been part of a number of highway safety projects, including the “Slow Down, Stick Around” Program which partnered community members and area libraries in an attempt to increase awareness of the dangers of speeding in cars.
Erika has been a very involved member of the Wallingford Fire Department, where she has done every task possible for a junior firefighter for the last five years. She has reported to car crashes, fire scenes, fundraisers, community benefit programs, and training. Her dedication is such that she has on more than one occasion been at a fire scene so late into the night that she came directly to school from the fire scene.