Rutland hosts Vermont’s busiest car safety seat installation clinic, where new parents, grandparents, and anyone else who transports youngsters, can bring their car safety seat and have it installed by a technician who has had specialized training. The clinics are held weekly on Thursday afternoons from 3-6 at Regional Ambulance Service. The technicians come from [...]
Two Stafford Technical Center Students recently took top prizes at the annual Lyndon State College Design Competition. Joey Henry (West Rutland High School) and 2nd year STC Digital Arts Student won first place in the poster design competition. Paige Mayer (Rutland High School) and 2nd year STC Digital Arts Student was awarded first place for leadership and a $500.00 scholarship [...]
Recently, a number of community organizations and businesses came together to hold a dinner for the family members of Rutland-area Vermont National Guard members who have been deployed to the Middle East. Working with Bethany Bergeron, Ed Gee, and Sue Gee of the Guard Family Support Services, the groups held a spaghetti and meatballs [...]
The School-Based Enterprise (SBE) at Stafford Technical Center of Rutland, Vermont was among the 43 school stores that achieved Gold Level Certification this year and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The students that worked on the Certification were Brianna Allen of Mill River Union High School, and Christina [...]
From the Technical Center Director’s Desk
Renovation Project: Jobs Now and for the Future
We are at a juncture in our decision making on the continued renovations to the out buildings and to aging infrastructure in several of our program areas. It has been impossible to miss the daily articles about the economy and State budget difficulties. [...]
On November 20, 2009, the Vermont Business Teachers’ Association held their Fall Conference at the Franklin Conference Center in Rutland, Vermont. Ms. Nancy Deuel was awarded the Barbara Gerardi Foley Award In Business Education by Melissa Connor, VBTA President.
Starting her teaching over 40 years ago, Nancy was instrumental in the transition from typewriting to keyboarding [...]
On Friday, January 29th Stafford Technical Center’s Health Careers, Human Services, and Hospitality students held a bake sale to benefit the earthquake victims of Haiti.
The students in Health Careers initiated the idea of this fundraiser. Students and staff brought in homemade treats and sold them in Campus Common Grounds (Stafford School Store) and also during STC and Rutland [...]
Cierra Phelps, a member of the Stafford Technical Center SADD Chapter, and a student in the Public Safety Services Program, was the recent recipient of competitive national grant dealing with teen dating violence prevention. The grant was one of 10 nationwide grants awarded by DoSomething.org with funds from the Liz Claiborne Foundation.
After being awarded [...]
Student members of Stafford Technical Center’s FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) are starting a donation campaign for the Children’s Miracle Network. They will collect donations and make a wall of stars with the names of the contributors on it. All money collected will be routed through the Children’s Miracle Network to Fletcher [...]
Kindergartners from Northwest School listen intently as Steve Briggs, Stafford Technical Center’s Computer Technology Instructor demonstrates how a “Bo-Bot” works. The children participated in Stafford’s annual Tool Tours Program where they have the opportunity to have their first glimpse of a technical center. Students and Instructors from Stafford’s Computer Technology, Culinary, Automotive Technology, Construction Technology, [...]
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