Tech Times
February 2024
February is CTE Month!
Career and Technical Education month is a nationally recognized public awareness campaign recognizing the importance of workforce preparedness and value of teaching and learning skilled trades. We are PROUD of the work that we do every day at SRTC! With 640 students from eight area schools immersed 21 different programs ranging from Health Occupations to Architecture, Cosmetology, IT & Networking and beyond: we're celebrating students' academic achievements, lowering the workforce skills gap, reducing dropout rates and building a better economic future. We're happy to share a look into the daily life of a student at SRTC with our regional school community!
SRTC Director, Matt Petermann represented the Sanford Regional Technical Center at the Maine State House Hall of Flags in Augusta to kick-off CTE month. He met with state and local legislators and government officials and proudly displayed student made products, items from some of our programs and videos of our school. Check out this article about the event from the Maine DOE Fostering the Future
Director Matt Petermann pictured with Senator Matt Harrington in the Hall of Flags with a couple images he captured of the beautiful sunrise from the Maine State House
Celebrating CTE Month with our first ever SPIRIT WEEK!
The competition was FIERCE as students pulled out all of the stops decorating themselves and their classrooms in a battle of flannel and flair looking to earn the bragging rights of being the winners of SRTC Spirit Week 2024. Officer Michael "Tipper" Thornton and his crew took a strong lead with Mondays "Proud to be CTE" theme and the bar was officially set! Law Enforcement took the trophy for the AM session in a landslide, but in a dead lock battle for the PM session it was the Academy of Business who proved victorious after a close 1% defeat of the Law Enforcement PM group. In the end it all came down to attendance! These groups will now hold the coveted SRTC Spirit Week trophy graciously designed and fabricated by Gavin Ericson of the Engineering Application with Robotics Program. We're looking forward to making this a yearly tradition at SRTC (which should give Tipper just enough time to get all of the boa feathers and glitter cleaned out of his classroom)!
PM Winner
Academy of Business
AM Winner
Law Enforcement
Culinary Arts Opens the SRTC Café
The smell of bacon and bananas foster are permeating through the hallways at SRTC and it must be making it's way to town too because business has been BOOMING since opening day of the SRTC Café! Chef John Couture and his students in both the AM and PM sessions of Culinary Arts are cooking up a storm serving breakfast & lunch Wednesdays and Thursdays now through mid-May. They are fine tuning their techniques in planning & food preparation, cooking, presentation, and serving in a fine dining atmosphere. In just the first week of operation they have received rave reviews from guests! Check out this wonderful article by Jack Adams of the Sanford Springvale News Valentines Day at the SRTC Café. Breakfast seating's at 8:30, 8:45 and 9:00 am. Lunch seating's at 11:15, 11:30 and 11:45 am. Reservations can be made at https://tableagent.com/portland-maine/srtc-cafe/
"Food was wonderful, service was impeccable and efficient and the setting was warm and welcoming."
-Guest, Kortney Nadeau in a review from Facebook. Special thanks to her for that mouth watering breakfast photo below too!
SRTC Presents... Student of the Quarter - Q2
Join us in congratulating these motivated students on achieving recognition from their instructors and peers as the outstanding Student of the Quarter in their respective programs.
Props to Alli for stopping for a quick cheese while in full set makeup. Hey - York High School yearbook committee.. This ones a keeper!
AM Session
Video Production - Hannah Morgan Sanford
Law Enforcement - Ryan Cray Sanford
Academy of Business - Jacob Cardoza Marshwood
Career Exploratory - Randy Lamb Kennebunk
Automotive Technology - Stanley Ouellette Sanford
Digital Design - Lucy LaRosa Marshwood
Culinary Arts - Gavyn Blood Noble
Automotive Collision Repair - Gavin Fortier Noble
Precision Manufacturing - Booker Sylvain Noble
Building Trades - Mackie Bogh Marshwood
Engineering Applications w/ Robotics - Gavin Ericson Sanford
Engineering & Architectural Design - Taylor Udy Marshwood
Cosmetology - Taylor Gnirk Noble
Plumbing - Jacob Emmons Kennebunk
Information Technology & Networking - Chris Hampton Massabesic
Landscaping & Horticulture - Sydney Pelletier Noble
Emergency Medical Technician - Raissa Pedro Sanford
Electrical Wiring - Jackson Picard Massabesic
PM Session
Video Production - Allison Rutherford York
Academy of Business - Georgia Jackson Traip Academy
Career Exploratory - Ashton Dale Sanford
Digital Design - Jake Page Noble
Automotive Technology - Casey Maguire Kennebunk
Culinary Arts - Lexie Harvey Noble
Landscaping & Horticulture - Justin Trefry Kennebunk
Automotive Collision Repair - Lane Payeur Sanford
Precision Manufacturing - Kris Bataran Sanford
Building Trades - Ceara FitzGerald Massabesic
Engineering Applications w/ Robotics - Reed Pettiglio Home School
Cosmetology - Lindsey Ricker Sanford
Plumbing - Brandon Kennedy Sanford
Engineering & Architectural Design - Jonah Barstow Kennebunk
Information Technology & Networking - Ryan Gonroski Marshwood
Emergency Medical Technician - Kyle Breckon York
Electrical Wiring - Eric LaChapelle Sanford
Lights... Camera... ACTION!
SRTC Hosted 1300+ Sophomores from Kennebunk, Marshwood, Massabesic, Noble, Sanford, Traip Academy, Wells and York High Schools over the course of 2 weeks. These students signed up for tours of SRTC to learn more about programs of interest and witness first hand a day in the life of a student at SRTC, prior to making their decision to apply. Between hosting our sophomore visitors, we also opened our doors for an Admissions Open House. This was a great opportunity for the those prospective students to bring their families along to tour classroom & lap space and learn more about dual enrollment opportunities and certification options available at SRTC. And boy did they turn out! Over 500 visitors came through our doors in just under 2 hours for this event.
We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to our amazing student ambassadors who volunteered their time during and after school to join us at the presentation assemblies and assisted their instructors at open house, interacting with guests and promoting their programs. These students are the heartbeat of SRTC and we're so proud to call them ours!
Sophomore Visits
Open House
Admissions season is in full swing at SRTC - If you are or know of a high school student interested in applying to SRTC for enrollment in the 2024-2025 school year, please complete this application by our deadline of March 1st!
For more information on our school, please visit out website https://www.sanford.org/o/sanford-regional-technical-center/page/interest-form-pathways-videos to watch in-depth videos on every program offered.
*These videos were expertly crafted by our very own SRTC superstars James Harmon (Video Productions Instructor) and Sarah Schnell of WSSRTV*
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TOGETHER WE ARE... SRTC!
