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C o l l i n s v i l l e A R e a V o c a t i o n a l C e n t e r
Na t i o n a l T e c h n i c a l h o n o r S o c i e t y
2013-14 Members
Emily Johann
Katie Kindle
Gabrielle Borders

Mission: To honor student achievement and leadership, promote educational excellence, award
scholarships, and enhance career opportunities for the NTHS membership.
Vision: To be the international leader in providing recognition for excellence in career and technical
education.
Committed To:
Providing the highest quality recognition for outstanding students in career and technical education,
Supplying excellent services to our diverse and multi-cultural membership and member schools,
Providing scholarship opportunities for its members,
Creating new and emerging relationships between the educational community and business and industry,
Being a flexible organization on the leading edge of technology and constantly responding to change,
Maintaining financial responsibility to meet our increasing needs,
Sustaining growth, innovation and continuous improvement based upon ongoing evaluation.
Collinsville Area Vocational Center (CAVC) provides hands-on training in a variety of professional fields.
Instructors have real world work experience in their areas of expertise. The environment simulates a real
work environment where students can gain the skills necessary to be successful in college, trade school, the
military, and the work force.
Senior and Junior students from Collinsville, Mascoutah, and Madison school districts attend classes for two
and a half hours each day. The extended time frame allows instructors to immerse students in simulated
employment situations. Students not only learn step-by-step procedures associated with their field, they also
learn to work together, collaborate, and problem solve.
In addition to advanced curriculum, qualified instructors, and a dynamic environment, many students have
the opportunity to earn college credit from Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC). These credits are free
and available as part of the students enrollment in many of our CAVC classes. Most of the credits are
transferrable to other educational institutions and can save families thousands of dollars!
What is the AVC ?
CAVC Students Past and Present Top in the Nation at Skills Competition
Two Collinsville Vocational Center machining students and three graduates now attending SWIC for
machining attended the Skills USA 50th National Leadership and Skills Conference in June.

During their week long stay in Kansas City, these students competed with over 15,000 high school and
college
students from across the nation in 98 occupational and leadership skill areas. Skills USA programs help to
establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom. Skills USA helps students discover and
grow
their career passions. As a nationwide partnership of students, instructors, and industry working together,
Skills
USA works to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Skills USA programs teach leadership, citizenship,
and
character development to complement technical skill training. The organization emphasizes respect for the
dignity of work, ethics, workmanship, scholarship, and safety. Competitors were able to spend their
evenings at Worlds of Fun Amusement Park, sampling Kansas City BBQ, and performed community
service at one of Kansas Cities historic sites. In efforts to drive home the importance of having a skill, Mike
Rowe from Dirtiest Jobs was the keynote speaker at this year's conference and showed clips of his new show
designed to promote the importance of trade skills and CTE.

In order to qualify for this National Conference students must score in the top percentage within the state
on a
written exam covering information from their skill. Once they pass this portion in February, students attend
the
state conference in April for the hands on portion of the contest. Skills USA requires students to have the
academic ability, as well as perform the skill. Not only did these students place in the top 3 of their written
exams out of students across the state who tested, they all earned gold medals at the state conference as first
in
the state in their contests. This is a huge accomplishment beating out the Chicago area schools who are
known
for their strong programs. See below what they competed in and their placements at the National
Conference.

Ryan Brunton (Sr. at CHS) competed in Precision Machining-improved from 11th to 4th in the Nation!
Matt Drost (Sr. at CHS) competed in CNC Milling- 12th in the nation
**Matt Cambell and Charles Barger (graduates of CHS, currently attending SWIC under Mark Bosworth)
competed in Post Secondary Automated Manufacturing Technology tying for 5th in the nation.
Michael Garcia (graduate of CHS, currently attending SWIC under Mark Bosworth) competed in Post
Secondary CNC Turning 6th in the nation.

All of these young men were students of Collinsville Area Vocational Center's Machining instructor, Justin
Cann who attended the conference during the competition portion and repeatedly reported his pride in
their work.
AVC 2013-14 Outstanding Students of the Year
Jacob DeLarosaAuto Body Repair
James HartAuto Mechanics
Jacob PayneBuilding Trades
Shayma Al-JaffClinical Health Occupations
Nicole HastyEarly Childhood Education
Ian HowardElectronics
Ryan BruntonPrecision Machining
Chadwick BaerWelding
Other Programs include Engineering, Web and Graphic Design, Food Services, Criminal Justice
CAVC Preschool Openings
AVC Preschool has openings for children ages 3-5-years-old.For more than 20 years, the AVC Preschool
has been helping children prepare for Kindergarten in the unique preschool setting.While high school
students are enrolled in the Early Childhood Education program, they are putting the skills they arein the
classroomwork by providing appropriate hands-on lessons and activities for the children enrolled.Due to
this distinctive set up, preschool students are given individual attention from the high school students, as
well as, the two certified instructors on a daily basis.
Preschool sessions are offered on Tues/Wed/Thurs from 9:15-11:15 and on
Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri from 11:45-1:45.The cost is $50.00 per semester
beginning on Sept. 10.Please call 618/346-6320 ext. 1226 for more information
or if you are interested in enrollment.

CAVC 2nd Annual Car Cruise and Open House
Saturday April 25th, 2015
Save the date!

Concessions, Face Painting, Dash Plaques, Blood Pressure Checks, Traffic Direction and CAVC Tours.
Music and Karaoke provided by Derek Keith of WIL 92.3

Health Occupations Society of America Students go to Nationals
Delegates from Illinois HOSA Future Health Professionals traveled to Orlando, Florida June 24 - 28 to
participate in the 2014 HOSA National Leadership Conference. Representing Illinois HOSA were 106
students participating in 35 different events. Schools in attendance included: Bartlett High School, Career
Center of Southern Illinois, Collinsville AVC, Daniel Hale Williams Prep, Dunbar Vocational Center,
Edwardsville High School, Grundy AVC, Jo Daviess Carroll Area Vocational Center, Joliet Township High
School, Massac County High School, Mt. Vernon Township High School, North Grand High School,
South Shore International School Prep, Sullivan High School, West Aurora High School, and Wilco ACC.
Congratulations to all of the delegates for their representation of Illinois HOSA.

CAVC sent eight students to this intense competition
which took place this summer. In order to be
eligible, students were required to first com plete an on-line
assessment. Once top scoring students were identified,
they then went to the HOSA state competition and tested their skills
against 750 other students from across the state. The top three places in
each area qualified to attend the national conference this summer.
CAVC Director, Dr. Tricia Blackard stated, I am so incredibly
proud of the health occupations programs we offered
here. This accomplishment validates all of the hard work these students have put in this year. Their
instructor, Ms. Sherry Modeer, and their parents must be incredibly proud. They are excellent
representatives of our community and the health care field.


Shayma Al-Jaff, Supria Autenreith, Savannah Bogus,
and Brittany Weaver
qualified in Creative Problem Solving
Kayleen Derringer and Ayla Werrbach
qualified in Community Awareness
Savannah Bogus
qualified in Epidemiology
Cheyanne Buneta
qualified in Personal Care
Chatoria Watson
qualified in Clinical Specialty



Everyone on the planet seems to be using STEM, the latest buzzword, as an
indicator that our schools are not performing at the highest level. Virtually every
article written about education in the last two years points toward increasing jobs in
STEM fields and the need for education to place more of a focus on STEM areas.
One thing to remember is that STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math. Career and technical education (CTE) has known the importance of
STEM for years. Just take a look at the common core standards for Science and
you will see a continual emphasis on problem solving, application of concepts vs. just
knowledge of them. Students today need to be able to use what they are learning.
Just remember, CTE has been applying concepts from all academic areas for years.
We have always seen the value in real world applications of learning. It is nice to
hear the rest of the education community is finally catching up with us!