volume 15, issue 4 july, 2013 walker career...
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Volume 15, Issue 4
July, 2013
Walker Career Center Teaching Today, Training For A Lifetime
Business Education Family and Consumer Sciences
Engineering and Technology Education
Career and Technical
Education Programs
Architectural Drafting
Auto Collision Repair Technology
Auto Service Technology
Commercial and Digital Photography
Computer Networking Technology
Construction Technology
Cosmetology
Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Dental Assisting
Early Childhood Education
Education Professions
Electronics & Computer Technology
Finance Academy
Graphic Imaging Technology
Health Careers
Precision Tool Technology
Project Lead the Way
Pre-Engineering
Biomedical Sciences
Radio Broadcasting
Video Production
Welding Technology
For Information on Walker Career Center
programs, call 532-6150
www.warren.k12.in.us
Serving students from:
Warren Central High School
Greenfield Central High School
New Palestine High School
Mt. Vernon High School
Morristown High School
Triton Central High School
2012-2013 Highlights Warren Central High School students Mariah Keane, Liliana Patino, Stephanie Tinsley, and Jatana
Ketterman, participated in the Project SEED internship program this summer through the PLTW
Biomedical Sciences program.
FYI- Dave Garvey, WCC's Construction Trades instructor participated in WFYI Teacher project.
WFYI filmed at the WCC Construction Trades house.
Walker Career Center received another $10,000 grant from the 3M Company for being name a
PRIME school by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for the second year. Last year we were
one of six schools in the nation, this year they have added additional schools and Walker was
selected once again for having a top manufacturing engineering program in the nation!
Walker Career Center selected as the host site for Governor-elect Pence’s commercial focusing on
CTE.
Mayor Ballard chose WCC to announce a Marion County Robotics Tournament that was held at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse in January. Randy Decker, WCHS/WCC sponsor, and his team
competed and serve as mentors to all the new teams in Marion County. WCC/WCHS students
appeared on Channel 6 with Mayor Ballard showcasing our Robotics program.
Walker Career Center was featured on WIBC. Randy Decker and his students were interviewed
about this weekend's Marion County VEX Championships at Banker's Life. Warren had three
teams competing. Mailika States, Ellie Honious, Gabriel Shelton, and Nick Pinco won the top
award at the Indianapolis VEX City Championships at Bankers Life. The Excellence Award was
the highest honor of the championships and was presented by VEX Robotics and Mayor Ballard.
This award was presented to a team who was not only great competitors, but one who went out of
their way to help others. All of our students played a major role in our victory! They also
qualified to compete in the World Championships in April in California. Congratulations to
Randy Decker, students, mentors and parents. Mayor Ballard presented the VEX trophy on
WCTV.
Steve Rogers, ETE Department Chairperson earned his doctoral degree.
Dental Assisting and Construction Trades were approved for dual credit from Ivy Tech.
Auto Collision was approved by Vincennes University for dual credit.
WCC hosted an August press conference announcing the Jane Pauley Community Dental Clinic.
Official opening of the Jane Pauley Dental Clinic was on April 18, 2013. We opened with 8
patients scheduled. Dr. Kelli Dewell is the clinics dentist and Stefani Vestal is the clinic’s office
manager.
WCC Culinary Arts program was selected as one of the Top 100 Culinary Arts Programs in the
nation by Sullivan University.
WCC participated in the grand opening of the MediaPlex (Allyson Strother and Mike Espich on
planning committee).
Construction Trades sold House 25 (3rd Smart Home-$185,000).
PLTW Biomed students participated in a Day in the Life of a Scientist as students worked to find
a cure for breast cancer.
In October, WCC hosted 150 business partners for our annual Advisory Board dinner. (Thanks
Carol Rice and her team!)
Mariah Keane, senior at Warren Central/Walker Career Center was selected to receive the 2013
Indiana Career and Technical Education Secondary Students' Award for Excellence. Project Lead
the Way – Pre-Engineering won the Award for the Secondary Program and the Electronics/
CEDIA/ESPA won the Partnership Award. (Continued on page 2)
2012-2013 Highlights (cont.) Rick Ferguson is the WCC Teacher of the Year and Mike Bennett is the WCC Support Staff Member of the
Year.
Congratulations to Dyonda Williams! Dyonda has been nominated by Judge Sheryl Lynch of the Marion
County Circuit Court as an outstanding teacher in her community!
Students from Walker Career Center had a great showing at the annual Indiana Association of School
Broadcasters competition. There were 25 schools competing in 24 different competitions. In Radio, senior,
Peter Hood, won 3rd place in the Play by Play contest. His submission was based upon a Warren Central
football game earlier this school year. In Video Production, Walker Career Center walked away with second
and third places. Senior, Jocelyn Teliz, won second place with her performance as a live news anchor and in
the same category was senior, Allison Edmonds with third place. This was the first time in our competition
history that Walker Career Center had two students in the top three of the competition. Congratulations to
these students and their sponsors, Dennis Jarrett, Chris Pollock and Bill Whitehair.
Congratulations to the Digital Goats for their second place finish at the Smoky Mountain Regional. They
won the Industrial Design Award trophy. We had the fastest robot there and it was impressive.
Walker Career Center students were on hand when the Governor signed 2 career education bills.
Walker Career Center had state champs in four categories at the Indiana Skills USA State Contest: Quishala
Irby - Commercial Baking (two years in a row, qualified for nationals); Hannah Davis - Dental Assisting
(qualified for nationals); Christina Gonzales, Kimberly Torres, Niakia Anderson - Health Knowledge Bowl
and Dakota Wilkins - Residential Wiring - Smart House. Also placing was Nicole Hodges, Jordyn Taylor -
2nd place in Nail Tech; Chris Smyth - 2nd place in Residential Wiring; Malika Carver - 2nd place in Basic
Healthcare Skills; and Brittany Gray - 3rd place in Basic Healthcare Skills.
Hill-Rom Industries, a medical equipment manufacturer located in Batesville, IN, donated approximately
$40,000 of equipment to our Health Careers Lab at the end last November. We now have 4 new beds as a
result of their generosity.
Walker Career Center’s PLTW Engineering Program was awarded the 2013 Indiana Career and Technical
Education Award for Excellence for high school engineering programs. Mr. Tim Tarplee, Mrs. Becky Taylor,
Mr. James Hanson, and Dr. Steve Rogers along with Cindy Frey and Lou Anne Schwenn attended the awards
program in April. Our PLTW engineering program was voted the best in the state for 2013!
Mr. Rick Ferguson’s welding students competed in the Midwest Welding Competition with one of his
students, Justin Wildrick finishing 4th place in Aluminum TIG welding.
Walker Career Centers’ Mr. Hanson’s lead a group of six students, Jordan Britian, Astrid Hunt, LaShawn Lee,
Michael Linares, Alex Rogers, & Carlos Trujillo who competed and won the Nanoline Regional Contest held
in West Lafayette, IN. They then competed in the national contest in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and finished
second in the nation!
James Taylor – nominee for the Governor and Cheri Daniels School Health Award
WCTV produced all the football pregame shows and the game on the new Scoreboard.
Township awarded Race to the Top $28.5 million dollar grant. (WCC will benefit greatly!)
Walker Career Center was recognized as an Ivy Tech Career Center Partner of the Year.
Students Earn Internship at Eli Lilly Daijah Jones (left) and Krishala Walker (right) are having a
busy summer. They began their internship with Eli Lilly as part of
their Administrative Co-Operative Education Program (ACOE) this
July. They will continue the program throughout their senior year,
The program is designed to host young people involved in businesses
classes and give them a professional experience in the corporate
world. Daijah and Krishala both has to submit resumes, transcripts
and attendance records to earn the opportunity to interview. They
were then required to interview at the Lilly corporate center and were
among a group of students from a variety of Marion County schools.
They will serve Lilly well and be great students representatives of
Walker Career Center.
Letter from the Director As I reflect over the past eight years as the Director of Walker Career
Center, I have a sense of pride. It has been a wonderful chapter in my career in
part because of all the great teachers, staff and students who have touched my
life.
I came to the career center eighteen years ago as a guidance counselor.
I was eager to learn about all the great things that Walker had to offer. In a very
short time, I realized that ―great things‖ were abundant at the Walker Career
Center.
Over the past few years, we have added programs such as Cosmetology,
Health Careers, Smart Home Electronics, Project Lead the Way: Pre-
Engineering and Biomedical Sciences. We have built numerous partnerships
with Eli Lilly, Rolls Royce, Community Hospitals, Jane Pauley Community
Health Center, CEDIA, Major Tool and Die to name a few. The students and
staff bring the most satisfaction as I reflect on all the different state and
national awards and recognitions Walker has celebrated over the past years.
As I move into my new position, I am excited to see a future with great things to come at Walker. I
am thrilled to have Cindy Frey move into the director’s position. As the Assistant Director, she has been the
key to many of the successes Walker has already celebrated. Under her leadership, the possibilities are end-
less.
Walker Career Center is second to none when it comes to programs, teachers and facilities which
provide our students countless opportunities to explore their future careers. Thank you to staff, students,
parents and community for your continued support of the Walker Career Center!
National SkillsUSA This past June,
Walker Career Center was
represented by students,
Queshala Irby and Hannah
Davis and teachers, Carol
Rice and Candy Ryan at the
National SkillUSA competi-
tion in Kansas City, Missouri.
Career and Technical Educa-
tion students from around the
country compete in their tech-
nical skills areas or in leader-
ship events. Queshala Irby
competed in the Commercial
Baking and Hannah Davis
competed in Dental Assisting.
Hannah shared, ―My week in
Kansas City was such an
awesome experience that I'm
glad I could be apart of. I had
a blast meeting new people
from all around the country
and getting to talk to them
about their competitions and how they prepared themselves. The whole week was just non stop fun and ex-
citement! If anyone has a chance to ever be involved in SkillsUSA, they should definitely do it and chal-
lenge themselves to become better at their skill!‖
Pictured left to right—Queshala Irby, Carol Rice, Hannah Davis and Candy Ryan
100% of the cost of this publication is paid for by funds awarded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. Warren Central High School and
Walker Career Center do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap in its educational programs, services, and employment practices.
Editor and Layout: Mrs. Cindy Frey; Printing by: Mr. Dave Prevost and Ms. Billie Jo Haeberle
100% of the cost of this publication is paid for by funds awarded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. Warren Central High School and Walker Career Center do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, or handicap in its educational programs, services, and employment practices.
Editor and Layout: Mrs. Cindy Frey; Printing by: Mr. Dave Prevost and Ms. Billie Jo Haeberle
Walker Career Center Honor Society 2012-2013
Walker Career Center honored students who completed their career and technical education pro-gram in May. Each student received a career portfolio containing their personal Competency Profile and Certificate of Completion. Students were honored by their teacher, as well as, all other students, family, teachers and administrators who were in attendance. Also recognized at the awards program were students who met the eligibility criteria for the Walker Career Center Honor Society. In order to be accepted as a member, students must have at least a B+ average in their career and technical education program, have good attendance minimum C overall average, and no discipline concerns. In addition, students must complete at least two community service activities. First year juniors and seniors received a membership certificate and second year seniors received a two-year membership certificate and black and silver honor cords that were worn at graduation.
Second Year
SENIORS
Tanisha Birden
Leticia Culajay
Joseph Euliss
Samantha Flis
Chrishawn Hall
Cortney Hicks
Dashia Hinton
Malcolm Marshall
Arielle Payne
Robert Roucoulet
First Year
SENIORS
Lynsey Bartlett
Makia Carver
Grace Douglas
Emily Dupnik
Katherine Eaton
Brad Frye
Symone’ Gladney
Rashelle Haliburton
Ashley Hutton
Madilyne Lawver
Jessica Love
Carrington Murry
Jonathan Powell
Brianna Robinson
De’sjonna Ross
Erin Russell
Azjani Sprinkles
Madeleine Stewart
Ashley Webb
Centera Webb
JUNIORS
Donovan Bolding
Jeremy Booth
Joseph Buell
Sharanda Campbell
Aaron Cool
Justin Croft
Ashli Eaton
Darius Gardner
Brittany Gong
Patric Guy
Meagan Hagerman
Tyler Honeycutt
Daijah Jones
Dakota Lilly
Diamond Mayberry
Megan Mellene
Elite Page
Deveny Rhem
Elvia Sanchez
Sinara Sandoval
Jai Sharp
Carl Small
Chelsea Smith
Ceaira Stamper
Daijourne Strode
DeArmond Wadington
SOPHOMORES
Andrew Aughe
Gabriella Bettegnies
Elisabeth Garza
Portia Jefferson
Lillian King