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Last week, CCHS hosted a CTE Fair to highlight its Career and Technical Education programs and career pathways. The fair featured 30 booths set up throughout the main building, vocational building, and science building, showcasing a wide variety of opportunities, including local businesses and trade school programs from across the state. High school students attended during their scheduled class periods, visited booths, asked questions, and learned more about the opportunities available to them. Incoming eighth graders from CCMS also had the opportunity to attend a special morning session from 8:30-11 a.m., rotating through booths and touring CTE classrooms to explore CCHS’s offerings and get a firsthand look at the opportunities awaiting them as they enter high school next year.

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In Robert Wickware’s history classes, US History students transitioned from learning about the early presidents of the United States to exploring the events of Manifest Destiny, examining how the nation’s territory expanded in the early 1800s, and the impact these changes had on the country. In Sports History, students shifted from studying the History of the Olympics to learning about the origins of basketball, discovering how James Naismith created the sport, and how it has grown into one of the most popular sports in the world.

Numa
Students in Leslie Brown’s class compared and contrasted similar animals and created informational posters featuring hand-drawn illustrations of each. Their projects also included the animals’ predators, helping students explore food webs and understand the relationships within ecosystems.

Photo: Leslie Brown’s class displays their creative posters comparing and contrasting different animals.

E.C. Best 
Last week, Marla Wood’s class participated in Read Across America Dr. Seuss Dress-Up Week, with the highlight being Crazy Sock Day on Wednesday, when students showed off their fun, mismatched socks and shared why they chose them during community circle time. Building on the excitement of celebrating reading, Wood’s class also took part in a picture book showdown. In this literacy-themed March Madness activity, students compared authors and genres to determine the ultimate champion among 18 picture books.  Photo: Marla Wood’s class displays their colorful, mismatched socks during a community circle for Read Across America Week.

Lahontan
Debbie Swisher’s first-grade class celebrated Read Across America Week with a week full of creative and fun activities. On Monday, students made silly mixed-up zoo animals for Mixed Up Monday, and on Tuesday, they wore hats for Top Hat Tuesday and wrote about how they would get the Cat in the Hat to leave if he came to their house. Wednesday was Wacky Wednesday, and students drew wacky self-portraits. Then on Thursday, they dressed as their favorite Dr. Seuss characters while learning about Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. The week concluded with Funny Food Friday, where students dressed in green and read “Green Eggs and Ham.” Overall, the week was a joyful celebration of reading, creativity, and the timeless fun of Dr. Seuss’s stories.  Photo: First graders in Debbie Swisher’s class display their wacky self-portraits during Read Across America Week at Lahontan Elementary.