Corinth. NTHS membership is America’s highest

Alcorn Career & Technology Center 2101 Norman Road Corinth,MS 38834 Phone: (662) 286-7727

Rodney Hopper, Director Volume 6, Issue 2 December 2016

"The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's

possible to achieve the American

dream."

-Tommy Hilfiger

"Without labor nothing

prospers."

-Sophocles

The Alcorn Career and Technology Center held its nineteenth annual National Technical Honor Society Induction on Monday night, November 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Alcorn Education Center board room in Corinth. NTHS membership is America's highest award in workforce education. Students are selected based on teacher recommendation, good attendance, good character, grades, and alignment for program completion.

Rodney Hopper, Alcorn Career and Technology Center Director, began the program by welcoming students and parents. Alexis Holley, NTHS vicepresident, led the pledge of allegiance. Jennifer Koon, NTHS co-sponsor, explained the club purpose, official emblem, insignia, colors, motto and slogan and assisted Shawna Smith, NTHS president, with the candle lighting ceremony. Presenting certificates and pins to the students were Tila Johnson, Health Sciences instructor; Nan Nethery, Teacher Academy Instructor; David Nowell, Agriculture and Natural Resource Instructor; Steve Shaw, Digital Media Instructor, Lee Busby, Automotive Instructor; and Rodney Hopper, Director. Joyce Suitor, NTHS co-sponsor, closed the program. Refreshments were served.

NTHS Members Pictured in the photo are: front row (l-r ) Cadi Bray ?

Health Sciences; Brianna Grimes ? Health Sciences; Alexis Holley ? Health Sciences; Shawna Smith ? Health Sciences; Lainie Jarman ? Teacher Academy;

Chloe Malone ? Digital Media Technology; Gracie Hinton ? Teacher Academy; Kayla Lee ? Polymer Science; and Allison Maricle ? Health Sciences. Back row (l-r): Rodney Hopper ? Director at ACTC; Lili Wall ? Digital Media Technology; Matthew Lambert ? Agriculture and Natural Resources; Jacob Dooley ? Teacher Academy; Benjamin Marshall ? Polymer Science; T.J. Essary ? Automotive Service Technology; Kenny Warren ? Automotive Service Technology; Will Poindexter ? Polymer Science; Carleigh Holt ? Digital Media Technology; Mariah Wooten ? Digital Media Technology; Greg Miller ? Automotive Service Technology and Abigail Parvin ? Marketing. Not pictured are Kaitlyn Box ? Health Sciences/Polymer Science and Gabrielle Mardis ? Teacher Academy.

2016-2017 NTHS Officers Front row (l-r) Shawna Smith ? president; Alexis

Holley ? vice-president; Lainie Jarman ? secretary; Lili Wall ? treasurer; and Mariah Wooten ? reporter.

" The pessimist sees difficulty in

every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity

in every difficulty. "

-Winston Churchill

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Ag. & Natural Resources

Matthew Lambert

Marketing Brady Spencer

Ag. Power & Machinery Dylan Sanders

Career Pathway Experience Kaitlyn Box

Automotive Service Technology Devon Brady

Construction Jordan Chadwell

The Alcorn Career and Technology Center is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Box has been named the ACTC Rotary Student of the Month for January 2017. Kaitlyn, the daughter of Kevin and Kristle Box and Jinger Box, is a senior at Kossuth High School. She is a program completer in both the Health Sciences Program and Polymer Science Program at ACTC and was nominated for this honor by her Health Sciences instructor, Mrs. Tila Johnson and Polymer Science instructor, Stephanie Parsons.

At the Alcorn Career and Technology Center, Kaitlyn is a member of the HOSA organization, where she serves as president, and the Polymer Science Club, where she currently serves as vice-president. She serves as a Career Delegate for the Alcorn Career and Technology Center and is also the student member for the ACTC administrative and guidance advisory committee. At Kossuth High School, she has been a member of FBLA, FFA, the Spanish Cub and Math and Science Club.

Kaitlyn's community service includes volunteering through the Alcorn County Disaster Drill, making bags for Moms Foundation, volunteering at the Alcorn County Health Fair, Kindergarten Health Fair, pregnancy and infant loss awareness event, Junior Leadership Alcorn, Adopt a Grandparent program and the ACTC Food Drive.

After graduation, Kaitlyn plans to attend Northeast Mississippi Community College, where she plans to major in nursing. Upon graduating from NEMCC, her goal is to continue her education, at a university, earning her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Her ultimate goal is to work with pediatric oncology patients.

Digital Media Tech. Kelli Kiddy

Health Sciences Law & Public Safety

Ali Maricle

Isaac Rorie

Metal Fabrication Bryant Marsh

Polymer Science Peyton Jackson

Teacher Academy Samantha Hamlin

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The Career and Technical Education Organizations at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center recently sponsored a canned food drive for the needy of our area. The food drive took place during the month of October and we had a friendly competition to see which organization could bring in the most amount of food.

FFA brought in the most food items and was the winner of the ACTC community service trophy. Can totals were as follows:

FFA 1162

TSA 278

Educators Rising 275

HOSA 243

DECA 217

SkillsUSA 213

Total: 2,388

. Many thanks to all of these CTE organizations for their contributions. The food was delivered to the AMEN (Alcorn Ministering to Emergency Needs) Food Pantry on October 28, 2016.

Emily Essary of Business Fundamentals/Marketing was the winner of the attendance prize drawing for two Malco movie tickets. The drawing was conducted after the first nine weeks, from among all students who had perfect attendance. All students with perfect attendance were awarded cards for a free yogurt from Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt. Many thanks to Malco and Gooseberry Frozen Yogurt for helping us to promote good attendance in school and the workplace.

Pictured, below, are Emily Essary (left) and her Business Fundamentals/Marketing instructor, Diane Daughtry.

Sgt. Edwards and SFC Webb of the U.S. Army visited the ACTC campus on December 6. They spoke to students concerning career options in the U.S. Army. Any student or parent seeking more information should contact SFC Nicholas A. Webb at (662) 2866355 or email at nicholas.a.webb.mil@mail.mil.

Each year , the Alcorn Career and Technology Center celebrates Red Ribbon Week to promote the future of a drug free workforce. Several activities were planned throughout the week of October 2428, 2016. Monday of this special week was a day to distribute red ribbons, decorate the school and learn about the purpose of Red Ribbon Week. Tuesday was "Give Drugs the Boot" day. Wednesday was "We Mustache You to Be Drug Free" day. Thursday was "Pack

the Pick-up" day. and Friday was "Wear Red" day.

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MCEF Student of the Month

The following was read about our ACTC Director, Mr. Rodney Hopper when he recently received the 2016 Alliance Agricultural Stewardship Award:

For over 30 years, this recipient has promoted agriculture in our community and helped cultivate agriculture's legacy through education and leadership. He is a native of Tippah County and has been a fixture in the agricultural and education community, here in Alcorn County, since 1982. Many, many Alcorn Countians can credit their knowledge of agriculture, welding, and leadership principles to his patient guidance and instruction.

After getting his 4 children though High School at Kossuth, he moved to the Alcorn Career and Technology Center as the Ag Mechanics instructor, influencing a new generation of students from across the county. He also worked with Caterpillar to identify specific skill sets needed. He later became the Assistant Director and is now the Vocational Director, where he continues to promote Agriculture and Vocational programs. He is also retired from the Army National Guard as a Lt. Colonel.

He received his Ag Education degree from Mississippi State University and his Master's Degree from the University of North Alabama. He is married to Lisha Hinton Hopper and they have 4 children and 9 grandchildren.

It is our pleasure to present this year's Alliance Agricultural Stewardship Award to Mr. Rodney Hopper.

Below, Mr. Hopper (left) receives the award from Alliance CEO, Brian McCullen.

The Mississippi Construction Education Foundation has recognized Ethan Davis as their North District Student of the Month for November.

Winners are chosen based on grades, attendance, discipline in class, outstanding achievements, leadership abilities, and postgraduation plans. All will compete for student of the year honors at the foundation's annual awards program next April.

"We congratulate our student of the month winners for being such excellent representatives of high school career tech programs in Mississippi," said Mike Barkett, MCEF president. "We're proud of each of them for helping ensure our state has a highly skilled workforce to support the state's growing construction and manufacturing industries."

Ethan is a model student, with no discipline history and works hard in the classroom and shop. He is a junior at Biggersville High School and is working toward the completion of the Construction program, under the instruction of Tim Bradley, at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center. He has been an ACTC Student of the Quarter and is a SkillsUSA member. In 2016, he was the SkillsUSA Regional and State Champion in the masonry competition.

As the State Champion, Ethan represented the state of Mississippi in Louisville, Kentucky, summer of 2016, at the SkillsUSA National Masonry Career Development Event. He plans to attend Northeast MS Community College after graduation.

MCEF is a non-profit educational foundation that provides NCCER craft training and credentialing in more than 100 career and technical programs across the state. The foundation's mission is to train individuals for the construction and manufacturing industries in Mississippi.

Congratulations, Ethan!

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