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KY Governor signed Executive Order

Posted on August 31, 2012
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Governor Beshear signed the Executive Order combining all Career & Technical Education under Kentucky Department of Education on Aug 28, 2012. News article link: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/28/2314596/beshear-reorganizes-career-technical.html#storylink=misearch

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Mars Rover Challenge – a blast!

Posted on March 12, 2012
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Students had a blast at the Mars Rover Challenge competition at the University of Kentucky on Saturday March 10, 2012.

Reidland Elementary1st place: iPods for each student in the team

Team Jaggernauts from Reidland Elementary, McCracken County. Students: Cody Hofer, Evan Space, Devin Jenkins, Daniel Gavan, Carson Walker

2nd place: $100 Amazon gift cards for each student in the team

The Blue tanks from Simpsonville Elementary, Shelby County. Students: Baron Lee, Miles Megibben, Josh Rowe, Nathaneal Sangster

3rd place: $50 Amazon gift cards for each student in the team

The Cookie Monsterz from Painted Stone Elementary, Shelby County. Students: Jerry Lancaster, Brady Gehrman, Brandon Ethington

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PLTW students at Heath Middle in a dragster race

Posted on February 13, 2012
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PLTW students in Heath Middle at McCracken County participated in a dragster race in December using dragsters they designed and built. See pictures below.  Television coverage of the event can be found at: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Middle-school-students-test-their-engineering-skills-135617068.html. Also, you can find youtube video about PLTW in McCracken County at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQ__Bxc44&list=UUVz0o_K5bycKitl23_FjUuQ&index=4&feature=plcp                  

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Scott County PLTW Pathway To Engineering students are VEX winners

Posted on February 10, 2012
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Scott County PLTW Pathway To Engineering (PTE) students are VEX winners!  Elkhorn Crossing School (ECS) is the career & technical center in Scott County. Congratulations to Doug Klein, PLTW PTE teacher,  the students and particularly the all-girls team! In Feb 2012, Scott County Robotics Team traveled to Cedarville University for a VEX Robotics Competition.   An award was also [...]

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Ms. Logan’s 5th grade STEM class in Elkhorn Elelmentary

Posted on November 28, 2011
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The fifth-graders in Rebecca Logan’s science class faced a tough task: build a bird feeder – squirrel proof, no less – from an assortment of plastic jugs, tape, string and coat hangers. It isn’t necessarily Logan’s strongest academic students who excel at hands-on engineering projects, but when she spots that talent, she can steer them toward [...]

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Marion County CTC and Mr. Conley

Posted on August 12, 2011
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The PLTW pipeline in Marion County is thriving and growing. Mr. Conley, the Marion County PLTW teacher housed in the ATC facility next to the high school, had 100% of his senior Engineering Design & Development students choose engineering. Their designs were impressive and now all seven of the EDD students are starting their freshman year in engineering. Additionally, Olivia Jones and Evan Thompson’s library designs were selected by the Marion County Library Board of Trustees as the top designs for the redesign of the library facility from the entire PLTW CEA class of 20 students. Click on the title to read more …

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Glasgow PLTW students demonstrate creativity and ingenuity

Posted on April 12, 2011
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Here is an article which appeared in Sunday’s Lexington Herald-Leader regarding two of Mr. Dakin’s Glasgow PLTW students:  http://www.kentucky.com/2011/04/10/1703099/glasgow-high-school-students-design.html.

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Franklin Co. Tech students place 4th at national competition

Posted on April 12, 2011
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Local engineering and carpentry students placed fourth nationally at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Construction Challenge in Las Vegas. Students from the Franklin County Career and Technical Center competed against 24 teams from the U.S. and Canada. Click here to read the news paper article.

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Franklin Co. CTC students won Construction Challenge competition

Posted on January 19, 2011
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Last weekend, 6 PLTW students from Franklin County Career & Technical Center (FCCTC) from Carpentry and Pre-Engineering areas competed in a Construction Challenge competition in Cincinnati, OH. Students competed in 3 challenges against 24 other teams in the region which included teams from Pennsylvania to Missouri. The prize for winning is a most expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Finals this March! Here students will compete against 23 other teams from across the nation to win Ipads, gift cards, and scholarships! Mr. JW Blackburn (Carpentry Instructor) and Mark Harrell (PLTW Instructor) will accompany these students and they hope to bring home a national championship!

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Scott County HS won VEX Robotics Competition

Posted on October 28, 2010
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Scott County High School won VEX Robotics competition against the other model schools in Washington, DC PLTW Innovation Summit., Oct 20-22, 2010. Jean Porter, PLTW Scott County High School (SCHS) teacher, Patricia Putty, SCHS Superintendent, and four SCHS PLTW Students attended the meeting as a PLTW National Model School. SCHS was one of 10 high schools from across the 4000 PLTW US high school who met the quality standards of a PLTW Model School!!

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