Thank You, Custodians ~ Presley Boots

Usually people pay no attention to the people who clean our school for our health and benefit. Lately, I’ve been being more appreciative to the custodians we have here at LCCTC.

Our custodians clean up after everyone at every time of the day. If the lunchroom is a mess, who do you think cleans it up? Our very own custodians; they take pride in their work.  They burst with pride when visitors comment on how clean our school truly is!

Our custodians are constantly on the move throughout our school doing the best they can to keep LCCTC, our home for 6 hours of the day, clean. Where would our school be without these amazing men?

Few would take on the job of mopping up messes, cleaning our bathrooms, or even staying hours past the school hours to make sure everything is nice and clean for us the next day, and we should appreciate their efforts!

If you see an LCCTC custodian be sure to thank them for all that they do to keep our school clean. They don't have the prettiest jobs, the least we,  the students of LCCTC, could do is show thanks, gratitude, and respect to these great men!

Superbowl Tailgating Snacks

Superbowl/Tailgating Snack:

With Superbowl 50 quickly approaching, we asked you:  “What favorite snack will YOU enjoy this Sunday?”

• Cheese and crackers ~ Lesliann Liskooka, CA, 12
• Pizza ~ Crystal Homes, RT, 11
• Wings ~Josh McCrumb, CT, 12
• Chicken ~ Matthew Hawkins, HA, 11
• Roni Rolls with Dr. Pepper ~ Jeremiah Raisor, CT, 12
• BBQ Chicken ~ Maxine Alexander, Mas., 12
• Gummy bears ~ Felicity Weir, HA, 10
• Buffalo chicken dip ~ Maggie Richards, HA, 10
• Mini hot dogs ~ Hallie St. Clair, CA, 12
• Chocolate ~ Kindal Procopio, VT, 10
• Brownies ~ James Ross, COT, 11
• Potato Chips ~ Isane Brekley, AT, 11
• Pretzels ~ Mercedes Mitcheltree, RT, 12
• Buffalo wings ~ Sam Bollinger, AT, 11
• Ham salad ~ Destinee Coates, HA
• Salsa and chips ~ Makaila Holsinger, HA, 12

OTC Visits Collision Repair ~ Kalley McClure

sketch out the idea

On the days winding down to winter break, Tom Banks, a custom paint instructor from Ohio Technical College, visited LCCTC for a day to teach the students of Auto Body to do the same: Custom Paint.

Apply the first color

Finished product!

Mr. Banks gave us a project giving us all white painted boards, masking tape, and razor blades. He then proceeded to talk us through painting a realistic American Flag.

Now, unless the average person owns an airbrush gun, it is kind of impossible to do this at home, but with our resources in Auto Body, it was simple!

Thanks for the lesson OTC!

This fun little project was really not that hard -- even without any airbrushing experience. It was a fun lesson, and, according to Brittany Hawke, AB senior, it taught the students to “not to give up on themselves -- even if it didn’t turn out exactly as imagined” or something went wrong; the final product will still turn out pretty impressive. 

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Peer Leadership Training ~ Sam Amon

Every year at least 9 Tenth and Eleventh grade Peer Leaders are selected to train every winter at LCCTC to become train Peer Leadership members. On Monday, January 11th, 2016, 8 students were selected by Mr. Blank and the Peer Leadership council based on their quality to be great role models to their fellow peers and their potential to be great leaders.,

Current Peer Leader members Kayla Baker (Cosmo) and Makaila Holsinger (HA) over saw the training. The selected 8 students were Matthew Hawkins, Camryn Moses, Nathaniel Bartley, Rebekah Shoaf, Krista Berkley, Sarah Bollinger, and Trystan Gravatt.

Peer leadership was founded in 1995 by Dan Barnes, Director of Lawrence County Human Services Center's "Students Assistance Program" and Mike Egbert of Lawrence County's "Drug and Alcohol Community Treatment Services.” Since the very beginning, Peer Leadership members have given their time to volunteer and raise money for causes close to their heart.  They also serve as the “go-to” group to assist with guests and dignitaries and conducting recruiting tours.

MIT Women's Initiative ~ Kylie Smith

In our everyday lives, we cannot live without such as cars, gas, medicine, food, and houses.  Have you ever considered who made all of these possible? Engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and technology are your answers. On January 5th, six students from LCCTC traveled to Grove City College to determine the answer to this question and discovered so much more.

Emily and Charlotte, twins and biomedical majors, gave a presentation on engineering to young women who take advanced math and science classes.  During my time at Grove City College, the question was asked, “What do you think a scientist or engineer looks like? Most of you will think of a man in a lab jacket sitting behind a desk all day,” and I agreed.   However, today I was proven wrong.

This audience of students from Western PA including Dalton Dilling (MTT), Machaela Meckley (AB), Madison Hansotte (HA), Justice Snyder (AB), Lacey Lopes (Cos), and I (Kylie Smith, HA) learned that  “only 26% of women are in involved with STEM.  Since 2013, nearly 2.4 million jobs are needed in the engineering field.”  This was the driving point of the presentation:

Now you probably wondering what IS stem?   It stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

During group activities, we were asked to build a free standing structure out of 20 spaghetti noodles,1 yard of string, 1 yard of tape, and to place a marshmallow on the top of the structure. This challenge lasted 30 minutes, and by the end,the structure was 75 centimeters tall.   Our group had a huge advantage due to Dalton’s knowledge of building and constructing tools and Makayla’s car repair knowledge.

We were able to tour the STEM labs built in 2011 and saw all the chemicals and solutions used in science.  Rose Fraley and Kathy Harmon from Ellwood City Forge shared with us about what they do at their job, the different types of parts that Ellwood City Forge constructs, and how they are used in our everyday lives. Metallurgical engineers work to make structured parts used in oil and gas wells (blow out preventor), windmills, and even skyscrapers!

“It completely changed my point of view about what I want to major in in college,” remembers Lacey Lopes, Cosmetology senior.  “I am really interested in the STEM field.”

“As a female in a male-dominated field, I have been immersed into the STEM field.  Becoming a machinist has been and remains a dream of mine,” remarked Dalton Dilling, Machine Tool Tech senior.  “If I actually attended the school, because of what I’ve learned at LCCTC, I would be able to jump ahead and my studies.”

In retrospect, the field of engineering is fascinating, and a STEM program would be interesting to me. The world is growing, and roles that were once traditionally reserved for men are now being filled by women, as well.  As a future nurse, STEM has been and will be a part of my life.