Vol. 4 Issue 9
April 26, 2017
DYJ: Do Your Job Very Well
Alex Thompson Staff Writer
Association for students to work in the industry. Mr. Singeltary: I teach Power Mechanics and Metals I. Both
useful when it comes to deciding a career. The content that is covered in the classes could follow the job credentials of a
software to create an original product. It is easy to find tutorial videos on YouTube but our Throughout the year I classes emphasize other imporhave had the honor to tant skills such interview every departas planning, taiment here at Clovis loring a product High School, and to to an audience wrap up this series we or client, and ended it with the CTE troubleshooting Department. If I had one equipment/softword to describe this ware. Personal group it would be loyalty. Finance involves As you read this article learning a variety you will realize and of useful skills notice the loyalty each for adult life such and every teacher in this as prioritizing department shares. needs/wants, managing bank accounts, calCan you describe the culating the true career field you teach costs of using in the elective of CTE? credit, choosMs.Chapman: Back Row: Ms. McCasland, Mr. Dowd, Mr. Hill, Coach Jordan, Mr. Singletary, ing insurances, Family and Mr. Martinez, and Mr. Lucero and the basics Consumer Sciences is Front Row: Ms. Baldock, Ms. Sansom, Mr. Anaya, Ms. Henderson, and Ms. Chapman of saving and a discipline that investing. The prepares young people financial adviser and a CPA big thing to understand about are precursors for skilled labor for living in today's world as (Certified Public Accountant). managing your finances is that jobs in industry preparing well as tomorrow's. Being able to be financially there is more to it than cashing young people to pursue interExperiences are provided in responsible and keeping track your paycheck and paying your ests in Auto Mechanics or the all areas of the curriculum to bills. I myself have learned welding/metals industry. Power of an individual’s bank account strengthen family life and to with complete understanding of this the hard way while I was Mechanics is also a STEM prepare students for the muleach transaction are the main younger and I really want my class and a precursor to engitiple roles of family member, components of the classes. students to have more to show wage earner, community mem- neering careers. Engineering Ms. Sansom: I teach in the for their hard work than a pile directed students also benefit ber, and related careers. Family and Consumer Science of possessions and a mountain Family and Consumer Sciences from Metals as it investigates department, and mainly within of debt. a wide range of metal working remains the only educational the foods classes. This year I Mr. Hill: Wood Shop. The art of program that directly addresses processes. teach Baking I and Baking II. making trees into furniture. the preparation of students for Ms. McCasland: I currently Coach Jordan: I teach Metals Ms. Henderson: Business adult roles, including work and teach Clothing and Fashion II and SENSE Welding I and II. (Marketing and Retail) I teach family responsibilities. Design, Advanced Clothing, I also coach football and track. students basic business conMISSION: Commercial Sewing, Child Mr. Dow: Agriculture has devel- cepts such as how to start a Working to strengthen individu- Development, and Child Care oped so much in the last 100 business and develop a busials, families, and communities Certification. Classes I have years, we have a saying in ness plan. We look at market through education. taught in years prior include: agriculture that it is no longer analysis and study product, ISSUES: Interior Design I and II, Preprice, place and promotion. The Childcare and Development Teach, FCCLA Leadership, and just “cows, plows, and sows”. No longer is the stereotypical second part of what I teach is Family Life Baking. farmer the face of agriculture. retail. The students run the Parenting Mr. Martinez: I teach the Careers in the industry range school store to learn price, revRelationships Adobe Creative Cloud forfrom producers to genetic scienue, product placement, cusAdult Development and Aging mats of Photoshop, Illustrator, entists. Every person uses tomer service, state regulations Nutrition and InDesign, the Graphic and day-to-day operations of a Food Safety Industry’s standard platforms of something in his or her daily lives that comes from agriculstore. Personal Money Management graphic design. I also am the ture. Consumer Education Adviser for Purple Press and Mr. Lucero: I teach a broad What inspired you to go into The area of Family and Yearbook/Plainsman. field here at CHS. I teach a your teaching field? Consumer Science that I Ms. Baldock: I teach in the am currently teaching is Ms.Chapman: My 7th grade agricultural field, which encom- variety of technology and business classes such as Video Food Safety, Culinary Arts Culinary Arts teacher, Mrs. passes many different careers. Production, 2D Animation, and ProStart; Culinary Arts Arbuthnot, and the joy of cookSome of the pathways involve is the basic methods and ing for people and building relaanimal science and horticulture. Programming, and Personal Finance. For the most part skills of cooking; ProStart, tionships. Mr. Anaya: The area of the technology classes involve the advanced cooking, aligns Mr. Singeltary: As a young Personal Finance and using equipment and editing with the National Restaurant person I was always impressed Accounting and can be very