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MARCH 2022
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MIAMI
HIGH SCHOOL
I’ve Got Something Better to Do at Miami High School If there’s one old cliché that is probably true, it’s that “idle hands are the devil’s PHOTO BY MARC MARIN
workshop.” It’s true for all of us, adults and students, and Miami High School is committed to finding better things to do – more rigorous
Jalen Pike
classes, more interesting CTE programs, stronger athletic teams.
... signs commitment letter to run cross country at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa.
As a small school in a rural community, we
Thursday brought an example of what can happen when a student commits her mind and body in
run these programs on a financial shoestring,
pursuit of a goal. Senior Jalen Pike is a true runner who competes against her own best times far more than
including CTE grants and parent engagement
against other runners. Jalen dramatically improved her personal best times during her high school career
support from the Governor’s Office of Youth,
and, as a result, is now headed to Briar Cliff University on scholarship. It’s cold in Sioux City, but there’s an
Faith & Family.
indoor track!
CVIT Day Miami students happily participate in a wide range of career training opportunities at the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology. Classes are taught every afternoon at Gila Pueblo and the Regional Training Center in programs like welding, HVAC, nursing,
Dylan Mancha, ’23,
demonstrates in th
e HVAC lab at CVIT
Day.
CVIT Day is an annual opportunity for our sophomores to learn more about the programs that will be available to them as juniors and seniors. Miami requires completion of a CTE course sequence for graduation, and
n, ’23,
Jilliyn Mari
2.
o Duran, ’2
for Gustav types blood
students choose between CVIT and programs on campus.
PHOTOS BY LE SLIE
MORA
and cosmetology.
