SHELBY — Pioneer Career and Technical Center students produced more than 1,000 gallons of soup for 137 families in need last month, according to a report by Mary Jean Theaker, Student Liaison for Pioneer.
Chef Seth Weibel, Supervisor of the Culinary Arts program and his students, with adults from a local ministry team, partnered to make the soup. It was then distributed to Pioneer students and families who have a need for hot meals in the upcoming winter months.
In other business, in a collaborative effort with the City of Shelby, the Richland County Park District, and The Shelby Foundation, signage was installed at the reservoir in Shelby so residents and visitors can enjoy nature trails. Rick Stephens Home Remodeling students were given special thanks for placing new signage along the trails.
In October, the Wynford FFA seniors, FFA officer team, and Wynford FCS program hosted Harvest Day for the Wynford elementary Kindergarten students. The FFA members organized stations including straw Olympics, pumpkin relays, tile slide, crafts, soil lab, petting zoo, bingo, field memories, and candy corn activities. Over 75 kindergarteners were in attendance and approximately 25 high school students helped make this event successful.
Also in October, four teams from Pioneer competed in the Cyber Patriot contest. Juniors and seniors from the IT Support lab demonstrated their skills in Linux Operating System, Windows Server, Windows 10, and Cisco. They were then ranked among over 4000 teams from all across the globe. With a 100% score in Windows 10 and a 99% score in Linux and Windows Server, the senior team placed 3rd in Ohio and 268th out of 4,251 teams internationally.
Out of the three junior teams, the first junior team placed 11th in Ohio (740th nationally). The second team placed 21st in Ohio (1119th nationally) and the third team placed 43rd in Ohio (1797th nationally). Both the junior teams and the senior team did very well in all categories, but plan to improve in Round 2 for Cyber Patriot competition to be held in November.
Pioneer Career and Technology Center held a ceremony honoring the nation’s veterans. Mr. Dick Prater (Pioneer board member) was guest speaker.
Theodore Munoz, a senior from Crestline High School and a student in the IT Support program gave a demonstration on a Yo-Yo. Munoz is a professional Y0-Yo champion and uses his lunch time to teach other students various tricks with the Yo-Yo.
Students from the Media program has started live broadcasts of PNN news. This will incorporate innovative educational practices in both academic and career settings that will create success, value and competitive advantage for the students.
Almost $1000 was received through donations for the Pioneer Penguin Fund to help students in need during the Holiday Season.
Richland County Retired Teachers Association gave a generous donation to the Early Childhood Education program.
Also Jay Industries and Spherion of Mansfield gave a donation of 40,000 pounds of steel with a value of $45,000 to PCTC.
Pioneer board meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month in the board room.
