Executive Director of Career & Technical Education | Grand Forks Public Schools, ND | CTE Advocate

North Dakota, USA
Joined November 2008
9 is fine! Congrats to the @RRHSactivities VEX Robotics on winning both another State Tournament and Overall Excellence Award to qualify for the World’s Competition. Riders are now the 9x consecutive state champion! #nd_cte @GFSchools @GFisCooler
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Community Partnerships are a hallmark of high-quality CTE programs. Recently, @GFSchools instructors were able to look over excess inventory after Altru's move into their new hospital and identify items that can be used within our CTE courses and hands-on activities. #CTEMonth
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We are grateful for the participation of our industry partners in being an active part of our CTE programs. A great example is the recent "Exploring Your Future Options" event in GF, with students learning about the career opportunities available to them. #CTEMonth #nd_cte
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On President's Day, we congratulate Naomi Rahman (@RRHSactivities) on being a candidate for the US Presidential Scholar in CTE award. Each US state is able to forward 5 names to the national level, and Naomi is one of ND's selections! #nd_cte #CTEMonth @GFSchools @GFisCooler
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Continuing yesterday's focus on @VEXRobotics, check out the success of South MS over the past few years. Great organizations start with great advisors, and hats off to Randy & Joey Votava for all they are doing to support their students! #CTEMonth #nd_cte @GFSchools @GFisCooler
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CTE isn't only for high school students! We proudly offer a number of CTE courses at the Middle School level, along with competitive @VEXRobotics clubs at MS & Elementary. Students are preparing for the ND State Tournament, being hosted in GF next month! #CTEMonth @GFSchools
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Congratulations to @RRHS_DECA & @GFC_DECA School Stores, who both have been recognized as Gold-Level Certified. The school stores are an extension of the Marketing Education program, allowing students to gain experience within a retail environment. #nd_cte #CTEMonth @GFSchools
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With ND currently working through the legislative session, it was powerful to have @GFC_Activities at the State Capitol this week to showcase and discuss their CTE experience. Students are the best advocates! #CTEMonth @NorthDakotaCTE @GFSchools
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CTE courses offer a direct connection from the classroom to the real-world. A recent example is @GFC_Activities students spending time with Shane Balkowitsch, to learn about the historic art process of wet plate photography, which dates back to the 1850s. #CTEMonth #nd_cte
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Today's CTE Month Celebration? Congrats to Lauryn Brynjulson (@RRHS_Activities) on receiving the NCWIT "Aspirations in Computing" national honorable mention award. Lauryn has excelled in the IT courses, CyberMadness, and Girls Who Code. #nd_cte @GFSchools @GFisCooler @NCWIT
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Did you know that February is National Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month? CTE is an essential component of our student's education within @GFSchools in helping Ss explore and start developing their career pathway with hands-on and engaging courses in MS & HS. #nd_cte
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Another successful Northern Valley Career Expo was held last week in Grand Forks! Over 2,000 students from 58 schools in the NE North Dakota / NW Minnesota area attending to explore high-wage, high-growth career pathways. #nd_cte @GFisCooler @GFSchools flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPkUt
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Final results of @UofNorthDakota Cybersecurity "Capture the Flag" prelim round. The top 20 collegiate and top 5 high school teams nationally will compete in the finals. Of the top 5 high school teams, 4 of them are from @RRHS_Riders #nd_cte @GFSchools compete.metactf.com/320/scor…
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@GFSchools students are competing virtually in the @UofNorthDakota Cybersecurity "Capture the Flag" national event. The top 20 teams will participate in the final round in Oct. After day 1, I recognize the teams on the top of the leaderboard! #nd_cte compete.metactf.com/320/scor…
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Excited to see @GFSchools listed in the "top story" of @actecareertech electronic SmartBrief. We are very proud to be 1 of the 10 final districts nationwide to be included within the Career Z Challenge. #nd_cte @GFisCooler @grandforkscia
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Join us in congratulating our Career Z Challenge Finalists! These 10 finalists of the challenge – a federal competition to expand access to work-based learning – will be eligible to receive an award of $150,000. See all the finalists & their states at CareerZChallenge.com.
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Appreciate @actecareertech President Carrie Giles attending and speaking at the North Dakota CTE Professional Development Conference!
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HT to the Helping Hands students for assisting with our Junior Achievement recycling program so kits are full stocked and ready to go for next school year! @GFSchools @JuniorAch @GFcareercenters
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Terrific event for students and a result of lots of planning efforts and collaboration between @GFSchools, @JobServiceND, and our community industry partners. Red River is up next on Thursday! #nd_cte @GFisCooler
The 1st annual “Cash In On Summer” Job Fair went well! Thanks to our students for participating, our local businesses for providing the opportunity, and to our career counselors and other event organizers for putting on a great event! #OnwardCentral
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Way to go kiddos! You represented RRHS, @GFSchools, and North Dakota proudly! Thank you @Custmcrawler and @TheOstgarden for the hours you put into this season! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
With that our season is done. Neither team made it to eliminations but both teams feel good about what they accomplished. Big Cheese ended with a 4-6 record while Anthropomorphic Canary ended at 5-5. I’m very proud of everything these kids have accomplished! @RRHSactivities
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