SPOTLIGHTS feature
METAL FABRICATION STUDENT WINS $5K Drake Broome, former Metal Fabrication student at Lamar Technical Center, placed third in the nation at the SkillsUSA competition this summer in Kansas City, MO. Broome competed against 23 other students in sheet metal and took home a bronze medal as well as gift certificates worth over $5,000 for tools. These tools are coming in handy in his new job as a machinist at Columbia Diesel.
BUCKLE UP! BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS AND MARKETING
Business fundamentals and marketing instructor Bill Glover of Prentiss County Vocational Technical Center reports that his students in Booneville recently completed a career simulation designed around guerilla marketing, thanks in large part to a grant from Mississippi Professional Educators. The $500 grant allowed the students to purchase design software, printing paper, plastic covers, and pay for printing costs for public service announcement posters. The goal of the project was to give students a real-world view of how advertising campaigns are created and used in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. After learning about guerilla marketing, the students formed advertising teams to create the posters around the themes of healthy lifestyles, drug prevention, dropout prevention, parental involvement, or a theme of their choice. The winning theme was “Seatbelt Safety.� The printed posters are being used throughout the 10 schools of Booneville and Prentiss County School Districts.
MS STUDENTS IN NATIONAL FFA BAND Two Mississippi FFA members were selected to showcase their talents as part of the 2013 National FFA Band at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, KY in October. They reported to Louisville five days before the convention kicked off to join band members from across the nation in performing numerous times during the National Convention. The students selected were Sarah Freeman from Newton County and Haleigh Hux from Loyd Star.
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