Bits and Pieces April 30, 2021
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April 30, 2021 The Career and Technology Center at Lake City High School has partnered with AINautics to offer training that “prepares students to conduct drone operations” and “equips students with college and career readiness skills and global competitiveness.” AINautics aims to provide a curriculum that is “an interdisciplinary program sequenced into four courses to provide students an overall perspective of drone history, drone operations, computer science principles, and drone certification. It is also designed to prepare students for the industry with work-based learning, leadership and orga- nizational skills, soft skills, and hands-on, real-world, and service-learning opportunities.” Leon Burgess, Interim Director of College and Career Readiness for Florence District 3, said he is very excited about this opportunity. “I’m thrilled that we were able to broker a deal and work with AINautics to offer yet another career path for our students,” he said. “The drone technology is used across all 16 career clus- ters, so students are being afforded training that will enable them to work in nearly every industry,” Burgess said. This opens doors in film, firefighting, military, package delivery, forestry, commercial contractors, real estate, search and res- cue, law enforcement and many other industries, he added. Students can earn multiple drone certifications and complete this sequence of courses as fully certified drone pilots. The first course sequence is currently paired with the Introduction to Professional Services class and will most likely follow through with the firefighting curriculum. “Our inaugural class currently has approximately 15 students, and this class will be capped at 20 students, so it is a highly competitive program,” said Burgess. “Students will be able to take the exam for their initial certification at the age of 16, and things progress quickly from there. Students will be offered internship opportunities prior to completing all four courses,” he continued. “These oppor- tunities could lead to full-time employment and open so many doors for students.” Students interested in participating in the next class should contact Mr. Leon Burgess at the Career and Tech- nology Center at Lake City High School. Students may also contact Mr. Burgess via e-mail at [email protected] or (843) 374-5119. The Drones Are Coming to Lake City High Career and Technology Center Artists-in-Residence Teach JPT Students Theater Performance Techniques J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet School was excited to welcome artists-in-residence Jeanette Arvay Beck and Zelig Williams to work with its chorus students Tuesday on techniques for singing, acting and auditioning for musical theater. Mrs. Arvay Beck is an experienced theater teacher and vocal coach who has had several students perform in Broadway shows. Mr. Williams just finished a role in Broadway’s “Hamilton.” The students began the day with team-building activ- ities. Then, they learned about breathing techniques and parts of the body that contribute to proper breathing. Next, they moved on to mock auditions where they experienced what it would be like to step onto an audition stage and perform for judges. This included monologues and solo singing. They ended the day with choreography led by Mr. Williams. “One of the things I enjoyed most from the experience was the idea that you have to make the invisible visible on stage for people,” junior Amara Nelson said of her experi- ence. “As a performer, I have a better understanding now of what that needs to look and sound like.” The students thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced day and experienced valuable and exciting musical theater con- cepts from some of the best instructors around.
Transcript of Bits and Pieces April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021
The Career and Technology Center at Lake City High School has partnered with AINautics to offer training that “prepares students to conduct drone operations” and “equips students with college and career readiness skills and global competitiveness.”
AINautics aims to provide a curriculum that is “an interdisciplinary program sequenced into four courses to provide students an overall perspective of drone history, drone operations, computer science principles, and drone certification. It is also designed to prepare students for the industry with work-based learning, leadership and orga-nizational skills, soft skills, and hands-on, real-world, and service-learning opportunities.”
Leon Burgess, Interim Director of College and Career Readiness for Florence District 3, said he is very excited about this opportunity. “I’m thrilled that we were able to broker a deal and work with AINautics to offer yet another career path for our students,” he said.
“The drone technology is used across all 16 career clus-ters, so students are being afforded training that will enable them to work in nearly every industry,” Burgess said. This opens doors in film, firefighting, military, package delivery,
forestry, commercial contractors, real estate, search and res-cue, law enforcement and many other industries, he added.
Students can earn multiple drone certifications and complete this sequence of courses as fully certified drone pilots. The first course sequence is currently paired with the Introduction to Professional Services class and will most likely follow through with the firefighting curriculum.
“Our inaugural class currently has approximately 15 students, and this class will be capped at 20 students, so it is a highly competitive program,” said Burgess. “Students will be able to take the exam for their initial certification at the age of 16, and things progress quickly from there. Students will be offered internship opportunities prior to completing all four courses,” he continued. “These oppor-tunities could lead to full-time employment and open so many doors for students.”
Students interested in participating in the next class should contact Mr. Leon Burgess at the Career and Tech-nology Center at Lake City High School. Students may also contact Mr. Burgess via e-mail at [email protected] or (843) 374-5119.
The Drones Are Coming to Lake City High Career and Technology Center
Artists-in-Residence Teach JPT Students Theater Performance TechniquesJ. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet
School was excited to welcome artists-in-residence Jeanette Arvay Beck and Zelig Williams to work with its chorus students Tuesday on techniques for singing, acting and auditioning for musical theater.
Mrs. Arvay Beck is an experienced theater teacher and vocal coach who has had several students perform in Broadway shows. Mr. Williams just finished a role in Broadway’s “Hamilton.”
The students began the day with team-building activ-ities. Then, they learned about breathing techniques and parts of the body that contribute to proper breathing. Next, they moved on to mock auditions where they experienced what it would be like to step onto an audition stage and perform for judges. This included monologues and solo singing. They ended the day with choreography led by Mr. Williams.
“One of the things I enjoyed most from the experience
was the idea that you have to make the invisible visible on stage for people,” junior Amara Nelson said of her experi-ence. “As a performer, I have a better understanding now of what that needs to look and sound like.”
The students thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced day and experienced valuable and exciting musical theater con-cepts from some of the best instructors around.
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Students Serve Up Meals at ArtfieldsLake City High School’s culinary arts students got
hands-on experience in preparing, packaging and selling their culinary creations this week during Artfields.
The students, under the supervision of instructor Coco Floyd, prepared a variety of lunch items such as chicken salad on a croissant, pimento cheese sandwich, pasta salad and a dessert. The students set up at the Village Green for two days to sell their food.
“Our students worked extremely hard did an outstand-ing job” Mrs. Floyd said. “I want District 3 personnel to know how very much we appreciate their support this week. Everybody was so generous. A special thank you to Lenora Caldwell, Ronetha Singletary and Kevin Graham for all of their assistance.”
