The first year Culinary students learn ten knife skills before advancing onto other things. This week they have learned and demonstrated the julienne, fine julienne, and the batonnet. In the next few days, we will complete the final seven knife skills.
Flu Vaccine Clinic: WCPS is scheduled to have flu vaccine clinics in schools October 8th, 10th and 11th. Be on the lookout for student registration forms being sent home.
School will dismiss three hours early today for an afternoon of fun at the Washington County Fair!
Trevor, a stylist from Pretty In A Minute, demonstrates lots of styling tools to students in Ms. Duncan's and Ms. Malone's Cosmetology classes. Students have the opportunity to use the tools and purchase them at a discount for their future careers.
Mr. Marousek's Welding students working on the first phase of the trailer project for the ECU Battle of the Builds competition!
WCCTEC Engineering 1/Robotics students built a robot system using specified criteria and constraints. They tested their designs, evaluated performance, and handled and collected data to explore ways to improve their designs.
Early Childhood Education class watched a TedTalk about what makes good teachers great. The students then wrote what they thought makes a good teacher great. They made the pop tarts to resemble a great teacher!
Vote Now: Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands is a Regional Finalist for the 2025 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards grant! Be sure to cast your vote to help CIS-AH become a regional winner & further their impact throughout our community. See the flyer on how to vote
Happy Labor Day from WCPS! We hope all of our students, staff and families have been enjoying this long weekend! We will see you back on Tuesday.
First year Auto Body Tech students with Mr. Burress, learning to water sand, paint, prime, and apply clear to fenders.
Masonry students have been putting their skills to work with various techniques and designs! Great work WCCTEC future masons!
Sgt. Matthew Riley with National Guard spent the day sharing all of the opportunities with the Army with WCCTEC students!
WCCTEC Coffee & Tea Bar opening day was a huge success! ☕️🫖
Criminal Justice II students process evidence looking for latent prints.
WCCTEC Early Childhood Education students spent the day with children at Itty Bitties Daycare. It was a fun and great learning experience for all!
Dunk Your Superintendent! If you don’t like the idea of a new cell phone policy or think school starts too early in August, now is your chance to take out your start of school frustrations, and dunk Dr. Perrigan! He’ll be in the dunk tank at Dairy Queen in Abingdon (Exit 19 location) on Saturday, with the fun beginning at 4:00 p.m. Proceeds raised from the event go towards St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. WCPS students and staff have loved participating in fundraisers for St. Jude and are thrilled to be able to give back.
WCCTEC CNA students working in the skills lab learning donning, removing PPE and how to assist with a bedpan.
Criminal Justice first year students practice taking fingerprints
Former 2019 WCCTEC graduate, Preston Cannon, returns sharing his story and about the many career opportunities with CGI!
Drafting: Mechanical, Architectural, and Advanced students refreshing their on-the-board drafting skills. Students are using manual drafting tools to create a border and title box on a B-size paper. This is great practice for returning students to get back into drafting mode!
