Winter Park Tech Holiday Decorating
11.18.09
Tips for the Holidays, Tables capes, wreath design and more..
Holiday Decorating- December 1st - December 15th
Week One: Decorating Tips for the Holidays, tablescapes, wreath design, unusual containers with holiday decor, tree
decorating and other unique and exciting ideas to make your home alive for the holidays.
Week Two: Bring your gifts and we will wrap them like pros, learn how to make incredible bows and make your gifts to pretty to unwrap.
Week Three: Each student will have the opportunity to make 10 Holiday Cards that people will marvel at the designs.
The cost is $61.00 for tuition and for supplies, all wrapping and card supplies are included.
Food Drive For Bithlo
11.17.09
Student At Winter Park Tech Organize A Fall Food Drive
Christmas Communities In Orange County.- November 17th
This fall holiday season was made a brighter for several families in the Winter Park and Bithlo/Christmas communities in Orange County. Students at Winter Park Tech organized a Fall Food Drive to assist local families in need. Non-perishable items were collected on both campuses for 6 weeks.
Many students opened their hearts and brought in items such as baby food, cereal, pasta and other dry and canned food items. Both area neighborhood centers were extremely grateful for receiving these needed items. Our Avalon Campus collected over 500 items to benefit the Bithlo/Christmas Neighborhood Center for Families and the Winter Park Campus collected over 1800 items to for the Winter Park Neighborhood Center for Families.
To increase participation in the Fall Food Drive the class with the most items donated would receive a pizza party. Our Pharmacy Tech program decided to “Pay It Forward” and donated their pizza to the Covenant House, a local homeless shelter. When word got out about what the Pharmacy Tech program did, our Massage Therapy and Nails Specialty programs decided to “Pay it Forward” also by offering each of the students in the Pharmacy Tech program a free service.
A special thanks goes to Mrs. Jeanne Silberstein’s ABE/GED class for collecting and counting the items on the Winter Park Campus and the Student Advisory Board with their Sponsor Ms. Ayana Hastings for coordinating this successful food drive.
Winter Park Tech Loves Their Partner Schools!
11.01.09
High School Credit
We are privileged to work with OCPS elementary and high schools to offer Adult and
Community Education (ACE) at their sites. We offer high school credit, ESOL, GED and
personal enrichment classes such as Tennis, Cooking, Yoga, Italian and Ballroom
Dance.
Winter Park Tech’s ACE sites include Chickasaw Elementary, Colonial High School,
Timber Creek High School, University High School, Winter Park High School and our newest site East River High
school. We are also working on developing ACE opportunities with the Lions of Lake Nona High School.
Under the direction of ACE Coordinator/East River HS Safe Coordinator- Jennifer Eubanks, East River High School is
successfully offering high school credit classes where students earn credits to get back on track and graduate with their
class. Like our other ACE sites, Winter Park Tech is grateful to have the support of East River’s administrative staff, and
help from several teachers and guidance counselors to offer these ACE opportunities to students. We also look forward
to offering ESOL and GED classes to the East River High School parents and community members in the near future.
For more information on Winter Park Tech’s ACE sites please visit:
http://www.wpt.ocps.net/ace_centers/
index.html.
Winter Park Tech Medical Assisting Students Help with Health Screenings at OCPS Middle Schools
11.02.09
Health Screenings
Students from the Medical Assisting program at Winter Park Tech recently helped the staff and faculty at Glen-
ridge Middle School with health screenings. Held on November 2, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the screenings included vision, height and weight, and scoliosis. Approximately 442 students were screened during the visit!
MA students participating included: Kendra Skinner, Wendy Silenzi, Jennifer Schmitz, Sharon Nichols, Rebecca
Whitcomb, Marie Frankos, Elkenson Merissaint, Ouida Thomas, Cindy Riley, and Ermita Michel. Students were excited to apply their classroom knowledge in a “real world setting” and in turn, help the community. In fact, the teacher used a random drawing to select those students who were fortunate enough to participate in this event.
The MA students also went out to Maitland Middle School October 1st to assist with their health screenings; everyone had a great time helping out and practicing their newly acquired skills! Elizabeth Benitez, Nhi Coutermarsh, Lizmineth Castillo, Haydee Perez, Ricdette Almestica, Joanna Hillier, Amy Grove-West, and Deon Hendrix all at- tended this event.
WPT Dual Enrollment Medical Assisting (MA)
10.24.09
Class Embraces Cell Phone Technology
On Fridays instructor Tanjanika Edwards students together to find information on one of the body system. The technology tool they are allowed to use -- their cell phones with internet connection! On a recent Friday, her class was observed working in six teams for about 10 minutes with each team searching for and finding information on the skeletal system. Everyone was very actively involved; excitement abounded everywhere. Even though all members of the group did not have cell phones, the entire group received points for the number of sources of information found and the completeness of the information. Mrs. Edwards believes that by utilizing cell phone technology in a way tat is applicable to the students' learning, will be more engaged and interested.
Interior Decorating Services Program
10.24.09
Habitat for Humanity
Saturday October 24th Was the date of the dedication of the two Habitat for Humanity (H for H) Houses that were decorated and furnished by the day and evening Interior Decorating Services program classes in late June. The duplex is located on the corner of Denning and New England Avenues.
This is the 8th year Winter Park Tech has been involved in raising money to furnish the living room, dining room and kitchen area. The last two years the day and evening classes each took responsibility for one side of the duplex. Over the previous six years the Interior Decorating Services Program has decorated approximately 12 homes.
East Orlando Celebrates Education Day
10.30.09
Student Achievements And Training Programs
Fourth Annual East Orlando Celebrates Education Day - October 24th
Winter Park Tech and the Avalon Campus participated in the fourth annual East Orlando Celebrates Education Day on Saturday Oct 24 in Avalon Town Park in Avalon Park. Many local schools attended this event to showcase their student achievements and their training programs. The day was full of student contests and program demonstrations. Winter Park Tech's Avalon Campus Massage Therapy students and Instructor provided Chair Massages while students from our Patient Care Tech program assisted in speaking with hundreds of students and their parents about all our training programs.
Our Annual Golf Tournament
10.24.09
Winter Pines Golf Course
Foundation for Winter Park Tech - October 24th
For more information, contact Rita Donald - rita.donald@ocps.net
To download Mailer and Application please select one of the following:
WHERE:
The 2009 Annual Fundraising 9 Hole Golf Tournament to benefit the Foundation for Winter Park
Tech, Inc., will be held on Saturday, October 24 at the Winter Pines Golf Club at 2:30. Bar-B-Q Dinner, Silent
Auction and Raffle to follow the tournament.
WHY:
Many of the students who attend Winter Park Tech are recently unemployed, have families to care for,
and are trying to make a better life for themselves. The Foundation will use the proceeds from this event
provide tuition assistance, textbooks, uniforms, testing fees and tools so these students can begin to “Build a
Better Future.” With help from the Foundation, students are able to complete their studies at Winter Park Tech
and pursue opportunities for success in their professional and personal lives.
WHO:
Winter Park Tech (WPT) a 501 (c)(3) entity is recognized in Central Florida as the leading technical
training center for career and technical education. WPT provides a “High-Tech, High Touch” educational
environment, state-of-the-art equipment and an exceptional instructional staff where students develop the
industry standard technical and soft skills needed in today’s workplace. |
