Fred ProbisNTC Superintendent

“My entire life, I wanted to be a vet, but going to NTC’s Jobs for the Girls event last year changed everything,” said Jay High School senior Milee Sams with a smile.

The event Sams refers to is an annual recruitment event NTC’s Kansas Campus hosts to introduce female students to non-traditional career training programs. Female students typically make up less than 25% of the enrollment for trades such as welding, auto repair, construction and electrical technology, but NTC is actively working to educate female students about the lucrative careers available in male-dominated trades.

“Despite planning to be a vet, I’d not had much hands-on activity with veterinary medicine, and when I did it wasn’t enjoyable or fun,” Sams said. “With electricity, I can see what I make. I can see the lights, the circuits, the hardware…I love looking at a building now and seeing beyond what everyone else sees.”

Sams was one of nearly 20 high school students who participated in NTC’s Jobs for the Girls event held in February of

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2016. The students learned about NTC’s Electrical Technology program, heard from female professionals working in the electrical and manufacturing industries, and took part in a group wiring activity.

“I loved it,” Sams said of the event. “I enrolled right away, and I knew pretty quickly that this was the field I wanted to work in. I’ve decided now that I want to work as a lineman, because I like to be challenged, I love heights and I want to travel.”

High school students like Sams attend a program for only half a day, so it takes them two years to complete their training at NTC.

“I kind of feel empowered being in a classroom of almost all guys, because they don’t treat us any differently than they treat each other,” Sams said. “If I can speak in front of these people, why can’t I do it front of everyone else? This program has really boosted my confidence.”

Sams is planning to take advantage of NTC’s 13th Year Tuition Waiver available to high school graduates and enroll at NTC again next year to complete her program.

The official newsletter of Northeast Tech Volume 4, Issue 9 | April 2017

Greetings All,The school year is rapidly nearing its end. As always, we’re sad to see our students leave us, yet happy for them as they enter a career, the military or continue their education. We hope the hard work and perseverance they displayed while at NTC will enhance their probability of future success.As teachers and students are anticipating summer vacation, student advisors are frantically trying to complete pre-enrollment for next school year. Our maintenance staff is looking at long lists of summer “projects” they will work on while students and teachers are away for the summer. Administrators are trying their best to make sure that all these things happen without problems and trying to complete our process for hiring new employees to fill vacancies created by those that are leaving our work “family”.Educator of the Year, Support Employee of the Year and Buck Gay Teacher of the Year nominees are preparing for the interview part of the selection process. As sending school and business partners help us with these interviews, comments are always made that complement the quality of our nominees. Winners in these categories will be announced next fall at our district in-service.Lastly, good luck to all of our competitors that have qualified for national competitions. Your successes at contest are a testimony to your hard work and your instructors’ guiding hands.“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” - Babe RuthKeep up the good work!

Construction Trades and Electrical students at Afton recently completed construction of a1,560 sq. ft. house, under their instructors’ supervision. The energy efficient, three-bedroom, two-bath house has attractive details like oak trim, a vaulted ceiling finished with clear coated knotty pine planks, oak cabinets with birch interiors and recessed can lighting. The home also features an island bar, a custom china cabinet, and a walk-in master closet. It is plumbed, wired and includes a 3.5-ton central heat and air unit. The house will go up for auction on Saturday, May 6.

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As the diesel instructor at NTC Pryor, Trent Peper is never too surprised when the teenage boys in his classroom tune out his lectures. However, that was not the case when he spoke to his students about the devastation left behind by the fires in northwest Oklahoma. Two of his students volunteered to drive 14 hours roundtrip to deliver hay to ranchers affected by the fires in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Local ranchers Jack and Bonnie Kerr donated multiple bales of hay, and NTC students Blake Gerber and Trent Harris volunteered their time and equipment to haul the supplies.

NTC Claremore recently held an open house designed to give incoming students a chance to meet their instructor and tour their programs, but the community was also invited to attend and gain a better understanding of the many programs available at Northeast Tech. Students and staff members were available throughout the open house event to answer questions about credits and schedules, as well as college planning. Guests enjoyed refreshments, toured the facilities, met the instructors, enrolled and applied for financial aid.

As part of their NORA class service project, BIS team members Sara Stephens and Liberty Shere have signed up their first school to be a part of the Men in the Making program. Foyil Public Schools is proud to be the first partner to offer the program to their students. The project’s mission is to facilitate character building in young men who may be high risk due to economic disadvantage, lacking a make role model or other academic or discipline issues by connecting community stakeholders with mentoring curriculum and securing resources for the program.

It’s the time of year a lot of people are thinking about spring cleaning. And you should add your household appliances to that list. There are several ways to make sure that process is energy efficient. The best part? It will only take a few minutes to take steps that can be greatly beneficial. First up, the refrigerator. Remember to never overload the refrigerator or freezer. The cold air needs to circulate freely to keep foods at the proper temperature. Second, the oven. If you have a self-cleaning oven, use this feature immediately after cooking, while the oven is still hot. This will reduce a lengthy warm-up time. And don’t forget about the clothes dryer. Make sure you are cleaning the lint screen on the dryer every time you use the machine. A clogged lint screen can make your dryer use up to 30 percent more energy – and it can be a fire hazard.

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