Volume 15, Issue 4

July, 2013

Walker Career Center Teaching Today, Training For A Lifetime

Business Education Family and Consumer Sciences

Engineering and Technology Education

Career and Technical

Education Programs

Architectural Drafting

Auto Collision Repair Technology

Auto Service Technology

Commercial and Digital Photography

Computer Networking Technology

Construction Technology

Cosmetology

Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Dental Assisting

Early Childhood Education

Education Professions

Electronics & Computer Technology

Finance Academy

Graphic Imaging Technology

Health Careers

Precision Tool Technology

Project Lead the Way

Pre-Engineering

Biomedical Sciences

Radio Broadcasting

Video Production

Welding Technology

For Information on Walker Career Center

programs, call 532-6150

www.warren.k12.in.us

Serving students from:

Warren Central High School

Greenfield Central High School

New Palestine High School

Mt. Vernon High School

Morristown High School

Triton Central High School

2012-2013 Highlights Warren Central High School students Mariah Keane, Liliana Patino, Stephanie Tinsley, and Jatana

Ketterman, participated in the Project SEED internship program this summer through the PLTW

Biomedical Sciences program.

FYI- Dave Garvey, WCC's Construction Trades instructor participated in WFYI Teacher project.

WFYI filmed at the WCC Construction Trades house.

Walker Career Center received another $10,000 grant from the 3M Company for being name a

PRIME school by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for the second year. Last year we were

one of six schools in the nation, this year they have added additional schools and Walker was

selected once again for having a top manufacturing engineering program in the nation!

Walker Career Center selected as the host site for Governor-elect Pence’s commercial focusing on

CTE.

Mayor Ballard chose WCC to announce a Marion County Robotics Tournament that was held at

Bankers Life Fieldhouse in January. Randy Decker, WCHS/WCC sponsor, and his team

competed and serve as mentors to all the new teams in Marion County. WCC/WCHS students

appeared on Channel 6 with Mayor Ballard showcasing our Robotics program.

Walker Career Center was featured on WIBC. Randy Decker and his students were interviewed

about this weekend's Marion County VEX Championships at Banker's Life. Warren had three

teams competing. Mailika States, Ellie Honious, Gabriel Shelton, and Nick Pinco won the top

award at the Indianapolis VEX City Championships at Bankers Life. The Excellence Award was

the highest honor of the championships and was presented by VEX Robotics and Mayor Ballard.

This award was presented to a team who was not only great competitors, but one who went out of

their way to help others. All of our students played a major role in our victory! They also

qualified to compete in the World Championships in April in California. Congratulations to

Randy Decker, students, mentors and parents. Mayor Ballard presented the VEX trophy on

WCTV.

Steve Rogers, ETE Department Chairperson earned his doctoral degree.

Dental Assisting and Construction Trades were approved for dual credit from Ivy Tech.

Auto Collision was approved by Vincennes University for dual credit.

WCC hosted an August press conference announcing the Jane Pauley Community Dental Clinic.

Official opening of the Jane Pauley Dental Clinic was on April 18, 2013. We opened with 8

patients scheduled. Dr. Kelli Dewell is the clinics dentist and Stefani Vestal is the clinic’s office

manager.

WCC Culinary Arts program was selected as one of the Top 100 Culinary Arts Programs in the

nation by Sullivan University.

WCC participated in the grand opening of the MediaPlex (Allyson Strother and Mike Espich on

planning committee).

Construction Trades sold House 25 (3rd Smart Home-$185,000).

PLTW Biomed students participated in a Day in the Life of a Scientist as students worked to find

a cure for breast cancer.

In October, WCC hosted 150 business partners for our annual Advisory Board dinner. (Thanks

Carol Rice and her team!)

Mariah Keane, senior at Warren Central/Walker Career Center was selected to receive the 2013

Indiana Career and Technical Education Secondary Students' Award for Excellence. Project Lead

the Way – Pre-Engineering won the Award for the Secondary Program and the Electronics/

CEDIA/ESPA won the Partnership Award. (Continued on page 2)

2012-2013 Highlights (cont.) Rick Ferguson is the WCC Teacher of the Year and Mike Bennett is the WCC Support Staff Member of the

Year.

Congratulations to Dyonda Williams! Dyonda has been nominated by Judge Sheryl Lynch of the Marion

County Circuit Court as an outstanding teacher in her community!

Students from Walker Career Center had a great showing at the annual Indiana Association of School

Broadcasters competition. There were 25 schools competing in 24 different competitions. In Radio, senior,

Peter Hood, won 3rd place in the Play by Play contest. His submission was based upon a Warren Central

football game earlier this school year. In Video Production, Walker Career Center walked away with second

and third places. Senior, Jocelyn Teliz, won second place with her performance as a live news anchor and in

the same category was senior, Allison Edmonds with third place. This was the first time in our competition

history that Walker Career Center had two students in the top three of the competition. Congratulations to

these students and their sponsors, Dennis Jarrett, Chris Pollock and Bill Whitehair.

Congratulations to the Digital Goats for their second place finish at the Smoky Mountain Regional. They

won the Industrial Design Award trophy. We had the fastest robot there and it was impressive.

Walker Career Center students were on hand when the Governor signed 2 career education bills.

Walker Career Center had state champs in four categories at the Indiana Skills USA State Contest: Quishala

Irby - Commercial Baking (two years in a row, qualified for nationals); Hannah Davis - Dental Assisting

(qualified for nationals); Christina Gonzales, Kimberly Torres, Niakia Anderson - Health Knowledge Bowl

and Dakota Wilkins - Residential Wiring - Smart House. Also placing was Nicole Hodges, Jordyn Taylor -

2nd place in Nail Tech; Chris Smyth - 2nd place in Residential Wiring; Malika Carver - 2nd place in Basic

Healthcare Skills; and Brittany Gray - 3rd place in Basic Healthcare Skills.

Hill-Rom Industries, a medical equipment manufacturer located in Batesville, IN, donated approximately

$40,000 of equipment to our Health Careers Lab at the end last November. We now have 4 new beds as a

result of their generosity.

Walker Career Center’s PLTW Engineering Program was awarded the 2013 Indiana Career and Technical

Education Award for Excellence for high school engineering programs. Mr. Tim Tarplee, Mrs. Becky Taylor,

Mr. James Hanson, and Dr. Steve Rogers along with Cindy Frey and Lou Anne Schwenn attended the awards

program in April. Our PLTW engineering program was voted the best in the state for 2013!

Mr. Rick Ferguson’s welding students competed in the Midwest Welding Competition with one of his

students, Justin Wildrick finishing 4th place in Aluminum TIG welding.

Walker Career Centers’ Mr. Hanson’s lead a group of six students, Jordan Britian, Astrid Hunt, LaShawn Lee,

Michael Linares, Alex Rogers, & Carlos Trujillo who competed and won the Nanoline Regional Contest held

in West Lafayette, IN. They then competed in the national contest in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and finished

second in the nation!

James Taylor – nominee for the Governor and Cheri Daniels School Health Award

WCTV produced all the football pregame shows and the game on the new Scoreboard.

Township awarded Race to the Top $28.5 million dollar grant. (WCC will benefit greatly!)

Walker Career Center was recognized as an Ivy Tech Career Center Partner of the Year.

Students Earn Internship at Eli Lilly Daijah Jones (left) and Krishala Walker (right) are having a

busy summer. They began their internship with Eli Lilly as part of

their Administrative Co-Operative Education Program (ACOE) this

July. They will continue the program throughout their senior year,

The program is designed to host young people involved in businesses

classes and give them a professional experience in the corporate

world. Daijah and Krishala both has to submit resumes, transcripts

and attendance records to earn the opportunity to interview. They

were then required to interview at the Lilly corporate center and were

among a group of students from a variety of Marion County schools.

They will serve Lilly well and be great students representatives of

Walker Career Center.

Letter from the Director As I reflect over the past eight years as the Director of Walker Career

Center, I have a sense of pride. It has been a wonderful chapter in my career in

part because of all the great teachers, staff and students who have touched my

life.

I came to the career center eighteen years ago as a guidance counselor.

I was eager to learn about all the great things that Walker had to offer. In a very

short time, I realized that ―great things‖ were abundant at the Walker Career

Center.

Over the past few years, we have added programs such as Cosmetology,

Health Careers, Smart Home Electronics, Project Lead the Way: Pre-

Engineering and Biomedical Sciences. We have built numerous partnerships

with Eli Lilly, Rolls Royce, Community Hospitals, Jane Pauley Community

Health Center, CEDIA, Major Tool and Die to name a few. The students and

staff bring the most satisfaction as I reflect on all the different state and

national awards and recognitions Walker has celebrated over the past years.

As I move into my new position, I am excited to see a future with great things to come at Walker. I

am thrilled to have Cindy Frey move into the director’s position. As the Assistant Director, she has been the

key to many of the successes Walker has already celebrated. Under her leadership, the possibilities are end-

less.

Walker Career Center is second to none when it comes to programs, teachers and facilities which

provide our students countless opportunities to explore their future careers. Thank you to staff, students,

parents and community for your continued support of the Walker Career Center!

National SkillsUSA This past June,

Walker Career Center was

represented by students,

Queshala Irby and Hannah

Davis and teachers, Carol

Rice and Candy Ryan at the

National SkillUSA competi-

tion in Kansas City, Missouri.

Career and Technical Educa-

tion students from around the

country compete in their tech-

nical skills areas or in leader-

ship events. Queshala Irby

competed in the Commercial

Baking and Hannah Davis

competed in Dental Assisting.

Hannah shared, ―My week in

Kansas City was such an

awesome experience that I'm

glad I could be apart of. I had

a blast meeting new people

from all around the country

and getting to talk to them

about their competitions and how they prepared themselves. The whole week was just non stop fun and ex-

citement! If anyone has a chance to ever be involved in SkillsUSA, they should definitely do it and chal-

lenge themselves to become better at their skill!‖

Pictured left to right—Queshala Irby, Carol Rice, Hannah Davis and Candy Ryan

100% of the cost of this publication is paid for by funds awarded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. Warren Central High School and

Walker Career Center do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap in its educational programs, services, and employment practices.

Editor and Layout: Mrs. Cindy Frey; Printing by: Mr. Dave Prevost and Ms. Billie Jo Haeberle

100% of the cost of this publication is paid for by funds awarded through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. Warren Central High School and Walker Career Center do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,

age, or handicap in its educational programs, services, and employment practices.

Editor and Layout: Mrs. Cindy Frey; Printing by: Mr. Dave Prevost and Ms. Billie Jo Haeberle

Walker Career Center Honor Society 2012-2013

Walker Career Center honored students who completed their career and technical education pro-gram in May. Each student received a career portfolio containing their personal Competency Profile and Certificate of Completion. Students were honored by their teacher, as well as, all other students, family, teachers and administrators who were in attendance. Also recognized at the awards program were students who met the eligibility criteria for the Walker Career Center Honor Society. In order to be accepted as a member, students must have at least a B+ average in their career and technical education program, have good attendance minimum C overall average, and no discipline concerns. In addition, students must complete at least two community service activities. First year juniors and seniors received a membership certificate and second year seniors received a two-year membership certificate and black and silver honor cords that were worn at graduation.

Second Year

SENIORS

Tanisha Birden

Leticia Culajay

Joseph Euliss

Samantha Flis

Chrishawn Hall

Cortney Hicks

Dashia Hinton

Malcolm Marshall

Arielle Payne

Robert Roucoulet

First Year

SENIORS

Lynsey Bartlett

Makia Carver

Grace Douglas

Emily Dupnik

Katherine Eaton

Brad Frye

Symone’ Gladney

Rashelle Haliburton

Ashley Hutton

Madilyne Lawver

Jessica Love

Carrington Murry

Jonathan Powell

Brianna Robinson

De’sjonna Ross

Erin Russell

Azjani Sprinkles

Madeleine Stewart

Ashley Webb

Centera Webb

JUNIORS

Donovan Bolding

Jeremy Booth

Joseph Buell

Sharanda Campbell

Aaron Cool

Justin Croft

Ashli Eaton

Darius Gardner

Brittany Gong

Patric Guy

Meagan Hagerman

Tyler Honeycutt

Daijah Jones

Dakota Lilly

Diamond Mayberry

Megan Mellene

Elite Page

Deveny Rhem

Elvia Sanchez

Sinara Sandoval

Jai Sharp

Carl Small

Chelsea Smith

Ceaira Stamper

Daijourne Strode

DeArmond Wadington

SOPHOMORES

Andrew Aughe

Gabriella Bettegnies

Elisabeth Garza

Portia Jefferson

Lillian King