Career and Technical Education

Good Things Happening in CTE

HOSA

HOSA hosted their annual blood drive for the first time since COVID-19 this past week.  Thank you to our HOSA officers and members Zoie Banks, Diana Escobar, Jacqueline Gonzalez, and Mekenna Stephens for all their help in the success of this event..

FFA Homecoming Recap

It’s been a short week in terms of classes, but a LONG week in regards to Homecoming festivities. If you have not seen the Dickinson FFA Facebook posts for pictures, here’s a glimpse into just some of what’s been going on:

Floral Design

Students in the floral design class got to experience what a floral shop goes through during the busy season of homecoming.  They chose to do either a mum or a garter and had to make theirs while following a strict budget.  Students who excelled at making their mum/garter also made mums and garters according to customers orders.

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice had a special visitor when Dickinson PD brought in their K9 unit to come talk to the came and talked to the Law 2 classes

Emergency Medical Technician

EMT Students have just tested off their Airway, Breathing, and Oxygenation Management and Vital Sign Skills. Our EMT Students are currently moving onto Trauma Assessment; starting with providing proper spinal immobilization, backboarding, and transport by stretcher.

IED Rocket Launcher Project

• Students used, used compressed air and water as propellant to launch bottles with wings at a target.
• They learned about variables that affected outcome such as durability of wing materials, wind, launch angles, and size of bottle.
• They learned how to use excel spreadsheet formulas to produce box plots of their results.
• They learned how data can be more predictable if all variables are identified and controlled before and during the launches.

Advanced Plant and Soil Science

On Thursday the Environmental Systems - Plant and Soil Science classes took a mini field trip out to the Agriculture barn to explore all of the biotic and abiotic factors found right here at Dickinson High School. Most students did not even know there was a barn on school grounds! Students were able to explore the barn and interact with various livestock species such as swine, goats and cattle.

FFA October Meeting

FFA had a great time at the October FFA Meeting. Our Officer Team got out important information to our members, we discussed important goings on within the Dickinson FFA Chapter and we wrapped it all up with some Halloween themed fun and fellowship. Don’t forget about the pumpkin carving contest at the end of the month.

Bring Your Own Pumpkin