Archived CTSO News
Archived News on CTSO's
2022-2023
Congratulations to the CTE Students and Teachers for their success at the SkillsUSA CA State Conference last week in Ontario, CA. Forty-five students and five CTE Teachers from CHS, FHS and VdLHS traveled together by charter bus to the conference and had a great time!
Three students earned a Gold Award and qualified to participate in the SkillsUSA National Conference in Atlanta, GA. The events included Principles of Engineering, (Nicholas - Vista del Lago High School), CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer (Grayson - Folsom High School) and 3-D Visualization and Animation (Srikar and Jayden - Folsom High School).
Additionally, Mrs. Livia Castro, Engineering Teacher from VdLHS, received the Region 4 Advisor of The Year Award!
Chapters from Folsom and Vista del Lago High Schools received the Quality Chapter Award, Chapter of Distinction Bronze Level Award, and brought home $1200 Chapter Award!
The SkillsUSA chapter at Folsom High School was recognized and received the 2019-2020 Silver Metal for Chapter of Excellence Award. Congratulations to the students and Advisor, Pam Goldman for their hard work and dedication in creating a Chapter of Distinction! The students were featured in the FCUSD District Digest
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The 2020 CA State CTSO Leadership Conferences have been cancelled to protect the safety of our students.
- The following Career Technical Student Organizations in our district include:
- FCCLA - Cordova and Kinney High School
- FFA - Cordova High School
- SkillsUSA - Cordova, Folsom and Vista del Lago High Schools
- The following Career Technical Student Organizations in our district include:
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SkillUSA Region 4 Leadership and Skill Conference
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On January 11th, over 100 Career Technical Education students from three high schools and five industry sectors (Arts, Media & Entertainment, Building & Construction Trades, Engineering & Architecture, Information & Communication Technologies, Manufacturing & Product Development) participated in The SkillsUSA Region 4 Leadership & Skill Conference.
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Below is a list of the students and teams that qualified for the State Leadershiip Convention:
VdLHS Interactive Application and Video Game Development 1 Team of 2 Students GOLD VdLHS Medical Math 2 students competed GOLD SILVER VdLHS Medical Terminology 1 Student GOLD VdLHS Robotics Urban Search and Rescue 1 Team of 2 Students GOLD VdLHS Quiz Bowl 1 Team of 5 Students GOLD FHS Quiz Bowl 1 Team of 5 Students SILVER FHS Architectural Design 1 Student SILVER FHS Computer Programming 1 Student SILVER FHS Engineering Technology Design 1 Team of 3 Students GOLD FHS Photography 1 Student BRONZE FHS Principles of Engineering Technology 3 Students GOLD SILVER BRONZE FHS Related Technical Math 3 Students GOLD SILVER BRONZE FHS Technical Computer Applications 1 Student GOLD FHS Television (Video) Production 1 Team of 2 Students GOLD FHS Web Design 2 Teams of 2 Students GOLD SILVER CHS Engineering Technology Design 1 Team of 3 Students BRONZE CHS Introductory Woodworking 1 Student SILVER TOTALS 15 8 4
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FCCLA Regional Leadership Confernce (February 2019)
Students from Cordova High participated in the California FCCLA (Family, Career, Community Leaders of America) competition for Region 4 in California, the event was held at Cordova High on Feb. 2.
Competitions took place in seven of 20 leadership and career development events: Child Development, Culinary Arts, Culinary Display, Food Innovation, Interior Design, Job Interview and Menu Planning and Table Display. The event was coordinated by Linda Olsen-Davis, CRE Region Chair and Dianne Goldman, Region and Host Site, who is also the long time Culinary Academy teacher at Cordova High.
Many students from Cordova High placed high in the competition. In the Culinary Arts category Ethan Heidt placed first for Salad Preparation in the Junior Division. Senior Division winners in Salad Preparation were: Esther Abass (1st) and Angela Greathouse 3rd. In the Food Innovation category Christina Ternes and Jessica Sullivan placed 1st, Chris Anays, Vanessa Crawford, and Amethyst Walker placed 2nd. In the category for Culinary Display Patisserie, Wendy Simien placed 1st and received Best of Show recognition. In Culinary Display Breads category Milka Nyambura placed 3rd. In the Culinary Arts/Commercial Food Preparation Michael Waters, Rafael Cardona and Kenneth Yang placed 1st.
Congratulations to all of our talented culinary arts students on your accomplishments. Winners from this event will compete next at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference later this spring.
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SkillsUSA Regional Leadership Conference (January 2019)
