Today we kick off our "5th on 4th" with Bryant Elementary! This program is the first direct exposure our students receive with Career & Technical education. Today they are learning from our own high school students in the pathways of Engineering, Medical, & Agriculture!
We are thrilled to share that Ms. Susie Pinney is our Career Academy September Staff of the Month!
Ms. Pinney teaches our PBS & HBS courses for our Health Science pathway and puts a smile on our faces everyday with her energy and passion for kids! Thank you and congratulations!
Today, with the help of our tremendous internship coordinators and guest speaker, Matt Gaul, we trained up our students to go out into the world and use their skills in their internships. It was an awesome day of learning for all of our students! Special thanks to Mr. Gaul
It's a wonderful day out at Harry Hopkins. Our Instructional Assistant, Ms. Carter is giving Valerie instruction on her Overlap weld.
The rain couldn't keep the Army Reserve from showing off their toys and occupations! We always appreciate their support of our students!
Three of our HOSA members Anakin, Adrian, and Alexander, competed in the National Anatomage Tournament in Las Vegas in the final week of school, placing 37/84 teams. All three are going into pre-med, and Alexander is attending the U of Iowa in the fall! Congrats to all three!
Happy Friday!
We are always grateful for our business partnerships. This week, Peterbuilt and a few of our local unions stopped by Harry Hopkins to pour into our students. Great conversations about future career paths were shared. Thank you one and all!
Tune in to KCAU this afternoon to learn about our success with the Education Pathway. Andy and Ellie are products of the program and are teaching with next year!
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Today our Hospitality students prepared a meal for parents and families of Irving Elementary. Learning skills while serving our community!
We are gearing up for our Career Academy Showcase: there will be food, prizes, a LIVE PODCAST, and of course, our Fashion Show! We start at 5:00, come on down to the Career Academy and have some fun with us!
Our AFJROTC Cadets always look sharp presenting colors. Tonight they are at East High for the Are You Smarter than our 4th Graders event!
Prostart & Fire Science students were able to work with WITCC Culinary/Hospitality program (special thanks for Chef Divis, Chef Gasaway and our former students!) and the Iowa Beef Council to learn about grilling safety and the cuts of beef from our cattle farmers!
Our Cybersecurity students are hard at work today dissecting and learning about the components of computers.
Today, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Respiratory, Radiology, hosted our health science students learning more about programming and enhance their skills. We are always very grateful for our business and community partnerships, especially St. Luke's and Unity Point Hospital!
Come help us celebrate our students on May 8th beginning at 5 pm!
Today a few of our awesome team went to Des Moines to present on our work-based learning programming. Our coordinators and students who have had WBL experiences shared their wisdom!
Isabelle Barret, who is interning with Mr. T at East Middle, had the opportunity to conduct the EMS 8th grade band tonight!
The Career Academy is awfully proud this morning!
A former class of firefighter students are now the teachers, teaching a new class of emergency personnel for our community. #GrowYourOwn!
We are always grateful for our friends at the Army National Guard who spent the day with our students at Hopkins discussing their post secondary options in the military using their trades skills!
