ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 1 | YEAR 15
1723 E KY 70
Liberty, KY 42539
New Staff Members
Jason Gilpin
Justin Spears
In This Issue
Jason Gilpin has joined the Casey
County
ATC
team
in
the
Maintenance Worker II position.
Jason is married and has two
children; Emily 5 and Matthew 8.
Jason brings several years of
experience in construction and
security. We want to welcome
Jason and his family to our ATC
family!
Our new Electrical Instructor Justin
Spears is a 2003 graduate of Casey
County High School and a completer
in the Electrical Technology program
at the ATC. Justin is married and has
two children, Kyron 9 and Ethen 14.
Justin brings a wealth of electrical
experience to this position. We are
thrilled to have Justin on board.
Congratulations to business teacher Hollyann Joyner for completing her Master’s in
Education degree. “Completing the requirements to get my Master’s and passing was
such an overwhelming experience. I put in so much hard work and it finally paid off. My
education is one thing that cannot be taken away from me. It made me a better business
teacher by giving me more resources and knowledge about topics and it made be a
better leader in the building. I cried when they put my hood on because I was just
overwhelmed with excitement at what I accomplished and that it was finally all over. I am
still deciding if I want to continue to the next level.”
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Welcome New Staff
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HOSA National
Conference

FBLA Camp

STEM Pride

CTE Summer
Conference
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HOSA National Conference –
Anaheim, CA
The
2015
HOSA
National
Conference was an awesome
experience for the 6 members of the
Casey County Area Technology
Center (ATC) HOSA club which
included Abby Atwood, Sarah Harne,
Jessica
Richardson,
Amber
Tetreault, Emilee Vaughn, Lauren
Wethington and their Advisor, Paula
Bodner.
Sarah Harne, Jessica Richardson,
Amber Tetreault, Emilee Vaughn and
Lauren Wethington won first place at
the March Kentucky (KY) State
Conference in Public Service
Announcements and represented
KY
HOSA
at
the
national
competition in the same event. Also
in March at the KY HOSA State
Conference, Abby Atwood was
elected as the HOSA State
Parlimantarian. She represented
Kentucky HOSA at all national
meetings.
All Casey County ATC HOSA
members attended symposia on
many health topics such as
“Innovations in Health Care”, “Health
Care Options in the Health Field”,
“Dentistry on Wild Animals” to name
a few. Student s had the opportunity
to meet and speak with some of the
health topic presenters and some of
the 10,000 plus HOSA members
from across the United States.
Members also attended the HOSA
Expo
which connected these
members
with
many
health
educators, health care professionals
as well as health care employers.
The purpose of the HOSA
organization is to develop leadership
and
technical
HOSA
skill
competencies through a program
ofivation,
awareness
and
recognition.
Six members of Casey County’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America left for FBLA’s
annual, state wide Leadership Development Camp in Hardinsburg on June 10 of 2015. Nearly
140 people attended camp this year; including Casey County’s own Courtney Buis, Katie Burton,
Patricia Deihl, Ashley Johnson, Courtney Radliff, Emily Shoemaker and Advisor HollyAnn Joyner
from the Area Technology Center.
Everyone who attended camp was split into groups based on the year’s theme. This year the
FBLA camp theme was “Get a Clue with FBLA”. The teams were named after the famous
characters from the board game Clue including: Connell Mustard, Mr. Green, Miss Scarlett, and
Professor Plum.
The theme Clue came with a twist: the teams had to solve a murder mystery by the end of
camp on June 12. One of the state officers, Nancy Shoemaker, was “killed” by a fellow officer.
The camp coordinators fabricated a story line about Nancy’s life as a singer, TV star, and movie
star. Every state officer played a role in Nancy’s life and each one of them had a motive to kill
her.
On the last day each team presented a skit depicting who they think killed Nancy. Three of
the four teams guessed correctly when they said she never died, her sister, Hailey, was the one
who was murdered. Nancy and Hailey traded places when they were young so Nancy wouldn’t
have to deal with the pressures of Hollywood. It didn’t take long for jealousy to catch up with
them and Nancy murdered her own sister in cold blood.
Of course there is much more to camp than games and mysteries. One of the most
important parts of FBLA camp are the officer classes. New and returning officers get to
of
motivation,
awareness
and
recognition. The overall mission for
HOSA is to enhance the delivery of
compassionate, quality health care by
providing opportunities for knowledge,
skill and leadership development for all
health science students which will then
meet the health needs of our
communities. I truly believe the
National HOSA Conference allowed
the Casey County ATC HOSA
members to grow in a way that we
have furthered the purpose and
mission of HOSA for the overall good
of the communities these future health
care providers will serve.
While in California, Ms. Bodner and
the HOSA members enjoyed a tour of
Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica
and many exciting places. Many
memories
and
once-in-a-lifetime
experiences were enjoyed by all.
learn about their office and what it means to
be a President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer,
Reporter,
Historian,
or
Parliamentarian.
In addition to classes regarding the students
office, both officers and advisors get to meet
with other chapters and acquire new
techniques regarding fundraising, community
service events, meeting events and much
more. Later on, each chapter has time to plan
individually for the next year with their new
ideas based on those developed by other
Kentucky FBLA chapters.
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I now realize that STEM
may be that really neat car that
was built and powered by solar
panels using the sun as energy.
UK STEM Group
Health
Science
Teacher
Participates in STEM Pride
I began my journey into
Science, Technology, Engineering
and
Mathematics
(STEM)
education on May 19, 2015 with
Dr. Brett Criswell as the Clinical
Assistant Professor for the STEM
PRIDE program at the University
of Kentucky with numerous other
teachers. Some teachers were
new teachers while others were
experienced teachers.
My beginning understanding
of STEM was that STEM was an
acronym for Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
and that I should probably be
including this information in my
courses…and that was about it!
Exactly how to successfully
include
STEM
was
not
understood at all.
After
attending meetings with Dr.
Criswell and others involved in
STEM Pride for two weeks, I have
learned much more than I
expected and have new ideas
about how to make STEM
education
happen
in
my
classroom.
Or STEM can be the testing of
mice to find that illusive gene
that will one day let insulin be
produced and effectively utilized
by the body of the diabetic
patient.
Or STEM can be experienced
by taking aluminum foil (3 inches
square) to make a boat to see
how many pennies it takes to
sink your boat.
STEM
is
around
us
everywhere! We can encourage
students to think about STEM in
very complex ways as in science
or engineering class or by having
a complex individual lesson one
of the STEM subjects. However,
what we have not been doing is
getting students to experience
Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics in each of our
classes in a routine way within
topics we already teach.
Finding a way to teach what
you have always taught and to
bring
out
the
science,
technology, engineering or math
that is already present so that
the students realize that STEM is
not an isolated topic but an
integrated part of every day and
every part of our lives is the
challenge to teachers. At least
this appears to me to be my
challenge as I dip into the world
of STEM.
STEM Pride has been a journey
that I realize has been long
overdue for the field of Health
Science. Too many teachers,
including myself, try to take
STEM and put an obligatory
STEM lesson in lesson planning
so that we feel that we are
meeting our obligations to the
“NEW” way of teaching. With my
journey through STEM Pride I
now have a better understanding
and desire to bring STEM to
students in a way that is more
integrated into our subject topics
utilizing 21st Century skills such
as critical thinking, problem
solving and student centered
development of ideas.
The
journey
to
STEM
education is not over for me, it’s
just beginning.
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Casey County ATC Receives
CCR Award
The Casey County ATC was
recognized at the 2015 KACTE
Summer
Conference
for
“attainment of the top 10 percent
status among Area Technology
Centers in the percent of students
meeting
Career
Readiness
accountability standards.”
This
award recognizes the hard work
and dedication on the part of all
the Casey County ATC staff, and
most importantly the students.
2015 Casey County High
School graduate and Casey
County ATC HOSA Chapter
President and current Kentucky
State HOSA Parliamentarian
spoke at the opening session of
the KACTE Summer Conference
on behalf of all Kentucky
CTSO’s.
Abby did an excellent job and
represented
Casey
County
HOSA and Kentucky HOSA well.
We are extremely proud of the
accomplishments of this young
lady and very honored to say she
is our former student. Good luck
to Abby as she starts the next
chapter in her scholastic career.
Teachers HollyAnn Joyner, Teena Kissee, Justin Spears, and principal
Carmela Clark attended the 2015 KACTE Summer Conference in July
held at the Galt House in Louisville, KY. The theme for the 2015 CTE
Summer Program was Our Mission: Student Success. The
conference offered various institutes, workshops, sessions, and
presentations designed to provide CTE teachers and administrators
with the tools necessary to enable Kentucky’s educational system to
truly transform and incorporate the rigor and relevance of CTE into
classrooms.
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