Choctaw County Career & Tech Center

CCCTC Student of the month is Ayla Robinson!!

Ayla was nominated by her Sports Medicine Teacher, Bill Johnson. Ayla brings positive energy and dedication to her class. She is very attentive and inquisitive while learning during lecture and lab. Ayla is friendly and helpful to everyone she encounters. Not only is she a bright student in the classroom but she plays every sport offered!

A big thank you to Cater Wood Alfa Insurance Agency for sponsoring Ayla!

CCCTC students discovered what the many different careers in the field of Forensic Science looked like in real life. They met and spoke with analysts, specialists, and agents from every section of the crime lab: Evidence, Firearms, Bioscience, Toxicology, Drugs, Implied Consent, Trace, Latent Prints, Digital Evidence, the Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

Our Sports Medicine and Healthcare and Clinical Services students participated in an amazing opportunity to tour the MS Forensics Laboratory (aka Crime-lab) in Pearl, MS. The students discovered what the many different careers in the field of Forensic Science looked like in real life.

They met and spoke with analysts, specialists, and agents from every section of the crime lab: Evidence, Firearms, Bioscience, Toxicology, Drugs, Implied Consent, Trace, Latent Prints, Digital Evidence, the Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

A Big thanks to all the professionals at the MS Forensics Laboratory for sharing with our students about what they do on a daily basis.

No room for cross-contamination here! Our Health Science Core students mastered the art of safely putting on and taking off medical gloves today. They wrapped up the lesson with a Glo-Germ skills checkoff to see if any "germs" made it onto their skin. Future healthcare pros in the making!!

Health Science Core students had a fun time searching for bacteria within the school building while using sterile swabs and petri dishes. Students sampled various objects and surfaces to see what microorganisms might be present. We’ll see their findings after allowing the petri dishes to incubate for a few days.

Ag Power explores a variety of welding including: TIG, ARC, and MIG. Along with plasma cutting and torch cutting.

Not only do our students work on projects, they get to use their creativity to create new items!

A special thank you to Kathryn Allman, Director of MS Tobacco Free Coalition of Choctaw, Webster, and Montgomery counties, for speaking to our Health Science students about the numerous facts and dangers of vaping.

We know it's hot outside but we can guarantee it's hotter in our welding shop! The heat is not slowing us down and the sparks are flying at CCCTC.

Welcome our new pets to CCCTC!! Mr. Kelly's room is adding new members.

Also, the person who sells the most meat sticks get to name them!!

The Sports Medicine and Healthcare and Clinical Services students completed their American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support - CPR with AED and First Aid certifications. The students did an excellent job with their skill check offs! A BIG thanks to Ms. Monica Potts (LPN) with MDP Emergency Life Safety for providing both AHA certifications to the students!

There is something for everyone in agriculture! MSU Discovery Day was a great place to be!

While exploring possible future careers through agriculture, students and teachers petted the animals at MSU Ag Day !

Mr. Kelly's Ag classes attended the MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Discovery Day!

Students visited booths and discovered the wide range of career opportunities available through agriculture.

Thanks to Director Catchot for feeding our students lunch after participating all morning!

Part 2 of 3- Community Wide Disaster Drill

2nd Year Sports Med & Healthcare Clinical Service students were honored to be to participate in the Community Wide Disaster Drill today.

A special thanks to Ackerman PD, Choctaw County SO, Pafford EMS, Ackerman FD, CRMC for including CCCTC!

Part 1 of 3

Two of our CCCTC Sports Medicine students, Raina Johnson and Ayla Robinson, were able to job-shadow Reid Draper DPT and Glen Mason CFNP on the Charger football sidelines during Friday night’s game. It was a great learning experience involving gametime medical care for athletes.

A BIG thanks to both Reid Draper DPT and Glen Mason CFNP!

CCCTC students are hosting a can food drive contest during the month of September! The winning program will get pizza for collecting the most canned foods.

!!Stay tuned for a second announcement for a second prize later this month!!