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Career and Technical Education Month - 2009

CTE Month 2009

February was CTE Month! This month-long celebration of CTE kicked off with National Job Shadow Day on February 4 and concluded with National Entrepreneurship Week USA, February 21-28. Schools looking for promotional items used the Product Guide, which featured products that could be customized to commemorate CTE Month. Visit the CTE Month Online Store to view the Product Guide and to purchase your promotional and commemorative items.

Many of you helped spread the word by downloading the CTE Month 2009 screen saver.

Share Your CTE Month Stories & SchoolTube CTE Month Contest
You can share CTE Month celebration plans and stories over in the CTE Month forum of ACTE's new online discussion forums or e-mail them to Sabrina Kidwai.

SchoolTube, a safe, moderated media-sharing site, held a contest for the best video or image that promoted CTE and CTE Month. SchoolTube staff chose the best submission and showcased it on their Web site. Watch below:

CTE Month Trivia
Are you or your students a fan of trivia? ACTE created a set of trivia questions that teachers can use as an activity for CTE Month. The questions can be used throughout the month of February in classes, schools and communities to test students’ knowledge of CTE. Questions range from CTE facts and history to career examples in TV and movies. ACTE has provided a list of answers and/or Web sites that will help people find the answers. If you have any questions, please contact Sabrina Kidwai.

CTE Month Video Public Service Announcement Contest

ACTE is proud to announce that the winner of the 2009 CTE Month Video PSA Contest is "Beyond A Textbook," produced by Yanina Gonzalez, Adrian Scarborough, Joseph Walsh and Philip Wilmut, Birdville Media Tech, Birdville ISD, Haltom City, Texas. The team will receive $750 and the school will receive one copy of Apple Final Cut Studio 2.

Promote CTE by linking to this video from your Web site: www.schooltube.com/video/13375/Beyond-The-Textbook. Or embed this PSA into your Web site by copying and pasting the following code into the code for your site: <object width="420" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://www.schooltube.com/v/a9f315e7fb4e45dbb490" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.schooltube.com/v/a9f315e7fb4e45dbb490" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="375"></embed></object>

You can also purchase a copy of the first-place PSA on DVD for $5. To order, e-mail the ACTE Store or call 800-826-9972.

Receiving second place in the contest is "Endless Possibilities," produced by Yevgeniya Kozochkina, Centennial High School, Peoria, Arizona. Kozochkina will receive $250 and the school will receive one copy of Apple Final Cut Studio 2.

You can also link to this PSA from your Web site: www.schooltube.com/video/13084/Endless-Possibilities. Or embed this PSA into your Web site by copying and pasting the following code into the code for your site: <object width="420" height="375"><param name="movie" value="http://www.schooltube.com/v/74c0f8d3b78446038305" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.schooltube.com/v/74c0f8d3b78446038305" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="420" height="375"></embed></object>

ACTE would like to thank all contest entrants for their hard work and creativity. Information on the 2010 CTE Month Video PSA contest will be available in summer 2009.

ACTE Selects Logo Design for 2009 CTE Month

ACTE announced that Michael Brandonisio of Gurnee, Illinois was selected as the winner of the 2009 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month Logo Design Contest! Brandonisio is an upcoming senior at Warren Township High School and takes a graphic and Web design course at Lake County High Schools Technology Campus. He has already been accepted into the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he plans to further his career as a graphic artist.

Brandonisio’s design was selected from more than 600 entries submitted by students from across the country. His design, which incorporates the 2009 CTE Month theme, “CTE: Building Blocks for a Successful Career,” will showcase national CTE Month, February 2009. His design will be featured on thousands of 2009 CTE Month promotional products ordered by schools and institutions from around the country.

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