Simpson County School District has added two new programs to better serve students and provide them with additional career choices.

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Simpson County School District has added two new programs to better serve students and provide them with additional career choices.

Under the direction of Simpson County Technical Center (SCTC) Director, Dr. Bo Huffman, a new program, SREB Energy and Power, has been added at Magee High School as a career academy. This program is a pathway to introduce students from both Magee High School and Mendenhall High School to the broad field of energy and the critical need for a skilled energy workforce.

 

SCTC welcomes new instructors and counselor for the 2015-2016 school year. In addition to the seven programs that are currently available at SCTC, Law Enforcement and Public Safety has been added for the current school term. Serving as first year instructor is Jesse Gonzales, who is a certified law enforcement and school resource officer. He is prior military and last served as School Resource Officer with the Grenada School District.

 

First year teacher, Maurice Bryant , serves as Construction Trades instructor. Known to his students as the “Gator Hunter”, Maurice spends his spare time hunting alligators, which makes for interesting experiences that he shares with his students. He also serves as minister of the First Baptist Church in Braxton, which is located near the center.

 

 

 

Dustin Inman joins the faculty as Agriculture & Natural Resources instructor. Dustin is involved with the SREB Literacy Design Initiative and implements the literacy strategies with his students. He last served as Agriculture instructor at Mendenhall High School. Dustin prided himself with an active FFA Chapter at Mendenhall High School and plans to increase FFA membership at the center.

 

 

 

 

Serving as career and technical counselor is Heidi Russell. Heidi is a first year counselor and served for the last thirteen years as Business Instructor and Lead Teacher at Magee High School. Prior to that time, she was employed in industry.

Additionally, Simpson County Technical Center continues to surpass the state average in CPAS state program rankings with Automotive Technology rated number seven and Polymer Science number three. Adopting this year’s theme, “CTE: A Pathway to a Brighter Future”, SCTC continues to prepare students with the necessary skills for career success.