PWCS Career and Technical Education

02/09/2023

Congratulations to Berry Buer, Introduction to Fashion Careers student at Colgan HS for winning the 1st place prize in the Wearable art competition in the recent Off the Wall Art competition, hosted by the Art Factory in Manassas. Berry's garment had to be made from 50% recyclable material. Berry made he jacket from trash bags, plastic bags, bubble wrap, packing tape, hot glue, and computer keys! See Berry's wonderful design at the Art Factory's home page. https://www.virginiaartfactory.org/manassas-art-gallery/

Congratulations to Berry and her teacher Jennifer Nance on this wonderful achievement.

Visit Caton Merchant Gallery for exciting art exhibitions year round. Our gallery features local artists exhibiting photography, painting, sculpture, & more

08/23/2022

Congratulations to Cheryl Corry, Cosmetology Teacher at Woodbridge SHS on winning the "James R. Bushong Teacher of the Year" award at the Virginia Association of Trade and Industrial Educators (VATIE) at their Summer conference. See details of the award and photo from the event at

The award will be presented to an active member with a minimum of five years involvement, who has been identified with the work and purposes of Virginia's Trade & Industrial Education. The award will be presented only to a VATIE member who has made a significant impact on the field of Career & Techn...

07/19/2022

07/08/2022

Does this look like fun or what?
Pictures from Garden Camp for kids at Brentsville District High School during June. Learners having fun!

07/08/2022

Congrats to our wonderful FCCLA students from Patriot HS!
They scored gold and ranked 10 in the nation for their Chapter in a Review Display project titled FCCLA Cafe. Well done students and teachers. Kathryn Jett McVea

06/10/2022

Career and Technical Education Summer camps are still open for registration with limited seats left! These three camps are *FREE* to current 6, 7, and 8th grade students.

Camps are from 7:45-11:30

Locations:
Bits N Bites Coding - Saunders MS
King Arthur Bake for Good - Unity Braxton MS
Cookology - Saunders MS

Registration is through ParentVUE. Visit this link for more info:

https://www.pwcs.edu/departments/student_management___alternative_programs/summer_school/summer_school_enrichment_programs

06/10/2022

Congratulations again to students that participated in the Class of 2022 Signing Day.

Prince William County Public Schools’ graduating seniors who have obtained full-time employment or committed to military service were invited to attend the 2...

06/04/2022

Firefighting Specialty program students completed their program day. Congratulations graduates!

06/04/2022

Students in the Firefighting Specialty program completed their final burn event today!

06/01/2022

Forest Park High School educators are published authors

Congratulations to Dr. Joe Pisani and Dr. Jamey Long, CTE teachers at Forest Park High School, who have just completed a new book focused on valuing the voice of all stakeholders within an organization, with a focus on activating these same stakeholders into a shared leadership process. The book is published through Anthem Publishers (New York and London) and will be available on Amazon and other online order web pages.

If you have questions, contact them by email at [email protected] or [email protected].

06/01/2022

PWCS is looking to hire 15 interns to work over the summer with our Technical Support Specialist/helpdesk staff.

IT Summer Internship position in PWCS:
Grade Levels: Rising 11-12
Duration: 5 weeks
June 20, June 27,
July 4 week – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
July 11, July 18

15 hours per week
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
(if a break is taken during these hours, extend the day to 5 hours per day)

Pay: This internship is unpaid. $1000 gift card for successful completion of Internship hours and requirements.

Related Classroom Instruction: The internship is related to any CTE or Information Technology courses.

Student Eligibility:

Students must have their own transportation that supports:
-Arriving to work on time.
-The ability to get from one PWCS school to another school per assignment (that can change during the day).
-The student must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a CTE program.
-Preference is given to students that have passed the Workplace Readiness Exam.
-Recommendation from a teacher.
-Completion of application and interview process with host employer
-Completion of student registration and parent/guardian permission
-Ability to fulfill the time demands of the internship

On-the-Job Requirements:
-Readiness and willingness to learn
-Agreement to work on and with computers as requested
-Willingness to ask questions and confirm directions as needed
-Attention for all work hours will be on the work task. Cell phones will be used for work (and emergency) purposes only.
-Ability to lift a box of PWCS student laptops that contains 12 laptops.

Please have interested students email: [email protected].

05/30/2022