ARTEC Regional Professional Technical Charter School (ARTEC RPTCS) is a regional professional-technical charter school for students in grades 9-12. It is available to public high school students, private high school students and home school students in South Central Idaho.  Live classroom instruction, online courses, dual concurrent credit and Tech Prep courses are offered.  To enroll in the Charter School, contact the Administration listed.

Cassia Regional Technical Center Automotive students, Nathanael Brown and Jasper Moser, recently won the state contest and earned the right to compete at the National Ford/AAA contest in Dearborn, MI during the week of June 9.  

Congratulations Nathanael and Jasper!!

The Finance Academy program at Twin Falls High School has been named the Division of Professional Technical Education Secondary Exemplary Program for 2013!!!!  Instructors Lorraine Rapp and Carrie Ploss will receive the award at the annual PTE Summer Conference Monday, June 17, in Boise.  

Congratulations Lorraine and Carrie!!!!

Jason Torgrimson, IT instructor at Twin Falls High School was selected to be a presenter at the United States Distance Learning Association’s National Conference the end of April.

Congratulations, Jason!!!

The Buhl Automotive Technology students assited Care Convey by doing all the needed repair work on an ambulance donated by Con Paulos.  This ambulance was sent to Cuidad Madera in Mexico this spring to a small rural community which has primitive emergency services.  CBS’s On The Road was in the Magic Valley this spring to film the preparations of this and other emergency equipment and supplies which will all be sent to Mexico.  The Kimberly Information Technology program is assisting in the process by preparing a video as well.  Click on the links below to see the auto students picking up the ambulance from Con Paulos. 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=484221114979201&set=pb.108221632579153.-2207520000.1359695279&type=3&theater

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=484221321645847&set=pb.108221632579153.-2207520000.1359695279&type=3&theater

Follow this link to see the KMVT broadcast about CBS’s On the Road filming of the project.

http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/Care-Convoy-Gives-An-Old-Ambulance-A-New-Home-195469561.html

Follow this link to see the KMVT broadcasts about the return of the students from Mexico.

http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/Care-Convoy-Back-From-Mexico-200166461.html

The Canyon Ridge Certified Nursing Assistant class recently volunteered in a second grade class, helping the students create Veteran’s Day cards which were then presented to Veterans living in an assisted living facility by class members.

Instructor Bill Perry, Gooding Cabinetmaking program, and junior contestant Mark Woodland are showing the bronze medal that Mark won at the National  SkillsUSA contest in Kansas City in the Cabinetmaking division.  Mark placed third in the nation out of 44 state winners.  Congratulations, Mark and Bill!

Braden VanLeluven, a student in the Minico Information Technology program, was selected as one of the top three in Idaho to participate in the Idaho Science Aero Space Scholars. Program.  He completed that course successfully and then was selected to attend the Space Camp at the Ames Research Center in California.  Here he is shown with Idaho’s teaching astronaut, Barbara Morgan.

Congratulations Braden and Donna!