Career center students earn medals at competition

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Neighbors | Submitted.Alisha Starkey, a senior from Boardman, earned a Gold Medal First Place Rating for Concept Curriculum Development.

Students in the Early Childhood Development program at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center earned two Gold Medal ratings after competing in the 2012 FCCLA Regional Skills Event.

The students competed in four categories — language and literacy, concept curriculum, teacher resource kit and early childhood team. With each of these categories the students had to research, develop and present lesson plans, activities and kits that met the state’s content standards for Early Childhood Education.

Seniors Ka Leisha Jones and Alisha Starkey, both from Boardman, earned Gold Medal ratings in their events. Jones developed a Teacher Resource Kit to teach preschoolers about nutrition and Starkey designed and presented a thematic unit about outer space for the Concept Curriculum Development event.

The following students also competed at the event and earned high marks Brittany Burkhart of Lowellville, Silver Medal, Language and Literacy; Sydney Nonnemacher of Springfield, Silver Medal, Concept Curriculum Development; Morgan Claypoole of Springfield, Silver Medal, Teacher Resource Kit; Janet Bernard of Austintown, Jesse Bigelow of Jackson-Milton and Cassie Wukotich of West Branch, Silver Medal, Team Event; Gabrielle Elson of Canfield, Crystal Karnes of Struthers, Ashley Mayer of Austintown and Krystal Means of Jackson-Milton, Bronze Medal, Team Event.

For more information, contact Jacqueline Kuffel at 330-729-4120.