Displaying items by tag: career and technical education

HAMLET — Representatives from Richmond Community College, Richmond County Schools, Scotland County Schools and local industries recently met to discuss challenges industries face with today's workforce. This was a follow-up meeting from a group session held in January 2020 prior to COVID, as school and industry leaders work to come up with solutions. 

HAMLET — Four Richmond County students were recognized for their participation in the Career and Technical Education program at last week’s School Board meeting — one of whom was awarded a scholarship.

ROCKINGHAM — Senior Douglas McDonald has always enjoyed working with computers.

ELLERBE — Seniors Will and River Meacham are completing their internship at Meacham Logging, Inc., a family owned company that’s been in business for 30 years. 

ROCKINGHAM — Roderick Hudgen thought he wanted to be a doctor. His mom and grandma were both in the health field — his mom is an occupational therapist and his grandma is a CNA — and the classes came easy for him.  

ROCKINGHAM — Senior Kendell Watson comes from a family of firemen — his grandfather, uncle, father and brother are all firefighters. Watson considers it a “family tradition.”  

ROCKINGHAM — Working on cars isn’t new for senior Jeremy McDonald.

ROCKINGHAM — Senior Haileigh Herndon always knew she wanted to be teacher, but thought she would be a first-grade teacher. During a lesson in her Teacher Cadet class, Herndon said they talked about  what students learn in different grades and how they develop in each. Herndon said first grade was what caught her eye.  

HAMLET — Growing up, William Evans-Legette, a senior at Richmond Senior High School, said his dad was always working on old-school cars and the love for it grew inside of him as he got older.  

ROCKINGHAM  —When senior Michael DeMay was younger, he said his dad brought him to work with him one day at his body shop where he also did some welding.