Approximately 220 area sixth graders arrived at Northwest Technology Center’s Alva campus on Friday, November 18 to participate in Northwest Technology Center’s Sixth Grade Career Fair. Area schools attending included: Alva, Cherokee, Waynoka, Freedom, Medford, Burlington, Seiling and South Barber. This event is designed to make students entering middle school begin to consider possible options […]
Graduates of the CareerTech Teacher Institute for the 2015-16 School Year include J.P. Parker, Welding Technology Instructor at Northwest Technology Center in Fairview. This program provides beginning teachers with critical strategies and a foundation proved to be effective in today’s CareerTech classrooms. Parker joined the staff of Northwest Technology Center in August of 2015. Parker […]
Terry Ryel of Cherokee was appointed to fill the position vacated on the Northwest Technology Center Board of Education by Dr. Carl Newton. Ryel is pictured with Dr. Gerald Harris, NWTC’s Superintendent.
Dr. Carl Newton resigned from the NWTC Board of Education as he will be serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Newton is pictured with Northwest Technology Center’s Superintendent, Dr. Gerald Harris.
Northwest Technology Center held the graduation ceremony for the Practical Nursing program before a packed room of friends and family members of the nine graduates last Saturday. The students completed the Practical Nursing curriculum last week and will be ready for the licensure testing in the upcoming months. The graduates are: Natasha Finnegan, Anai Guerra-Mercado, […]
Students from Northwest Technology Center’s Culinary program prepared and served the meal for the Fairview Chamber of Commerce Ladies Luncheon held last week. The students prepared chicken salad sandwiches, several types of salads, cheese and crackers, fresh vegetables and assorted tarts for approximately 80 attendees. Dr. Marcie Mack, Director of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech […]
Fairview Chamberlain Middle School (FCMS) will implement Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Gateway to Technology (GTT) program for the 2016 – 2017 school year. Northwest Technology Center and Chamberlain Middle School formed a Partnership Team in January 2016, to pursue Perkins Reserve Supplemental Grant Funding through the Oklahoma Department of Career Tech, for implementation of […]
Northwest Technology Center was recognized earlier this month as a winner of the Gold Star Award, the highest honor given by the Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers (OATC). This is the tenth time that Northwest Technology Center has received the award. The Gold Star Award recognizes technology centers that have met rigid and demanding criteria, […]
Ashley Tucker, recent Fairview High School graduate and Culinary Arts student at Northwest Technology Center placed first in the FCCLA Job Interview, Occupational, National FCCLA Leadership Conference in San Diego, California! Tucker is pictured here with her gold medal for the competition. Jeanette Blevins is her instructor in the Culinary program at NWTC.
Thirteen area eighth grade students participated in the Northwest Career Academy program. The students spent four days touring area businesses, performing community service and learning about economic opportunities available for them throughout Northwest Oklahoma. The academy ran May 24-27. Those participating included: Jake Spradlin of Fairview, Krystal McCollum of Waynoka, Emily Barton, Tara Owen, Joe […]
