Archives: Student Success
Congratulations to our SKILLS USA medal winners! Damyn Hebert Welding – Gold Emma Gendreau Welding Sculpture – Silver Robbie Poiesz – Electrical Wiring Const – Silver Colleen Thamsen – Customer Service – Silver Morgan Bourgoin -Basic Medical Bronze Matt Colbath – Heavy Equip – Bronze Jadie Fidel – Extemporaneous Speaking – Bronze
AWS Welding Certification And the results are in! Our students recently traveled to Eastern Maine Community College to test for their AWS certification. This test requires students to demonstrate their proficiency in horizontal, vertical and overhead welding techniques. We have been informed that seven out of the nine students who attempted have achieved AWS…
Well this school year has been another incredible year full of challenges and celebrations. And as we think about the past year and remember the students and staff who are moving on and would like to wish them the best. And for everyone who is returning next year….
The Electrical Construction senior class is getting a real OTJ (On the Job) training experience at the new Forest Hill building in Fort Kent. Students are working closely with professional electricians to help them with the building project. Big thanks to Ken L. Electric, Inc. for letting the students participate.
Here at the Saint John Valley Technology Center, we encourage instruction by demonstration. Here, Mr. Kevin Daigle is showing his junior class how to cut steel using an acetylene torch. Then it’s the students’ turn to demonstrate what they have just learned. Students are truly learning by doing.
One of the many projects done this year by our welding students is this Barbeque grill. It was made for the Fort Kent Fire Department to use in their fundraising efforts to obtain new equipment. It is yet another example of how our students at the St. John Valley Technology Center are helping make our…
It is really great to see students give back to the community. Recently 7th grade students from Madawaska Middle School teamed up with the Building Construction Trades class at the St. John Valley Technology Center to make birdhouses for the Allagash Waterway Wilderness Foundation. The birdhouses will provide shelters to local species such as eastern…
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel in their chosen field. This year our students competed in numerous competitions from heavy equipment demonstration, health knowledge bowl, welding sculpture, and health occupations professional portfolio. We are proud of all of…
The latest edition of our camper rebuild shows that our students are hard at work now insulating and framing the floor. The foundation of this camper is now built to stand the test of time. We are excited to see the quality of work that our students will do in the future. From left…
The students at St. John Valley Technology center are truly amazing. Five different programs of Welding, Heavy Equipment, Electrical Construction, Building Construction Trades, and Forestry pulled their efforts together to refurbish the refrigerated box truck into a field service truck for our Forestry and Heavy Equipment Operation programs. This vehicle will enable our students to…