Written by Ty Lounsbury Determination, hard work, and a desire to help are all necessities for those who want to join the Protective Services CTE. Whether your interest is in police work, firefighting, or working as a paramedic, this program has it all. From learning how correctly to handcuff someone to being taught how to operate a fire truck, these students are kept busy. The supervisors, Mr. Lofberg and…
By: Sadie Zagwoski As students at Wallenpaupack, we have a lot of opportunities within the numerous Career and Technical Educational (CTE) programs. Our CTE students graduate and have confidence in their future and proper preparation to further their studies or join the workforce. Among the programs is the renowned Aviation CTE, otherwise known as WASA…
By: Gio Patire From Pathways to Career and Technical Education (CTE‘s), our school has an abundance of programs that guide students through the basics of many careers. The visual arts pathway is one of these programs that allows students to step into the role of an artist, whether it be traditional art with paint, or…
Written by Ty Lounsbury There is something for every student at Wallenpaupack. For people interested in goinginto the medical field, the Allied Health CTE is a great opportunity, because Allied Healthteaches students medical skills, technical terms, and much more. As a student in this CTEprogram, many doorways are opened as you get certifications, job shadows,…
Written by Lily Struble On Friday, October 27, Wallenpaupack Area High School held its second annual engineering competition. Two teams of five students from Wallenpaupack, Western Wayne, North Pocono, Lakeland, and Abington Heights competed for the grand prize. The day began with an Introduction in the auditorium, where general rules were discussed, and the judges were introduced. The competition was judged by Vincent Griffin (E.D Pons & Associates), Mitchell Jacobs…
Our annual Engineering competition is scheduled for this Friday, October 27, in the WAHS auxiliary gym. 10 teams from around the region converge on the WAHS campus to compete in the marquis problem solving event of the year cosponsored by Kiley Associates and the Wallenpaupack Area School District! More information coming soon…
By: Ty Lounsbury Welcome back to the CTE series! This week’s piece is about the very impressive culinary CTE program that is offered at Wallenpaupack. It started in the fall of 2016. Although it did exist before 2016, it wasn’t a CTE at the time; it was part of a home economics class. Since then,…
By: Ty Lounsbury Wallenpaupack has a lot of amazing programs at our school; one of which is the Childcare CTE program that is supervised by Mrs. Geisheimer and Mrs. Rowe. This program has many ways to benefit people going into the childcare pathway, and more specifically, it focuses on working with young children. One of…
Written by Lily Struble On Tuesday, September 19, State Representative Joseph Adams (R-Pike/Wayne) hosted a hearing titled “Creating Educational Pipelines to Prosperity.” Our superintendent, Mr. Keith Gunuskey, Mrs. Mary Beth Wood (the executive director of Wayne Economic Development Corporation), and Dr. Joann Hudak (chairperson of the board for the Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance) all testified to the importance of building a Career Technical Center (CTC), aka a “VoTech”…
BY: BETHANY DAY, JEWEL DICKERMAN, LORALIE LOVE On June 7, during fourth block, graduation happened. Our seniors haven’t left us yet, the kids who are members of the World Of Wonders program graduated. We saw the young ones finally leaving, excited to start their summer. The WOW program is a program that is run through…
