By Sydney Simpson – Editor-in-Chief 

This February, the Career and Technical Education teachers at Jonathan Law are running a month-long raffle contest to spread information about Technology, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Computer Science courses. Each day, a student from a CTE class will appear on Eagle Eye News to describe a famous CTE individual’s accomplishments. Students and faculty are encouraged to submit a guess each day as to the name of the individual described. Advocate Editor-in-Chief Sydney Simpson asked Computer Science teacher Ms. Corriveau questions about CTE month. 

Sydney Simpson: What is the purpose of CTE month?

Ms. Corriveau: CTE month is a nation-wide public awareness campaign that seeks to highlight and celebrate the achievements of CTE-based courses, clubs, and curriculum. The hope is to make people aware of how important career focused courses are for our students and our economy.

SS: What do you and the rest of the CTE teachers hope to accomplish through CTE month?

MC: We are all hoping to highlight the courses that we teach and the impact our classes can have on a student’s future. We are accomplishing this by having students participate in a contest/raffle that will be featured on Eagle Eye News each day. Every day is a new chance to enter into the raffle by providing a correct answer to our prompts. The questions will feature famous individuals from all of our CTE areas: Technology, Business, Family and Consumer Science, and Computer Science.

SS: Which CTE classes would you recommend underclassmen to take and why?

MC: That answer varies for each department, but in the CS department I would advise anyone interested in Computer Science to take the Intro to CS course. It’s a necessary prerequisite for all of the other CS courses, so it’s best to take it as an underclassman. For all of the other courses in the CTE department, I would advise starting with the Introductory courses (e.g. Intro to Business, Marketing I, Human and Growth Development, Intro to Culinary Arts, Intro to Engineering, Robotics I, Woods Technology 1, etc.).

SS: How can students get more involved in the CTE world at Law?

MC: Kids can always speak with their counselors about signing up for classes, but we also have the FBLA club here at Law as well as a Milford-based Robotics team! Students can contact Ms. Isrealite or Mr. Beler about FBLA and the Robotics team is sponsored by the Milford Education Foundation.

SS: Is there any other general information you would like students to know concerning CTE month?

MC: It will run for the entire month of February (along with our contest!). Be sure to watch Eagle Eye News each day to see a new highlight and for a chance to enter into the raffle!