TC EOctober 2014

NewsletterBack to School and Back to Basics

CTE Office Staff News and Updates

Upcoming Events

The office staff is here to help and want you know our office has moved. We are no longer

located in Portable 2. You can find our new digs in the ESC main building.

Our office hours are 7:30 am-4:00 pm.Monday thru Friday.

Diane Carver George Aszklar CTE Director Asst. CTE Director 253-683-6909 253-683-6908 Shawna Calvert Doris Hominda Secretary CTE Clerk 253-683-6092 253-683-6945

Tonya Narramore CTE TOSA

253-683-6757

Spanaway Lake Career & College Fair

October 13, 20146:30-8:00 pm

Pierce CountyAdvisory Event

Clover Park TechNovember 19,2014

5:00-7:00pm

Pierce County ConstructionCareer Day

November 13, 2014

Bethel High School-JROTC find it very “Blue” at the Puyallup Fair.(See full story on page 5.)

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Meet the New Faces of CTEWe welcome to our Department...

Keith Tomomitsu-Applied Math, Bethel High School Keith was born and raised on the beautiful island of Oahu. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu

where he played football and Judo. He continued his education at the University of Hawaii and earned a

degree in and an endorsement in Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism. Keith married his beautiful wife Gracie in

2006. His wife is military and serving our country, so before they moved to Washington they lived in Kansas,

Germany, and South Carolina. They have 2 daughters Keila 6, Keitlin 4. This is Keith’s 5th year teaching and

2nd year at Bethel High School. Keith is an assistant coach for the Bethel High School football team.

Courtney Peart-Intro to Medical Careers, Bethel High School Courtney Peart was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. She attended Central Washington University where she

got her Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Physiology. She then pursued her Master's in Athletic Training at the

University of Nebraska-Omaha and graduated from there with honors in 2012. This is her �irst year teaching

CTE, Intro to Medical Careers, and she is looking forward to what it will bring. Courtney is also an on-site

Athletic Trainer and Prevention Specialist at 5 local Costco’s and serves as Foss High School's head athletic

trainer in Tacoma. In a spare time Courtney enjoys going to Sounders games (she is a season ticket holder and

an ECS member) as well as enjoying family gatherings and road trips.

Maren Delaney-Sports Medicine, Bethel High School Maren grew up in Battle Ground, Washington and attended Washington State University in Pullman. She

received a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology, majored in Athletic Training and got her Masters in Teaching

as well. She has been a certi�ied Athletic Trainer for 4 years. Maren loves everything Cougar related,

especially Cougar football! GO COUGS! She has been in the district for 4 years teaching at the Pierce County

Skills Center, athletic training at Graham Kapowsin and now it's her �irst year at Bethel HS and as their

athletic trainer. Maren loves playing sports and being active. Soccer is her go to sport as well as basketball

and golf, all of which she still plays today.

Lieutenant Commander Tara Lambert-JROTC, Spanaway Lake High School LCDR Tara Lambert enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1989 and served as a Hospital Corpsmen and Surgical

Technician until 1995. She was selected for the Broadened Opportunity for Of�icer Selection and Training

(BOOST) program in 1995, and entered the Naval Reserve Of�icers Training Corps program. She graduated in

December 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and a minor in History and Religion, and was

commissioned as an Ensign in the Meteorology and Oceanography community.

Following her commission, ENS Lambert was assigned to the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Center

Norfolk, Va., serving as the Command and Hurricane Duty Of�icer responsible for meteorology support to

operating units in COMLANTFLT, USFJFCOM, and SOUTHCOM from 2000 to 2003. She reported to the Naval

Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., in 2003 where she received a Master of Science in Meteorology and

Physical Oceanography in 2005. LT Lambert became the Of�icer- in-Charge of the Naval Oceanography Anti-

Submarine Warfare Detachment Whidbey Island and the Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare

Component Bangor, Wash., from 2005 to 2009.

From 2009 to 2011 LCDR Lambert served as the Meteorologists and Oceanographer Of�icer for the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a Seventh Fleet deployment. LCDR Lambert is currently assigned to Commander

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Stennis Space Center, MS in the Operations Department.

She is married to Bobby of Kirkwood, MO and they have two children; Bobbi (20yrs old) who attends

University of Southern Mississippi and Taran (16yrs old). Page 2

Meet the New Faces of CTEWe welcome to our Department...

Holly White-Family and Consumer Sciences, Graham Kapowsin High School Holly is a graduate of Central Washington University. She has spent the last 9 years teaching in the Tacoma

School District. She has taught everything from High School Health and Physical Education, middle school

Science, Family Health, AVID, Culinary, Relationships and GRADS (Graduation Reality and Dual Roles). Holly

has been very involved in the athletic programs as well coaching whatever she could get my hands on. She

has coached high school soccer, tennis, basketball, water polo and middle school track and volleyball. Outside

of school Holly is very active with her nieces and nephews as well as being with my extended family. She

likes to country dance, rock climb and work out. She is enjoying her move to Bethel and is grateful she is here.

Debby Anex-Applied Math, Spanaway Lake High School In June 2004 Debby graduated from University of Washington, Tacoma with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Administration. Through Bates Technical College she was certi�ied as a Career & Technical Educator (CTE).

In 2011 she earned her Master’s Degree in Business Administration through University of Phoenix Online. She

started working in education as a para-educator substitute while her daughters were in grade school. In

January 1996, she furthered her career as a full-time para-educator in Special Education at Fife High School

and worked there until 2006. January 2007 Debby was hired as a long-term substitute at Cougar Mountain

Junior High School teaching Digitools. In September 2007 she became a full-time CTE teacher at Orting High

School where she worked until 2012. In 2012 Orting chose not to offer the classes Debby is quali�ied to teach.

The past two years she has substituted for three different school districts. For the past �ive summers she has

taught Applied Math through the Pierce County Skills Center.

Jim Kindle-Fundamentals of IT, Cedarcrest & Cougar Mountain Middle Schools Jim has wanted to be a teacher for most of his professional life. He now gets to say “My one regret is no

longer regret”. He is now teaching a CTE Business Class for Fundamentals of Information Technology at

Cedardrest Middle School, and Cougar Mountain Middle School. He has not taught in a formal K-12 classroom

setting, however, his 20 years of professional experience has brought him through YMCA of the USA, Boys and

Girls Clubs of America, and Early Childhood Education. Throughout his career his has been teaching youth

and adults in classroom settings. He gained experience and knowledge of classroom management, youth and

adult learning theories, and curriculum planning. Jim is very con�ident and relaxed in front of people, as well

as, in classroom settings. He is excited to have the opportunity to make a difference, and educate and prepare

the lives of our students, as well as, to live a dream he has always wanted.

Jim has a fantastic support system at home. His �iancé' (getting married December 6th) is Jennifer Shaw. She

currently is the principal at Franklin Pierce High School. She is just as passionate about education as Jim is.

They have four children between the two of them. Chelsey (21) is attending South Puget Sound Community

College to become a teacher, Mac (20) is a sophomore at Whitworth University, and playing football, Chloe

(19) is studying to attain her GED, and work with animals in some capacity, and Trevor (18) is a senior at

Rainier High School, and playing football as well. Jim is pleased and honored to be at both schools. He admits

he has a lot to learn, but also a lot to give. He is looking forward to learning, and meeting teachers at both

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More New Faces of CTEWe welcome to our Department...

Matthew Lininger-STEM, Cedarcrest Middle School Matthew graduated from Yelm High School, Class of 2003. He furthered his education at Central Washington

University and majored in Math and Science. He then worked as a cement mason in the local 528 for six

years. During that time he built four skyscrapers, worked on three schools and did the decorative concrete at

at the Great Wolf Lodge. He started coaching youth sports in Yelm for a couple of years and realized that he

missed working with students, so he went back to school in 2010 and became a teacher. Matthew has full

classes at Cedarcrest and enjoys the staff there a lot.

Lindsey Schaub- Culinary Foundations, Bethel & Cougar Mountain Middle Schools Lindsey graduated from Graham Kapowsin High School in 2009 and attended Northwest University. She

earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in Health & Fitness. She worked her

way through college at a nutritional smoothie shop called Emerald City Smoothie. While juggling school and

work she also participated on the NU women's soccer team. Lindsey played soccer at GK and now is now the

JV coach there. Lindsey recently got married this last April to her wonderful husband Josh. They are both

from the Graham/Eatonville area and they plan to plant their roots here. In their free time they volunteer for

an organization called YoungLife based out of Eatonville where they get to meet and mentor high school aged

kids. They loved growing up and going to schools in the area. The newlyweds are excited to get established

and start making their life together here. Lindsey loves teaching and sharing her knowledge of Nutrition and

Health with the eighth grade students at Bethel and Cougar Mountain Middle schools. She loves to cook and

bake, and is very active with family & friends.

Tony Judah-Culinary Foundations and Fundamentals of IT, Spanaway Middle School Tony grew up and has always lived in Western Washington, Shelton, Bellevue, Orting and now Olympia.

He is married to his high school sweetheart, Susan. They will be married 39 years in December. They have

three children and four grandchildren. Tony’s hobbies include woodworking, cooking, traveling and

gardening. Tony has college degrees from WSU-BA in Hotel & Restaurant Administration, CWU-BS in

Business Education and a Master’s degree from PLU in Education Administration. He has had many careers in

the Restaurants, Farming, Lodging-Hotels & Motels, Construction, and of course Education. He currently

owns and operates a mobile food business for fairs and festivals called "Paella Pro". Tony worked in the Yelm

School District since 1998 before coming to Bethel. He came here because of the opportunity to teach the

culinary course at SMS and also to keep himself sharp in the classroom. He is enjoying the graciousness of

the staff, both at SMS and the District of�ice and the kids here are great. Tony is full of energy and wanting to

learn, what more can a teacher ask?

Spotlight on Air Force JROTC

Spotlight on Child Development

The Child Development classes at Bethel High School are studying birth defects/condi�ons. Student, Jaci Reynolds, discovered Mr. Steve Pete’s website as she was researching the condi�on, Congenital Insensi�vity to Pain. She invited him to speak. His condi�on is very rare. He will be featured in Newsweek magazine in a couple of weeks and flies to London next week as part of a research study they are doing on CIP. The students appreciated him sharing his story with Mrs. Caramandi’s 3rd period class. Several stated that what they had learned about gene�cs helped them to understand what he was explaining to them and how talking with him made learning come alive! *Steve is the adult in the middle of the picture.

Air Force JROTC Cadets par�cipated in the State Fair (Puyallup Fair). They were invited to adver�se our program and educate our communi�es about the great benefits of JROTC, their ac�vi�es, the curriculum and how this program develops be�er ci�zens regardless of career path. During these few days they were able to make appearances throughout the grounds and received posi�ve feedback by all.

If you have a story you would like in the next edi�on of the CTEnewsle�er, please sendto Doris Hominda. One of Next months spotlight stories is CTE at ABC Day

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