Vigor High School Newsletter

Congratulations to Jakeera Harris as she won the Build-A-Bridge Conference Spark Pitch Competition held at the Melton Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Jakeera took home the grand prize of $500.00 pitching her shoe selling business. Arenza Davis made it to the finals receiving a $50.00 cash prize. Pictured below is Jakeera receiving her prize, the three top business pitch finalist, and other vigor students who pitched their business ideas, Ramani Martin and Aaron Mitchell.

On November 5, Vigor's JROTC participated in a Veterans Ceremony in Mt. Vernon, AL. The program was put on by the local officials in Mt. Vernon. The color guards consisted of Nia Inge-Duncan, Damien Dixon, Bruce Council and Patience Hawkins. They also had a photo opportunity with members of the Patriot Guard. It is an organization that who escort deceased veterans who are being laid to rest. They are also present when veterans do not have any family to attend their final resting place. The Patriot Guard is made up of veterans.

Vigor High School students are spending time with Dr. Williams learning about the medical field at USA Health University Hospital. Exploring Discover Your Future is a new program for Vigor students and the USA Health University Hospital helping high school students receive one-on-one hands on experience in different careers that the hospital has to offer.

Jahannas Marion and Jackody Harris competed for the title of who could make the best chicken wings and sauce in Culinary Arts class. Both students had to come up with their own honey spice sauce to flavor their wings. Pictured first is 1st place winner Jackody Harris and below is 2nd place winner Jahannas Marion. Both sauces were outstanding with great flavor.

Sherico Ruffin is a member of the 2023 Senior Class at Vigor High School. He is a second-year student in our IT Academy, Virtual Reality Pathway. Sherico is a leader in the classroom. He is always on task and willing to assist the instructor as well as his classmates whenever called upon. After graduation, Sherico has plans to enter the world of Insurance Adjusting to help those in need when disaster strikes. He definitely has what it takes to succeed at whatever he sets his mind to.

Jalisha Miller, an 11th grader in Mrs. Eaton's Business Software Applications class, is working in Excel using the iCEV online platform. Jalisha is learning the techniques required for entering and editing data in cells, formatting cells and creating named ranges.

Programming and Software Development students had the option to create a website containing breast cancer or bullying information. Students had to use their own creativity developing their website using at least one image linked to their website. Also, they had to link a page to their homepage and create a style sheet and link it to their homepage. Pictured below is senior David Bettis and his website homepage.

Information Technology (Academies)

Programming & Software Development Pathway

Networking Systems Pathway

Virtual Reality Pathway

Business Management (Academies)

Interactive Media Pathway

Marketing Pathway

Culinary Arts (Academy)

Restaurant Food & Beverage Service Pathway

Broadcasting (Academy)

Journalism Pathway

Public Service (Academy)

AJROTC (Academy)

Faulkner Career Technical: Industry Academies

Automotive

Collision Repair

Computer Technology

Cosmetology

Electrical Technology

Graphic Designs

HVAC & Welding

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