Preparing Students for College, Careers, and Success after High School

What is a CTAE Pathway?

A pathway is a series of three specialized courses that provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed after high school. These courses expose students to careers, teach them employability skills, and prepare them to enter the workforce, a university, a technical college, military service, or a registered apprenticeship. A pathway completer is a student who satisfactorily completes all three courses in the same pathway. Students can complete more than one pathway in high school. Pathway completers are more prepared to enter the workforce , and CTAE prepares students for careers that are high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand.

What is Work-based Learning?

WBL connects classroom learning to the workplace through courses, activites, and employment with community partners. The goal of WBL is to help students develop skills that can be applied in the workplace and postsecondary education.

For more information about CTAE opportunities, scheduling pathway classes, and work-based learning, contact:

School Counselors

Amy Cox accox@jasper.k12.ga.us

Lauren Morrison lmorrison@jasper.k12.ga.us

Work-based Learning Coordinator

Johnnie Sue Moore jsmoore@jasper.k12.ga.us

CTAE Director

Mary Tumlin mtumlin@jasper.k12.ga.us

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JCHS Film student Hunter Cleveland was featured on FOX5's Good Day Atlanta about his recent award-winning PSA about safe driving called "Break the Silence".

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/.../jasper-county-high-school...

Hunter's 1-minute PSA can be viewed on the JCHS Film YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWP9MQsAM_E

or at the National Road Safety Foundation's Drive2Life website:

https://www.nrsf.org/contests/drive2life

Pictured at the GACTE Summer Conference 2024

Jorden was recognized at the Georgia Association for Career and Techinical Educators Conference in Athens and by the Jasper County Board of Education for her hard work and committment to the Work-based learning program through employment with Jasper Memorial Hospital.

JCHS Film student Eli Nelson won $2000 in the 2023 Hope Film Challenge. His 90-second short film about anxiety will be aired this fall on Season 3 of the "Hope Givers", an Emmy Award winning show on Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) for tweens and teens spotlighting hope and resilience across America.

Eli will also receive a copy of Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve, an industry-standard color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing software.

Eli's film was screened in June at the Hope Film Challenge award ceremony at Altanta's historic Plaza Theatre and will be available later this year at https://HopeGiversGA.org/hopegivers

Fellow JCHS Film student Morgan Day was a semifinalist and Elliot Delestrez, a quarterfinalist, in the nationwide contest.

All three student films were produced in the JCHS FIlm classes with shooting locations around the JCHS campus and Monticello. In the behind-the-scenes photo, student Jonahs Bohn is filming Eli with a camera gimbal stabilizer.

Join us for the Steer and Heifer Show

September 7, 2024 at 10AM

Caney Creek Arena, Jackson, GA

Covington, GA

Place your order with FFA members at Jasper County High School or Jasper County Middle School

Recently, Jasper County High School FCCLA Officers attended Discover Training. DISCOVER (Developing Individual School Chapter Officers with Vision, Energy, and Responsibility) Training is an experience for FCCLA local chapter officers to learn more about their positions and opportunities to lead their chapter during the school year.

On September 24, 2024, Jasper County Fire and Rescue along with JCCS Safety and Security Coordinator, Matt Tumlin hosted a class on fire safety. Students in Ms. Elias' Ag Mechanics class had the opportunity to learn about fire safety and the correct use of a fire extinguisher

Jasper County High School Film recently had four student-produced science journalism features published by NOVA, the American popular science television program broadcast on PBS for over 50 years.

During the 2023-24 school year as part of the NOVA Science Studio program, 14 second and third year JCHS Film students investigated the relationship between "big data" and its applications and impacts on issues in their local community of Jasper County. They interviewed local experts and stakeholders on food insecurity, zoning laws, business development, and pollution in Jackson Lake.

“The NOVA Science Studio program really helped me learn more about my community by connecting me with people who I might have not otherwise spoken to, and get a better idea of what’s happening in my community,” said JCHS Film student Hunter Cleveland.

The students' videos, each ranging about 4 minutes, are posted on the JCHS Film YouTube channel as well as on the PBS NOVA Science Studio YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@NOVAScienceStudio

Pictured (L-R) are NOVA Director of Education and Outreach Ralph Bouquet, JCHS Film teacher Tyson Harty, Sparrow Cannon, Stephanie Waters, Damion Morgan, Hunter Cleveland, Dillon McNure, Brady Eggleston, Hollie Prentiss, Reese Byrd, Kristyn Hulen, Francisco Lopez, Tyler Pounds, Lyllie Penn, and Laura-Ashley Alegbeleye, NOVA Science Studio Program Manager.

FBLA members at Jasper County High School help provide school supplies for students who need them throughout the year. These boxes hang in the commons area and are refilled as needed.

FBLA members created thank you cards for emergency personnel in Jasper County for the September Community Service Project Challenge.

FBLA members hosted a Voter Registration Event for students and staff to help get eligible people registered to vote.

FFA Members are selling meats and desserts just in time for the holidays! Get your thanksgiving meals and support FFA at the same time! They will be delivered frozen by November 11th.

Orders are due by October 29th. Email Ms. Elias if you would like to order anything or see an FFA Member to purchase! clelias@jasper.k12.ga.us

Click link below to view brochure

Mackenzie Greninger placed first in the region Employment Skills contest at the Career and Leadership Development Event held at Camp John Hope in Perry in September . McKenzie had the highest scoring cover letter and resume in the area as well! She will advance to the state competition at ABAC, Tifton, Georgia in December. CONGRATULATIONS and Good Luck, McKenzie!

Students began preparing in early August for the Career and Leadership Development Event in late September. Several students attended a Floral Design Mini Clinic at Upson-Lee Ag Center in August, and then they took a trip after school for some floral design practice with an industry professional, Mrs. Stephanie Puckett, owner of Crazy Daisy's. We appreciate help from our business partners!

Recently, Fire Chief Christopher Finch, with assistance from his wife, taught CPR and AED life saving skills to a group of 5th graders at Washington Park Elementary School. Mrs. Ashley Clegg teaches the CTAE specials class where students have the opportunity to learn about various CTAE pathways. CTAE pathway courses allow students to make connections between academics and workforce preparations.

Guys and gals in Ag Mechanics class are learning the basics of Electrical Wiring Principals. Instructor, Ms. Casey Elias, oversees hands on learning in the Ag shop labs. Understanding the basics of electricity involves voltage, current, resistance, and circuits. According to the US Bureau of Labor, the profession of electrical wiring is projected to grow by 11% in the next decade with more than 80,000 job openings for electricians each year.

CONGRATULATIONS to Megan Nichols for placing second in the Area 3 Junior Floral Design contest She will compete at the state level in December. We are so proud of you!

The second episode of the 2024-25 season of the News & Variety Show
from the JCHS Audio, Video Technology, and Film (AVTF) program
is now posted for viewing:

Featuring: HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS (and Pirates . . . )

Eye of the Hurricanes - News Show (S03:E02) - YouTube

Past News Features can be viewed individually at:

News Features from the "Eye of the Hurricanes" - YouTube

Past Full Shows can be viewed at:

Eye of the Hurricanes (News Show) - YouTube

Be sure to follow the "behind-the-scenes" exploits of JCHS Film on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook.com/JCHSFilm

JCHS Film (@jchsfilm) • Instagram

Jasper County Technology Student Association competed at the TSA Technology Day at the Georgia National Fair in Perry. The Gravity Car built by Ethan Stachowicz, Colton Hinton, and James Watson won second place and a $75 prize. Ariel Mincey and Francisco Lopez raced custom-built wooden CO2 dragsters, while Ransel Hidalgo-Lopez competed in the Rubber Band Powered Plane event. Brody Hilliard represented in the Candy Dispenser Manufacturing Prototype contest. Upcoming 5th grade engineer Steen Harty was the team mascot and Dr. Tyson Harty is the team advisor and JCHS Engineering teacher.

JCHS Film students Haley Hubbard and Reese Byrd produced a 1-minute short film for the 2024 Georgia School Board Association student video contest. This year's theme was “Our Schools, Our Stories: Celebrating Public Education,” which invited students to share the unique and powerful stories that make their school experience special.

Their video features several JCHS alumni and can be viewed on the JCHS Film YouTube channel.

Contact an Adviser for more information:

FFA Middle School - Cora Wall - cwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

FFA High School - Casey Elias - cleliascwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

TSA - Tyson Harty - thartycwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

HOSA - Nancy Williams or Matt Hyde - nwilliamscwall@jasper.k12.ga.us, mhydecwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

FCCLA - Karen Dotson - kdotsoncwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

FBLA Middle School - Christina Small - csmallcwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

FBLA High School - Amy Scroggs or Nash Bragg - ascroggscwall@jasper.k12.ga.us, nbraggcwall@jasper.k12.ga.us

Sunbelt Ag Expo 2024 was a great day! Thirty-Five JCHS FFA members and 23 JCMS FFA members attended the expo and participated in the Youth Educational Challenges. Jasper County had the most participants of the day in the challenge! Students got to visit lots of opportunities of ag colleges, career opportunities, and connect with industry leaders.

Sarah Skinner placed 2nd in the Senior Ag Mechanics challenge.

Ender Tennyson placed 2nd in the Senior Animal Science challenge.

Both students won cash prizes!

The Jasper County Charter System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or age in its programs, activities, or employment practices and provides equal access to designated youth groups.