Capital Area Technical Center

Certified Nurses Assistants announced for 2009-2010 School Year

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Congratulations to the 34 new Certified Nursing Assistants ! After successfully completing the program and passing the State of Maine exam, they have begun their medical career. We are proud to post the names of these new CNA’s :

Elizabeth Barton Alyssa Brann

Cassie Bowie Ashley Brann

Amanda Dale Julia Bush

Nicole MacMaster Tori Fowler

Crystal Maheux Ericka Melanson

Emily Marois Rebecca Weisenburg

Rebecca Schneider Hayley Bolster

Megan Trussell Kelsey Doyle

Britney Turner Jordan Duchart

Kelsey Glover Kailey Abbott

Jalitza Hernandez Kayla Barton

Desiree Malloy Jessica Buzzell

Natashia Merrill Blake Farnsworth

Brittney Thibodeau Desiree Lee

Brittnie Weymouth Dakota Mitchell

Healther Ximiness Courtney Tibbetts

Samantha Trahan Felicia Trask

Capital Area Technical Center Awards for 2009-2010

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The following students were recognized for awards received as a result of their participation at CATC. Congratulations to all of our students:

National Technical Honor Society

Megan Barton

Melissa Birch

Lori Bryant

Emily Carr

Blake Farnsworth

Kristy Faulkingham

Alexandra Fors

Victoria Fowler

Jalitza Hernandez

Katherine Hofferberth

Tatyana Lesiege

Anna Levesque

Mike Morrissette

Leia Nash

Justin Pelletier

Greg Perkins

Lauren Sternad

Alyssa Stevens

Brittany Thibideau

Heather Ximiness

Returning Participating National Technical Honor Society Members

Corey Staples

Mark Warner

Augusta Rotary Club Scholarship

Melissa Birch

Calumet Educational and Literary Foundation

Capital Area Technical Center Scholarship

Lauren Sternad

Tony Violette Scholarship

Jacob Peters

Capital Area Technical Center School-wide Scholarship

Kimberlea Bradbury

Tatyana Lesiege

China Dinah Scholarship

Jacob Dushuttle

Early College for ME Scholarships

Samantha Alexander

Aimee Christie

Devin Ouellette

Justin Pelletier

G & E Roofing Scholarship

Angel Kinnie

Maine Veterans’ Home Scholarship

Jessica Buzzell

Outstanding Student Service Award

Aimee Christie

Richard “Shaw” Jackson Memorial Scholarship

Adam West

Spirit of Technical Education Award

Alexandra Fors

Student of the Year Award

Anna Levesque

Animation and Web Design Scholarship

Alyssa Brann

Ashley Brann

Jared Erving

Derek St. Pierre

Kate-Lyn Wilcox

Automotive Collision Scholarship

Nicholas Bourque

Drew Leeman

Fransisco Leon

Automotive Collision Tool Award

Jaimie Miller

Colt Pierce

Nick Thurston

John Tuttle

Automotive Reconditioning Tool Award

Chad Bryant

Amanda Cote

Dan Cross

Pat Heald

Joe Kimball

Bethany Lebrecque

John McElmurry

Tait MacFarland

Jake Perkins

Josh Selwood

Tyler Sidelinger

Automotive Technology Scholarship

Samantha Alexander

Kevin Boucher

Cassandra Hallett

Kevin Kirouac

Mark Warner

Building Trades Tool Award

Ryan Briley

Kevin Jennings

Angel Kinnie

Dustin Matthews

Chris Matthews

Phillip Spender

Lance Williams

Computer Technology Scholarship

Jared Erving

Tyler Gosselin

Chris Manter

Culinary Arts Scholarship

Geoff Briggs

Michael Carney

Jacob Dushuttle

Brooke Miller

Naomie Whitmore

Culinary Arts Tool Award

Geoff Briggs

Michael Carney

Jacob Dushuttle

Brooke Miller

Naomie Whitmore

Early Childhood Occupations Scholarship

Aimee Christie

Erica Gould

Hailey Longfellow

Hanh Lyford

Alyssa Stevens

Early Childhood Occupations Tool Award

Dominique Curtis

Graphic Design Scholarship

Melissa Birch

Tom Cook

Leia Nash

Graphic Design Tool Award

Alexandra Fors

Law Enforcement Scholarship

David Adams

Machine Tool Scholarship

Brandon Allen

Pat Brown

Jamie Jones

Kyle Pooler

Thomas Sprague

Matt Stuart

TV and Video Production Scholarship

Cassandra McKenna

Kazmyn Trouant

110% Awards

Ashley Brann Animation and Web Design

Ryker Wells Animation and Web Design II

Drew Leeman Automotive Collision

Chad Bryant Automotive Reconditioning

Alexandria Chadbourne Automotive Technology I

Tyler Morse Automotive Technology I

Samantha Alexander Automotive Technology II

Ben Sirois Building Construction

Chris Matthews Building Trades

Rebecca Schneider Certified Nursing Assistant

Blake Farnsworth Certified Nursing Assistant

Victoria Fowler Certified Nursing Assistant

Ryan Hathaway Computer Aided Drafting and Design

Chris Manter Computer Technology

Jared Hornecker Culinary Arts

Hanh Lyford Early Childhood Occupations

Dominique Curtis Early Childhood Occupations II

Alexandra Fors Graphic Design and Printing

Carea Michaud Human Services

Kimberlea Bradbury Law Enforcement

Brandon Allen Machine Tool

Lori Bryant Medical Terminology

Lauren Sternad Pharmacology

Tim Averell Plumbing and Heating

Hayden Fowle TV and Video Production

Andre Vanpoelvoorde TV and Video Production II

Director’s Awards

Robert Metcalf Animation and Web Design

Mike Oakes Animation and Web Design II

Nicholas Thurston Automotive Collision

Samantha Belanger Automotive Technology I

Cassandra Hallett Automotive Technology I

Devin Ouellette Automotive Technology II

Jesse Chapman Automotive Technology II

Joshua Taylor Building Construction

Angel Kinnie Building Trades

Amanda Dale Certified Nursing Assistant

Heather Ximeness Certified Nursing Assistant

Victoria Fowler Certified Nursing Assistant

Krista Poulin Computer Aided Drafting and Design

Devin Tondreau Computer Technology

Jacob Dushuttle Culinary Arts

Hanh Lyford Early Childhood Occupations

Aimee Christie Early Childhood Occupations II

Alexandra Fors Graphic Design and Printing

Justin Phillips Human Services

Katherine Hofferberth Law Enforcement

Matt Stuart Machine Tool

Tatyana Leseige Medical Terminology

Eryka Wilson Pharmacology

Jake Peters Plumbing and Heating

Kazmyn Trouant TV and Video Production

Dustin Partridge TV and Video Production II

Highest Ranks

Alyssa Brann Animation and Web Design

Derek St. Pierre Animation and Web Design II

Fransisco Leon Automotive Collision

Joseph Kimball Automotive Reconditioning

Alexandria Chadbourne Automotive Technology I

Samantha Belanger Automotive Technology I

Cassandra Hallett Automotive Technology I

Mark Warner Automotive Technology II

Joshua Taylor Building Construction

Lance Williams Building Trades

Megan Barton Certified Nursing Assistant

Kayla Barton Certified Nursing Assistant

Victoria Fowler Certified Nursing Assistant

Mike Morrissette Computer Aided Drafting and Design

Corey Lewandowski Computer Technology

Jacob Dushuttle Culinary Arts

Ashley Seile Early Childhood Occupations

Tasha Truman Early Childhood Occupations

Alyssa Stevens Early Childhood Occupations II

Alexandra Fors Graphic Design and Printing

Andrew Gray Human Services

Katherine Hofferberth Law Enforcement

Pat Brown Machine Tool

Tatyana Lesiege Medical Terminology

Kristy Faulkingham Pharmacology

Lauren Sternad Pharmacology

Ian Harder Plumbing and Heating

Kayla Marie Albert TV and Video Production

Dustin Partridge TV and Video Production II

Recognition Day at Capital Area Technical Center Held June 3rd, 2010

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

A special congratulations goes out to all of our students who completed programs here at the Capital Area Technical Center for the 2009-2010 school year!

Trevor Bragg, a senior from Erskine Academy, receives his certificate of completion from Bruce Baker, instructor of the Building Construction program at the Capital Area Technical Center.

National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inductees for the school year 2009-2010 announced

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Congratulations to all of our National Technical Honor Society inductees for 2009-2010. The induction ceremony will take place during Awards Night on May 25th.

Leia Nash
Melissa Birch
Emily Carr
Alexandra Fors
Tatyana Lesiege
Lori Bryant
Victoria Fowler
Greg Perkins
Justin Pelletier
Mike Morrissette
Kristy Faulkingham
Lauren Sternad
Anna Levesque
Megan Barton
Blake Farnsworth
Heather Ximiness
Brittany Thibideau
Jalitza Hernandez
Katherine Hofferberth
Alyssa Stevens

Honorary Member- Jonathan D. Sacks

Students and solar systems

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:00:00 -0400

Capital Area Technical Center installers compare ‘green’ sources

By Keith Edwards kedwards@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer

Vaughan Woodruff, of Pittsfield-based Yankee Solutions, left, talks to students Christian Avery, Jesse Poulin and Kenny Strout on Friday on the roof of Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta.

Staff photo by Joe Phelan

AUGUSTA -- While learning, hands-on, how to install a solar water heating system, Capital Area Technical Center students have also set out to help answer a question even the professionals haven't been able to agree upon.

Which is the better type of solar panel collector: evacuated tubes or flat panels?

And they're learning it by doing it. Students are spending time not just in the classroom but also down amid the maze of pipes crisscrossing through the CATC boiler room, and up on the roof, where they're helping install two different sets of panels.

They're doing so under the guidance of the technical center's plumbing and heating instructor, Peter Howard, as well as Vaughan Woodruff, of Pittsfield-based Yankee Solutions, a solar thermal installer and former teacher with a master's degree in education.

"I'd rather learn from someone who is doing it, rather than someone who is reading from a book," said senior Kenny Strout, of Erskine Academy.

The two different sets of solar collectors -- the descriptively-named flat panels and evacuated tubes -- are being installed side-by-side on the CATC roof. The devices will preheat water before it enters the building's hot water system.

Data will be collected -- and eventually posted on CATC's website -- showing how well each of the separate systems help heat water.

"If you go into a room full of solar thermal installers and ask -- flat panels or evacuated tubes? -- there will be a very lively discussion," Woodruff said. "There is a lot of dispute over which is the better collector. So we're trying to make this a scientific-based experiment, and share that data."

The $18,000 project, including supplies and Woodruff's time, is funded by a Perkins Grant and the Eleanor George Fund, according to Scott Phair, director of the technical center.

Last year, students helped install two wind turbines at CATC. Data is already being collected and posted online about how much energy the wind turbines generate.

Phair hopes, especially when a new electrical program starts next year, the wind turbines and solar panels can help students there learn about alternative forms of energy, including their benefits and challenges.

"We're building a strong experience for kids who want to see what alternative energy forms are all about," Phair said.

The roof panels were installed in about a day. They are connected through pipes and wires to 110-gallon water tanks and monitoring devices in the boiler room.

"They're not hard to set up," said Jesse Poulin, also a senior from Erskine. "We've been working on this about two weeks."

Woodruff said the solar collectors, if used to help provide domestic hot water, have a payback period of five to nine years.

A midlevel flat panel system costs $7,000 to $9,000, while a similar tube system goes $8,500 to $11,000.

"It's the technology of tomorrow," Howard said. "The experience of students getting hands-on experience at a young age is incredible."

Keith Edwards -- 621-5647

kedwards@centralmaine.com

Capital Area Technical Center Receives Grant for Wind Turbines

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0500

Installation of wind turbines at CATC

In April of 2009 the Capital Area Technical Center began a community service initiative in collaboration with the Chelsea Montessori School. Both schools were awarded grant monies to purchase, install, and collect data from four wind turbines. A 33 foot turbine and a 50 foot turbine were installed at each school site by a local expert and CATC Plumbing and Heating students. Students from each school are able to use wireless technology to import data from each turbine. The students then export this data to spreadsheets and compute and compare daily and monthly Kwh production at each school. The data below has been collected by CATC students in an effort to provide the community with accurate information regarding the cost effectiveness of small turbine wind power investment in our area. The average home in Kennebec County uses approximately 500Kwh each month in electricity. Click the link below to see the data obtained from the turbines thus far:

Wind turbine table 2.doc

CATC Student of the Year, 2010

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:50:43 -0400

Congratulations to all of our nominees. This year's winner for Student of the Year goes to:

Anna Levesque

She is a senior from Hall-Dale High School currently enrolled in our Pharmacology program.
Last year she took the Biotech program.

Congratulations, Anna!