• <p>BHS Graphics Arts Teacher Kathleen Tieri Ton and Business Teacher Mike Bryant greeting guests.</p>
  • <p>BHS Graphic Arts students showing their portfolios.</p>
  • <p>Guest Christopher Cudworth, City of Batavia communications coordinator (far left), reviewing a student’s portfolio.</p>
  • <p>Multitasker! Culinary Arts student sharing information about the program while frosting cupcakes. </p>
  • <p>Another multitasker … This BHS student was sharing information about the Graphics Arts program while creating custom buttons.</p>
  • <p>Batavia Police Officer Justin Howe learning about the BHS INCubator Entrepreneurship program from two students who started their own company, Navigamers, LLC, through the INCubator program. </p>
  • <p>Room A101 at BHS was busy during the CTE Showcase!</p>
  • <p>The BHS L.I.N.K. program (Learning through Internships Nurtures Knowledge) provides juniors and seniors with off-campus internships in a variety of career fields.</p>
  • <p>Students in the Video Production program sharing their latest video projects with guests.</p>
  • <p>BPS101 Chief Human Resources Officer Steve Pearce learning about the BHS Business program at BHS.</p>
  • <p>Lunch was provided by the Culinary Arts Department.</p>
  • <p>Chocolate-covered pretzels, fruit cups, build-your-own sandwiches, and more were part of the spread.</p>
  • <p>BHS Culinary Arts Teacher Austun Savitski sampling the work of her students.</p>
  • <p>BHS students Matt Gorlewski and Katie Lanham leading tours of Career and Technical Education classrooms at BHS. They did a great job!</p>
  • <p>On the tour, guests visited an Intro to Engineering class and found students using 3D modeling design software. </p>
  • <p>Where the Culinary Arts magic happens!</p>
  • <p>An inside look at the BHS Building Trades program.</p>
  • <p>True fact: BHS has a dark room in the photography classroom.</p>
  • <p> BHS senior Haley Stein receiving the “VALEES 2018 Graphics Student of the Year” award from Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES) Director Cassie Blickem. Congrats Haley!</p>

May 12, 2018

BHS Students Show Off Their CTE Skills

Did you know that Batavia High School has a full range of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students, including Building Trades, Video Production, Culinary Arts, Graphics Arts, Business, INCubator Entrepreneurship, Photography, Project Lead the Way (Engineering and Computer Science), Child Development, and L.I.N.K. internships? 

And, not only are these programs available to students, but they are thriving.

To share what’s happening within these programs and celebrate the work of BHS students, the high school hosted a CTE Showcase for community members and BPS101 staff. At the event, students shared information about their experience in each CTE program and gave tours of CTE classrooms for guests. The students did a phenomenal job!

Guests were also treated to lunch, which was catered by the BHS Culinary Arts Department. The department caters many BPS101 events throughout the school year under the direction of BHS teacher Austun Savitski. Students make all of their catered items in the BHS kitchens. The quality and display can compete with a professional catering company. It’s that good.

At the end of the event, BHS senior Haley Stein was presented with the “VALEES 2018 Graphics Student of the Year” award from Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES) Director Cassie Blickem. Congrats Haley!

For more information about Batavia High School Career and Technical Education, visit http://bhs-cte.weebly.com. For information on how you can help support the CTE program in your own career field, contact Brian Gamlin or Mike Bryant.