May 2020
Your Connection to Excellence in CTE.
Advisor Edition
SkillsUSA Offers NTHS Members Access to SkillsUSA Career Essentials
SkillsUSA is a long-time partner of the National Technical Honor Society, and has joined forces with NTHS to offer FREE access to the SkillsUSA Career Essentials suite to NTHS Advisors and students.
The current pandemic has forced local administrators and teachers to quickly move their courses to virtual/online environments. SkillsUSA Career Essentials is an online career-readiness resource for students, built to engage learners in defining, implementing, and measuring their personal skills, workplace skills, and technical skills grounded in academics. The curricula is for middle school, high school, college/postsecondary or adult learners, and each curriculum bundle is valued at $25 to $65.
Our friends at CHANNELLOCK®, Lowe’s Companies, and Harbor Freight Tools for Schools have helped support this initiative through their partnership with SkillsUSA. “We want to help narrow the skills gap in our country and providing students additional opportunities during this time is critical as they find new ways to study their chosen trade,” said CHANNELLOCK® president William S. DeArment. “We want students to know that CHANNELLOCK® has their back."
To participate in a one-hour overview of the SkillsUSA Career Essentials suite resources, sign up using the online registration form.
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Scholarship Deadlines Only Weeks Away!
In an effort to make sure all our new Members who's registrations might be a little delayed this year have a chance to apply, we've extended the remainder of our open scholarship application deadlines to the end of the month!
These final application deadlines are only a few weeks away! Please encourage all your members to log in and apply today!
What Happens When Your Student is Selected as a JHP Recipient?
The Jon H. Poteat Scholarship process begins and ends with our Advisors. If one of your Members is selected as a potential 2020 JHP recipient, you will be notified by email on June 1, 2020. Advisors will be required to approve or disapprove the potential recipient(s) within 5 days.
Any recipients not approved/disapproved by the provided deadline will be automatically approved by NTHS Headquarters, and become an official recipient. This will make it possible for us to announce the recipients on June 15th.
If you have any questions, please email our Scholarship Program Director, or call us at (800) 801-7090.
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Celebrating the Resilient Class of 2020
You're invited to join us for an online celebration of the Class of 2020! This exciting virtual event will premiere on Facebook on Tuesday, June 16th at 7 p.m. EST. Hosted by our Executive Director, Peyton Holland, this special ceremony will feature messages of encouragement and motivation from special guests from across the nation. This is an event you won't want to miss!
NEW: More Resources Added
As promised, we're continuing to update our Virtual Induction Tool Kit with a new PowerPoint presentation, an induction script, and other ceremony layout tools to help you as you create your very own online celebration. Your students worked hard to earn their NTHS membership, so start planning your Virtual Induction today! When you post it, remember to tag us, and use #NTHSvirtualinduction, so we can celebrate with you!
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Carol's Corner
Advisor Tips for Overcoming Disruption
Now more than ever, it’s important to give thanks to those in your school and community who have continued to support your chapter. Recognize these outstanding individuals and companies with NTHS Honorary Memberships.
Give yourselves and your members big kudos too! Apply for the Silver Star of Excellence Award. Submissions may be sent electronically.
For information, please email our Executive Director, Peyton Holland. We want to be sure to acknowledge and celebrate all of your hard work!
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We Have a Winner!
Sending out special thanks to all the Advisors who participated in our membership portfolio survey! We truly value your feedback! And special congratulations to Vivian Thibeaux from Pearland High School, who completed the survey and through a random drawing, won a $50 Visa gift card for her participation!
On the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Maddy Fuller is a high school senior, an NTHS member, an aspiring nurse, and a hero. "She did not expect to end her senior year working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic as a technician in the Emergency Department of Winchester Medical Center."
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Advisor of the Month
Alyssa Morganti
Each month, we recognize one of our outstanding Advisors who has been nominated by their peers, students, family, or NTHS colleagues.This month, we’d like to introduce you to our friend, Alyssa Morganti, who's got some ideas on how to engage and encourage students right now while they're learning from home.
If you would like to nominate someone to be featured as our Advisor of the Month, click here to let us know!
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How Can We Help During COVID-19?
NTHS is here to help our Advisors and Members as best we can during your school closures. We want to hear from you about what you need, and how we might be able to assist. Please answer this quick 3 question survey to give us your input.
Harbor Freight Tools for Schools
The application deadline for the 2020 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence is May 20th, and they’re giving away more than $1 million in prizes! Could you and your school be one of the next winners?
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