Shoal Creek Elementary PTA

Wow, way to go to our 2021 CTAE graduates! RCPS CTAE Graduation Rate rises to all-time high above 98 percent, tops state average (For full article, visit https://www.rockdaleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=136388&pageId=45582836)

The graduation rate for Rockdale County Public Schools (RCPS) students involved in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) programs reached an all-time high of 98.23% for 2021, rising above the state-wide rate which held steady at 97%. This rate applies to students who complete a Career Pathway.

RCPS Superintendent Dr. Terry Oatts said, “I congratulate our CTAE Department under the leadership of RCPS CTAE Director, Dionne Johnigan, as well as all our amazing CTAE instructors for the passion and zeal with which they engage students on a daily basis in a variety of viable Career Pathways.

“Notwithstanding the public health crisis of the last couple of years, our CTAE students have persisted in their pursuit of meaningful and relevant career pathways of interest by completing rigorous study in defined career pathway clusters that equip them with advanced career readiness and industry standard employability skills. In fact, many of our CTAE students are not only taking challenging academic and pathway courses, but they are also acquiring invaluable work experience through apprenticeship opportunities, practicum, internships, and actual part-time employment aligned to their CTAE Pathways.”

“While we rightly celebrate our district’s highest CTAE graduation rate to date at 98.23%, what we celebrate most are our CTAE students’ readiness and viability for careers that provide critically important services to the community while strengthening our economy and earning our students competitive salaries and wages.”

RCPS offers 31 Career Pathways in high school and has eight middle school CTAE program offerings. The high school Career Pathways include Audio-Video Technology and Film, Automobile Maintenance & Light Repair, Business Accounting, Business & Technology, Companion Animal Systems, Computer Science, Construction/Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Cybersecurity, Early Childhood Care and Education I & II, Engineering and Technology, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, Financial Services, Interiors Fashion & Textiles, Law Enforcement/Criminal Investigations, Lineworker (electric power lines), Manufacturing, Marine Corps JROTC, Nutrition & Food Science, Programming, Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Teaching as a Profession, Therapeutic Services/Allied Health & Medicine, Therapeutic Services/Exercise Physiology, Therapeutic Services/Patient Care, Therapeutic Services/Surgical Technology, Veterinary Science, Web & Digital Design, Welding. The middle school CTAE program offerings include Business Management & Finance, Communications, Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, Family & Consumer Science, Healthcare Science, Marketing, Transportation (Aerospace).

The Work-Based Learning program at RCPS has expanded to 159 students at 96 area employers, with 94 percent of those placements aligned to the student’s Career Pathway.

Georgia’s CTAE program leverages partnerships with industry and higher education to make sure students are ready to take their next step after high school. Students can take courses in more than 100 Career Pathways within 17 Career Clusters, earn recognized industry credentials, participate in work-based learning and apprenticeship opportunities, and serve as leaders through membership in co-curricular Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs).

CTAE is for all students, and Career Pathway completers are prepared to pursue higher education (through the University System of Georgia, Technical College System of Georgia, or another institution), enter the military, accept an apprenticeship opportunity or immediately begin their career.

For more information about CTAE Career Pathways offered at RCPS, contact RCPS CTAE Director Dionne Johnigan at [email protected]. For more information about Work-Based Learning at RCPS, contact Work-Based Learning/Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator Tami Maddox at [email protected].

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Welcome back to school! Remember school starts this week on Thursday, August 5th. For those students returning in person, please remember to check the Shoal Creek Website for car rider drop off and pick-up times and bus routes as they may have changed since last year. For those virtual learners we’ll be posting some tips to help them stay focused and on task.

Please be on time for your kids open house appts to keep things moving swiftly and to keep social distancing possible. Please make sure everyone is wearing a mask even if vaccinated. The delta variant of covid is spreading and there have been break through cases, and we want the kids to have a safe and healthy return to school.

July 22-27, 2021 New Teacher Orientation.
July 28-August 4, 2021 Pre-Planning Days
August 5, 2021 First Day of School.
September 6, 2021 Labor Day Holiday (schools closed, offices closed)
October 4-5, 2021 Independent Learning Days /Professional learning Days
October 6-8, 2021 Fall Intersession (schools closed).
November 5, 2021 Teacher Work Day / Conference Day (no school for students)
November 22-26, 2021 Thanksgiving Break (schools closed).
December 20-31, 2021 December Break (schools closed).
January 3, 2022 Teacher Work Day (no school for students).
January 4, 2022 School resumes for students.
January 17, 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (schools closed, offices closed).
February 21, 2022 Independent Learning Day / Professional Learning Day.
February 22-25, 2022 Winter Intersession (schools closed).
March 4, 2022 Teacher Work Day / Conference Day (no school for students).
April 4-8, 2022 Spring Intersession (schools closed).
May 27, 2022 Last Day of School / Early Release Day.
May 30, 2022 Memorial Day Holiday (schools closed, offices closed).
May 31, 2022 Post Planning Day. .

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