Welcome to the seventh issue of CTE Trends for 2009-10!

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Metro Denver WIRED Funds Red Rocks Community College Green Jobs Pathway for High School Students


The Metro Denver Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) has awarded a $115,065 grant to Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) to develop a Green Jobs Pathway Program. Read more. .

Jefferson County Public Schools'
Warren Tech Teams with NASA to Design Space-worthy Storage

Stacy Hale, founder of NASA HUNCH, presented a NASA banner to Jeffco Superintendent, Dr. Cindy Stevenson as Dr. Angel Abboud-Madrid, Director of Colorado School of Mines Center for Space Resources, looks on.

An energized crowd of students, teachers, parents, and school district administrators gathered October 19 at the Jefferson County School District’s WarrenTech to hear about an exciting CTE partnership between NASA and two Jeffco schools. Read more..



Former State CTSO Officer Uses
FFA as Springboard to DC Internship and Agribusiness Globetrotting

Jessica Jo Johnson

When former State FFA Officer Jessica Jo Johnson graduated from Platte Valley High School in 2005, little did she realize that in four short years she would have begun to travel the world. Read more..