'Journey' of Prowess: WNY P-TECH Holds Senior Development Ceremony | Information, Sports activities, Jobs

Household, pals, workers and school gathered at Dunkirk Excessive College to have a good time seniors with college students graduating from the SUNY Jamestown Neighborhood Faculty portion of this system.

“As we speak, we come collectively to honor the superb journey of our 2024 college students,” mentioned director Jeffrey Teluk.

The next JCC advancing college students obtained their certificates of accomplishment: Noah Benjamin and Bettie-Don Contreras of Dunkirk Central College; Riley Diate and Scott Flick of Silver Creek Central College; Felix Manzella of Fredonia Central College; Derek Milne of Gowanda Central College; Brady Wetherby and Jayden Williams of Jamestown Public Faculties; and Christopher Wiltsie of Holland Central College.

The next JCC graduates have been additionally acknowledged: Steven Zentz and Jeffrey DeYoung Jr., AAS levels in Welding Know-how; and Preston Niemeyer and Charles Scott, AAS levels in mechanical machine instrument expertise.

Bettie-Don Contreras and Noah Benjamin, each of Dunkirk, gather certificates on the senior development ceremony for WNY P-TECH. Under is Scott Flick of Silver Creek and a seat left open for Wyatt Butcher, a P-TECH pupil who died in 2022. Wyatt, who was learning welding, was a part of the category of 2024.

Felix Manzella offered the coed deal with, noting that the talents realized at WNY P-TECH can be “Stick with us in our future endeavours.”

He continued, “This program has made us into the expert and clever individuals we’re at the moment. I can solely hope that we proceed to be such individuals sooner or later. On behalf of myself and my colleagues, thanks, P-TECH, for all you have got carried out for us.”

Jordan Butterfield, a graduate of P-TECH's first cohort class of 2021, advised the scholars to belief themselves as they transfer ahead of their lives. He additionally inspired them to be taught from others when beginning new careers, alluding to the expertise and knowledge others possess that might show helpful.

Nevertheless, Butterfield mentioned it's as much as the scholars to place within the effort in the event that they wish to succeed.

“Solely you possibly can obtain what you need” he mentioned. “No one can do it for you. All the time consider in your self that you’ll do it.”

Bettie-Don Contreras and Noah Benjamin, each of Dunkirk, gather certificates on the senior development ceremony for WNY P-TECH. Under is Scott Flick of Silver Creek and a seat left open for Wyatt Butcher, a P-TECH pupil who died in 2022. Wyatt, who was learning welding, was a part of the category of 2024.

Addressing the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES administration was Leo Fial, director of P-TECH, Profession and Technical Training and Program Innovation. He sought to instill “info, recommendation and phrases of knowledge” these transferring on to increased schooling, the navy or the workforce.

Fial emphasised the significance of paying it ahead, whether or not by way of neighborhood service or random acts of kindness.

“Whenever you pay it ahead, you often change another person's circumstances for the higher.” mentioned Fial, who additionally inspired college students to handle themselves, “bodily, emotionally and spiritually.”

“Residing a wholesome life-style can be a very powerful factor you are able to do.” he mentioned.

Julia Witherell helped current a scholarship in reminiscence of Wyatt Butcher, a P-TECH pupil who died in 2022. Wyatt, who was learning welding, was a part of the category of 2024.

Bettie-Don Contreras and Noah Benjamin, each of Dunkirk, gather certificates on the senior development ceremony for WNY P-TECH. Under is Scott Flick of Silver Creek and a seat left open for Wyatt Butcher, a P-TECH pupil who died in 2022. Wyatt, who was learning welding, was a part of the category of 2024.

A spot named after him was left open on the Senior Development Ceremony.

“The scholars at the moment have been in a position to share and rejoice in understanding Wyatt and share within the ache of his absence.” Witherell mentioned.

She mentioned Wyatt felt it “cherished and accepted” by his colleagues at P-TECH. “I can't thanks sufficient for this” she mentioned. “P-TECH is greater than a college; it's a household.”

This yr the Wyatt Butcher Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Christopher Wiltsie.

In different honors, Felix Manzella was named the Faculty Connections Scholar of the 12 months, whereas Derek Milne obtained the BOCES Tri-County Scholarship.

Julie Sek offered the instructor's deal with and Todd Tranum of the Southern Tier Producers Affiliation dealt with the Dream It Do It badge to Noah Benjamin, Riley Diate, Scott Flick, Felix Manzella and Jayden Williams.

Tranum famous the very important function P-TECH performs in making ready college students, which he mentioned might open doorways to superior careers in manufacturing.

“That's been an extremely essential a part of our schooling system, and that's coming proper from the manufacturing neighborhood.” Tranum mentioned. “We see P-TECH as an extremely essential a part of constructing the workforce of at the moment and tomorrow.”

The WNY P-TECH STEM Faculty & Profession Academy is a dedication of as much as six years for college kids and their faculty districts. College students stay enrolled of their residence districts at some stage in this system whereas finishing their Regents levels and Affiliate of Utilized Science levels.