TTC McKenzie Brings Home the Gold

Six students at the Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie brought home awards at the National Skills USA Competition.

 Chrishanda Ridley and Randall Adkisson of McKenzie and Jason Wylie of Kenton placed third in the Community Service Contest event.  Jimmy Tosh of Union City and Mark Baucom of Kenton placed first in the Sustainable Solutions event.  Joseph Redmond of Bradford placed 10^th in the nation in Electronics.

Skills USA is a national organization serving teachers, high school, and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations.  Skills USA programs include local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills.  At the annual national-level Skills USA Championships, over 5,000 students competed in 87 occupational and leadership skill areas.

Robot Wars

On Friday the 13th our 2 electronics Classes competed in a school-wide robot wars.  Bruce Johnson finished first in the Kit category and Mark Henderson placed first in the scratch class.

HVAC Students Lend a Hand

A group of students from the HVAC class recently worked on some units at the Boys and girls club of Northwest TN in Union City. Instructor Terry Wilson inquired about bringing his class over to look at the units since he is always looking for real-life experiences to help better prepare his classes. The class came to the club and, within four days, had all four of the units operating, even after club officials had been told two of the units were beyond repair. Since the group did the work as training, they did not charge the Boys & Girls Club for any labor and the club was only out a few dollars for parts. Club Director Tracy Boucher said the club was "truly blessed" to have men willing to take time out of their schedules and work in hot weather to ensure the club could have air conditioning. The Boys & Girls Club is certified through the Tennessee Department of Education and if the air had not been repaired, the club would have been forced to shut down the program or find an alternative site for its summer program.

Fun Day

Fun Day

Fun Day

HVAC Students Working on Fire Truck

HVAC Students working on the cab rooftop ac for McKenzie Fire Department truck. Found and repaired a refrigerant leak. Left to right was Joey Davis, Charles Ramey, Dillion Forrester, and Chris Peeler.