Skills USA Meets with Mayor Crider

The local Skills USA Chapter met with Milan Mayor Chris Crider on November 27th.  The group highlighted the importance of Technical Education in the area and the value of the Wilder-Naifeh Technical Scholarship.

Welding donation to McKenzie Elementary School

The Welding class along with the local Inglenook Book club dedicated READMORE the Worm to McKenzie Elementary School.  READMORE will be displayed in the schools library.

Skills USA Tennessee Leadership Conference

TTC McKenzie sent 7 students to the Tennessee Leadership Conference in Murfreesboro on November 19th and 20th.  At the conference HVAC student Joey Pickard was elected as a state officer for 2013.  We congratulate our students on earning the Statesman Pin.

Food Drive

More than 3500 cans were donated to the United Neighbors program in Carroll County thanks to the Student Senate food drive.  Green Electronics was the winning class with 1262 cans.  Thanks to everyone who participated.

Halloween Costume Contest Winners

Scariest Costume- Janis Hussey,  Cutest Costume- Jackie Romanus, Best Overall- Jimmy Tosh, Most Original- Debbie Hodge.

Halloween Pictures

Summer Awards Day

The summer trimester at the Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie ended with Awards Day on August 24^th.  The ceremony, organized and sponsored by the campus wide Student Senate, was held at the McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian Church and led by the Dr. Brad White, the Technology Center’s Director.

            A total of 40 students received their diplomas or final certificates and numerous others were recognized for completing certificate levels during the trimester.  Also recognized during the ceremony were those students who were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society and students who attained Perfect Attendance.

            The students who completed requirements for graduation are:  Automotive Technology- Ben Sudzum, Jason Lott, Samuel Rogers and Issac McMackin; Business Systems Technology-McKenzie – Randall Adkisson, Amber Lyle, Melanie Early, and Tomi Johansen;  Business Systems Technology-Weakley County- Carrie Pinion and Norma Mitchell; Computer Information Technology- Cody Gullett, Adam Marlar, Brian Chandler, J.B. Clark, and Robert Schroeder; Green Electronics Technology- John Chain, Scott Fletcher, and Alan Black;  Green Electronics II- Jeffrey Eakes; HVAC/Refrigeration- Christopher Peeler, William Thomas Sledd and Bobby White; Industrial Maintenance-Weakley County- Darrin Kimmons, Jeff Gibbons, Jeffrey Axley, Andrew Moubray, Stuart Reynolds, Brent Williams and Casey Williamson; Machine Tool Technology- Joshua Clifton, Robert Erwin and Cory Thompson; Welding Technology- Dexter Pruitt, Matthew Tolley, William David Lowe, Michael Moore, Joshua Ivy, Lanny Ricketts, James Stover, and Kyle Bradley.

Nineteen students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society.  These inductees were Chrishanda Ridley, Janis Hussey, Brent Campbell, Curtis Mathis, Jason Wylie, Scottie Heathcock, Garry Roberts, William Thomas Sledd, Bobby White, William White, Carl Baldwin, Gary Barnhill, Harold Dodd, Ray Courtney, Mark Rainey, Cory Thompson, Eddie Wallace, Brian Morgan, and Joshua Pope.

Thirteen students were recognized for achieving perfect attendance during the spring trimester.  The students receiving Perfect Attendance Certificates were Gabriel Padilla, Adam Askew, Norma Mitchell, Randy Garner, Bradley Bone, James Higdon, William White, Jeffrey Axley, Gary McDaniel, Kim Turbeville, Mark Rainey, Joshua Pope, and Brian Morgan.

Norma Mitchell was also recognized for having achieved perfect attendance throughout her entire enrollment.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held in honor of the graduates and their families.