Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Carrie Rowe speaks with Precision Machine Tool Technology teacher Aaron Schock.

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Carrie Rowe helped Lehigh Career & Technical Institute punctuate Career & Technical Education Month with an exclamation point! She spent Thursday morning at LCTI, participating in a school tour joined by Lehigh Valley legislators, school directors, and superintendents.

At each tour stop, students talked with Rowe about their technical programs, the opportunities available to them via LCTI and where they see themselves after high school. School officials pointed out how state funding had enhanced the educational experiences of every student Rowe encountered, whether it was used to expand program offerings, remodel classrooms or purchase new equipment.

Officers from two of LCTI’s career and technical student organizations — Isabella Quintero and Brandon Scott — led the tour, which featured stops in eight classrooms. Quintero, an Early Childhood Education student from Parkland High School, is a SkillsUSA president and Scott, a Computer Information Technology student from William Allen High School, is a FBLA president. 

Tour stops

• The Health & Medical Sciences tour stop featured remarks and demonstrations from Northwestern Lehigh High School’s Layla Stroup and Southern Lehigh High School’s Erin Souder.
• The Dental Technology tour stop featured remarks from William Allen High School’s Breena Fillios and Whitehall High School’s Adriana Sutliff.
• The Automated Industrial Technology tour stop featured remarks and demonstrations from Parkland High School’s Silas Beres and Southern Lehigh High School’s Trace Williams.
• The Precision Machine Tool Technology tour stop featured remarks from teacher Aaron Schock, a program alumnus who worked in industry for years before returning to the classroom at LCTI as a teacher.
• The Teacher Education tour stop featured remarks from Whitehall High School’s Abbi Verga, as well as Parkland High School’s Daisy Mello and Mackenzie Marrone.
• The Emergency Health Services tour stop featured remarks from Louis E. Dieruff High School’s Yeidy Eras Medina and Southern Lehigh High School’s Carter Johnson.
• The Welding Technology tour stop featured remarks from Catasauqua High School’s Colin Paone.
• The Early Childhood Education tour stop featured remarks from William Allen High School’s Stormm Castillo and Emmaus High School’s Brooklyn Hause.

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