BAVTS: Costenbader wins SPC

Samuel Costenbader, of Bethlehem, and a student at the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School, was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in Electronics Technology at the 2018 SkillsUSA Championships on June 27 and 28 in Louisville, Ky.

The SPC, one of the nation’s highest awards, is a component of SkillsUSA’s assessment program for career and technical education. It is given to students who meet a predetermined threshold score in their competition, as defined by industry leaders from 600 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions based upon their standards for entry-level workers.

During the event, students demonstrated technical, workplace and personal skills in 102 hands-on occupational and leadership competitions including robotics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking.

BASD: “Built by Bethlehem” podcasts start

The Bethlehem Area School District recently released the “Built by Bethlehem” podcast series. The first episode features Liberty High School graduate Kaitlin Wagner, who plans to attend Northampton Community College to further her teaching aspirations.

Hosted by BASD Superintendent Dr. Joseph J. Roy, the series focuses on the students from both Freedom and Liberty HS and how they have taken advantage of opportunities that the community provides for them, from their beginnings in the district, and whether they begin in kindergarten or are transfer students from other countries to their planned futures post graduation.

“Built by Bethlehem” is podcasted on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/built-by-bethlehem-podcast/id1403918474; on Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iv2smkgekk6f4vfbqh6gb5s3f4a; and at the BASD feed: http://basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us/basdblog/feed/podcast.

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