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October Calendar with the 15th and 16th circled and noted as Upcoming Days Off

Thursday, Oct. 15, is Parent Conference Day in Kent County Public Schools. The elementary schools and the middle school will be closed all day for parent conferences. The high school will have half day early dismissal Oct. 15 beginning at 11:25 a.m. and parent conferences in the afternoon. All schools are closed Friday, Oct. 16 for staff professional development and the annual Maryland State Education Association conference.
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CTE Program

Career and Technical education: Find Your Pathway, with KCHS CTE logo and images of a woodshop, car shop, mixing board and nurse

There are currently 11 Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways available for Kent County High School students. Students can earn certificates and be program completers in pathways ranging from automotive and construction to teaching and nursing, giving them a headstart on a post-high school career.


Listed below the CTE pathways offered at Kent County High School, the instructors, classes, available certifications and community support.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES
Completer Program:
  • Foundations of Building and Construction Technology
  • Carpentry 1 – Level I
  • Carpentry 2 – Level II
Program Certifications:
  • NCCER Student Certification
  • Construction Technology Completer Program
Beneficial Outcomes:
  • Variety of job paths to choose from
  • Learn transferrable skills
Community Support:
  • Construction companies
  • Architects
  • Surveyors
  • CNW Masonry

TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND
Completer Program:
  • Human Growth and Development Through Adolescence
  • Teaching as a Profession
  • Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education Academy Internship
Program Certifications:
Paraprofessional Licensure: also known as teacher assistants, teacher aides or paraeducators, paraprofessionals are educational workers who perform teaching-related tasks in support of certified tasks in support of certified educational professionals

Articulated Credits With:
  • Bowie State University
  • College of Southern Maryland
  • Coppin State University
  • Frostburg University
  • Hood College
  • McDaniel College
  • Morgan State University
  • Salisbury University
  • St. Mary's College of Maryland
  • Stevenson University
  • Towson University 
Community Support:
Internship experiences at Galena, H.H. Garnet and Rock Hall elementary schools

PRE-ENGINEERING: PROJECT LEAD THE WAY
Completer Program:
  • Introduction to Engineering Design
  • Principles of Engineering
  • Digital Electronics
  • Civil Engineering and Architecture
  • Engineering Design and Development
Beneficial Outcomes:
  • Application of math, science and technology
  • Variety of class types
  • Employment opportunities
Articulated Credits With:
  • University of Maryland at Baltimore County
  • Purdue University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • and many more
Community Support:
Dixon Valve

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Completer Program:
  • CSD: Introduction to Computer Science
  • AP Computer Science A
  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • Advanced Computing Concepts
  • Information Technologies
Program Certificates:
CompTIA Network+
 
Beneficial Outcomes:
Ability to work on workstations, servers, and network appliances
 
Community Support:
  • Dixon Valve
  • Kent County Government

FM BROADCASTING: 90.5 WKHS
Completer Program:
  • Interactive Media
  • Broadcast Communications
  • Broadcast Productions
  • Broadcast Programming
Program Certifications:
WKHS CTE certification
 
Beneficial Outcomes:
  • Public speaking skills
  • Sales and marketing skills
Community Support:
Choptank Electric

FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT
Completer Program:
  • Becoming a Food Service Professional I
  • Becoming a Food Service Professional II
  • Practical Experience as a Food Service Professional
Program Certifications:
  • Students will take the nationally recognized Cer ProStart
  • Certificate of Achievement with an option to take the ServSafe Manager Exam
Beneficial Outcomes:
Students will learn proper food and workplace safety and sanitation techniques along with a variety of food preparation skills.
 
Articulated Credits With:
  • Culinary Institute of America
  • Johnson and Wales
  • Culinary Institute of Virginia
Community Support:
  • Watershed
  • Fish Whistle at the Granary
  • Evergrain
  • Happy Chicken Bakery
  • Lockbriar Farm

ACADEMY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Completer Program:
  • Foundations of Medicine and Health Science
  • Structures and Functions of the Human Body
  • Theory and Clinical Experience in Health Services
  • Pharmacy Tech Medical Specialty
Program Certifications:
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Geriatric Nursing Assistant
  • Pharmacy Technician Exam (ExCPT)
Beneficial Outcomes:
  • High-paying jobs
  • Nursing school priority placement
  • Scholarships
Articulated Credits With:
Stevenson University

Community Support:
Local agencies

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Completer Program:
  • Suspension and Steering
  • Brakes
  • Electrical/Electronic Systems
  • Engine Performance
Program Certifications:
  • Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification
  • Areas A1-A8, MLR, AST
Articulated Credits With:
  • UNOH
  • ATI
  • ATC
  • UTI
  • Pen Tech
  • Wyotech
  • OTC
Community Support:
  • Kunkels
  • Chestertown Garage
  • Mike's Auto
  • Caldwell Tire
  • ELB
  • K&L
  • Gillespies

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE – CASE
Completer Program:
  • Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  • Principles of Agricultural Science – Animal
  • Animal and Plant Biotechnology
  • Agriculture Business, Research and Development
Program Certifications:
  • CASE Completer Program
  • Credit from University of Maryland
Community Support:
  • The Mill at Kingstown
  • Broadleaf Tree Services
  • Atlantic Tractor
  • Sharp Lawn and Tree
  • Grandview Farms

FIRE AND RESCUE
Completer Program:
  • Emergency Medical Care
  • Fire Fighter 1
  • Hazardous Materials, Operations, Rescue Technician
  • Response to Terrorism, Fireground Operations
  • Truck Company Fireground Operations and Rescue Technician
Provided By:
  • Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
  • Upper Eastern Shore Regional Training Center, Centreville
Program Certifications:
  • Basic Fire and Rescue
  • Basic Firefighter
  • Basic EMT
  • Basic Incidental Management
Community Support:
  • Local volunteer fire companies
  • Local rescue squads

APPRENTICESHIP MARYLAND
The Apprenticeship Maryland Program is for students ages 16 and up (juniors and seniors). This program is designed to lead to sustainable employment and further education based on career pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) occupations as well as traditional occupational areas.
 
The program consists of at least one year of related classroom instruction and a workplace component of at least 450 hours. The workplace component is a paid (at least minimum wage) mentored, on-the-job, work experience with a written, student rating/work-based learning plan and a formal agreement among the student, school and employer.

Current Apprenticeship sites include Dixon Valve, Owings and Sons, Brickwood Homes Assisted Living, Modern Stone Age Kitchen, Greenscapes Landcare, Chesapeake CNC Manufacturing, Red Acres Hydroponics, Trident Marina.

Contact Information

Brett King
College and Career Counselor
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Kent County High School
25301 Lambs Meadow Road
Worton, MD 21678