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Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education @KY_CTE 1d

OCTE visited McCreary Central High School with new Regional CTE Consultant Stesha Flowers. This rural school is one of Kentucky's top performers in preparing students for life after graduation. More from our visit coming over the next week! #KentuckyCTE #CTEEmpowered

Educators and visitors pose together in front of the McCreary Central High School sign in the school lobby.

An instructor in a ball cap and vest talks with two visitors in a carpentry shop, with wooden framing projects behind them.

A visitor examines a gray 3D-printed model airplane on a lab table while others talk nearby.

A school administrator in a suit and glasses sits at a desk during the visit.

Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education @KY_CTE 2d

OCTE visited Martin County ATC as elementary students toured its programs and played a fall carnival built by ATC Electrical and Carpentry students, putt-putt course included. More from our visit coming over the next week! #KentuckyCTE #CTEEmpowered

Elementary students line up at a tabletop wooden game while a Martin County ATC student watches over the station.

Two young girls take turns putting on a turf-covered mini golf hole built by ATC students.

A boy putts toward a mini golf hole decorated with a large painted clown face whose tongue forms the ramp.

A mini golf hole with a hand-built wooden tower and windmill blades on green turf inside the ATC shop.

Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education @KY_CTE 4d

Garrard County ATC carpentry students marked Veterans Day by building custom wooden American flags, handling every step from measuring and ripping boards to painting, torching, and assembly. Happy Veterans Day to all who have served! #KentuckyCTE #CTEEmpowered

A finished rustic wooden American flag hangs on a white wall. Its boards alternate between red paint and torched natural wood, with white stars stenciled on a dark blue field in the upper left.

A student in a ball cap paints the taped-off star field blue on a wooden flag laid out on a workbench in the carpentry shop, with a bench vise in the foreground.

Several students work along a shop table painting wooden flags. In front, a flag with torched red and natural stripes has its star field painted blue, while classmates brush red paint onto boards in the background.

Two students assemble torched, red-striped boards into flags on a large work table, surrounded by cordless drills, a propane torch canister, a square, and stacks of lumber.

Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education @KY_CTE Oct 30

Letcher County ATC Electrical Technology students planned, estimated, and installed new outlets in their school's foyer so a metal detector could be moved to improve traffic flow and safety. #KentuckyCTE #CTEEmpowered

A student with a tool belt prepares materials on a cart for the outlet installation.

Electrical Technology students kneel by the foyer windows as they install a new outlet.

Two students sit on the floor wiring an outlet box near the foyer entrance.

Students work on the floor near the glass entrance doors installing wiring.

Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education @KY_CTE Oct 29

Breckinridge County ATC hosted elementary students from across the district, showing them the career and educational opportunities waiting for them at the ATC. #KentuckyCTE #CTEEmpowered

Elementary students and teachers tour the machine shop at Breckinridge County ATC as an instructor explains the equipment.