Career and Technical Education (CTE) of St. Johns County
VyStar executives presented Mr. Phelps, our Principal a check for $7, 396.55 to got o the school as a incentive to folks to use their Bear Debit card! Each transactions generate a nickel reward to the school. So that means that we had 147, 931 transactions this year!
Thank you to David Thomson for volunteering to be the guest judge for Mock Trial competition! And Thank you to Farah & Farah for the swag for the students!
Students learned about Cost of Goods Sold, Human resources training costs, running an entertainment venue and were able to learn about the technology of the facility! They also had lunch and got to play some golf.
On September 28th and 29th we had a professional guest speaker come in and talk to our class about stocks. We are currently in a stock market game and they were helping us to understand more about stocks as well as guiding us to make the right decisions when buying and selling stocks off of …
We took a break from Microsoft Word and went outside for a group collaboration exercise! Mr. D showed us a glass of water and gave us 2 minutes to write down as many things (what we could use it for) as we could think of. Some groups came up with more than 25 ideas! Then …
VyStar interns gave our first financial literacy class of the year! Marketing was also successful with our new member campaign for September, 8 new Member accounts opened, each receiving free donuts! Foot traffic in the VyStar branch has increased as everyone wants an opportunity to receive Bear Bucks for their transactions. They can cash them …
We started off the year with collaboration exercises so the students and our new instructor could get to know each other. The students were introduced to Computer Essentials which included Bits/Bytes, the History of Computing, and the Binary System. We have started the journey towards our Microsoft Office Specialist Exam, where they have learned how …
Accounting Students in the VyStar Academy of Business Read More »
Sharing our awesome Bartram Trail DECA members that planned, organized, executed and delivered over 5000 items to HUGS St. John! Not only did the members run food drives in their neighborhoods, they restocked the BT food pantry, brought 4 car loads of food to the HUGS warehouse, and sorted the donated food at the warehouse. …
BTHS VyStar Academy of Business and Finance DECA Organization Fundraiser Read More »
Mrs. Michelle Kisch (holding plaque), Career Specialist at Bartram Trail High School, has been the constant over the past 10 years in supervising and training the teachers in the VyStar Credit Union, so that they can do the same with the students who work in the VyStar branch at the school. Mrs. Kisch was recently …
Michelle Kisch Receives Outstanding Service Award from VyStar Credit Union Read More »
VyStar student workers wrote and submitted a 50 page paper to the regional DECA School Based Enterprise Certification Program Competition about how they run the VyStar Credit Union branch at Bartram Trail High School and earned a GOLD level certification! They will now compete at the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta on April 21 …
BTHS VyStar Student Workers Win Gold at Local DECA Competition Read More »
The VyStar Academy of Business and Finance at Bartram Trail High School had a nice feature story on First Coast News on November 9, 2018 to market their VyStar Credit Union Branch that is totally run by students in the program. Congratulations to the teacher, Catherine Farina, and the students for the great job they …
BTHS VyStar Academy of Business & Finance on First Coast News on Nov. 9, 2018 Read More »
