Badge and Parking Pass Pickup for students attending the CTE Center for the 2013-14 school year will be held on:

August 14th from 10:00-2:00 and 4:00-6:00

August 15th from 10:00-2:00 and 4:00-6:00

If you are driving, you will need a CTE Center parking pass. You will need to bring a copy of your driver’s license and a copy of your insurance information. During this time, you will also take a picture and receive a CTE Center ID badge. Dress is school appropriate. CTE Center ID badges must be worn at all times when you on the CTE Center campus. Please read letter for more information.

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To read all about past CTEC news and student sucess stories please check out our archived page: click here.

Graphic Design Student Helps Fight Underage Drinking

Alexandra Marsolek, an Advanced Graphic Design student at the CTE Center and a senior at Heritage High School, has won a $1,000 higher education scholarship from the Texas Hospitality Association. She tied for fourth place in a state-wide poster contest aimed at curbing underage drinking. More than 800 posters were submitted. Winning posters had to convey the following message or theme “If you are under 21, it’s illegal to consume or purchase alcoholic beverages in Texas.” THA will reproduce, display and distribute the posters as part of its state-wide alcohol awareness campaign.

Frisco ISD students design potential addition to school

Frisco Enterprise featured a story on Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center engineering instructor Mr. Ken Strong who teaches an upper-level engineering class. Teh students in that class designed their own version of a 50,000-square-foot addition for the very building they attend classes in with the help of schematics of the building provided by SHW Group, its architect. Shown above is senior Jorge Macias with his 3D model. Read the Frisco Enterprise article.

Graphic Design Student Helps Fight Underage Drinking

Graphic Design student and sophomore at Wakeland HS, Hannah Sears learned how important it was to save money while also winning some herself in the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) poster design contest. CCCS and PlainsCapital Bank announced winners of the 2013 Financial Literacy Poster Contest in May and Hannah was awarded first place in the high school division for Greater Dallas. The contest challenged students to illustrate financial literacy with this year’s theme of “Saving for Success.” The winners were chosen from more than 890 entries submitted by students across Texas, ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Advanced Architecture Students Help Preserve Frisco's History

Volunteers at the Frisco Heritage Center and the City of Frisco sincerely hope nothing ever happens to the historical Smith-Muse House. But if something terrible should happen, the center is now prepared thanks to four Frisco ISD students. Architecture students from the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center have gone over every nook and cranny of the white-frame farm house. It has been measured and recorded for posterity so should the worst happen, an exact replica could be constructed. Read more on this story at Inside Frisco ISD. (photo from www.friscoheritage.org)

Frisco ISD-TV Students Win National Journalism Honors

Frisco ISD-TV stories that recently won first place honors in the Press Women of Texas (PWT) competition have now earned honors in all three video categories in the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) High School Communications Contest. Frisco ISD-TV Senior Producer/Senior Editor Sam Stockard, Producer/Editor Danny Sheehan and Senior Producer/Senior Editor Madi Eggers will be formally announced as honorees at the NFPW Annual Conference, scheduled for August 22-24, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Read full story on Inside Frisco ISD.

Frisco ISD-TV Garners National Honors

The Student Television Network (STN), an international association of high school broadcasting, film and media programs, has announced winners of its 2013 Spring Nationals competition. Read about the awards on Inside Frisco ISD.

CTE Student Honored at Dallas Museum of Art

Elizabeth Rayes, a first year graphic design and illustration student at the Career and Technical Education Center, was awarded honorable mention in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s 2013 Secondary Student Art Contest. This was the first year students from the CTE Center participated in the contest. Designs had to incorporate DART and this year’s theme: Your Adventure Awaits. There were over 800 entries in the contest spanning from kindergarten to seniors. Rayes was recognized at the Dallas Museum of Art, along with the other winners, on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

CTE Students Win Trip to Meet Supreme Court Justice

Two political science students from the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center will travel to Washington D.C. to meet Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Centennial High School senior D.J. Anderson and Liberty High School senior Jason Parsons were winners of a nationwide Supreme Court competition. Two additional student teams from the CTE Center’s political science class finished second and third, sweeping the Harlan Institute's Virtual Supreme Court competition. The competition is hosted by the Harlan Institute and the Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource). Visit Inside Frisco ISD for the full story and photos.

CTE Interns Gain Real Life Experience with Local Sports Organizations

Graphic arts is a growing field and Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education students have the opportunity to work with professionals to gain real-world experience as part of the Graphic Design and Illustration Practicum – an internship program for high school students who are in their third year of graphic design study at the CTE Center. Read full story.

Students Invited to Apply for Young Entrepreneurs Academy

Frisco ISD students who want to start their own business are invited to apply to the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) for the 2013-2014 school year. The educational program is a partnership between the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, Frisco Economic Development Corporation and Frisco ISD. Over the course of the school year, students in grades six through twelve learn about entrepreneurship and launch their own company. Read more on Frisco ISD main page.

CTEC 2012-2013 Bell & Bus Schedule

Below is the time your class meets at the CTE Center. If you are driving to the CTEC, and not utilizing the bus transportation from your home campus to the CTEC, drivers who are late arrivals will be counted tardy.

Zero Hour: 7:00-8:30
1st Period: 8:45-10:15
2nd Period: 10:45-12:00
3rd Period: 12:55-2:20
4th Period: 2:55-4:25

Bus Schedule & Transportation
For bus information to and from the CTEC during the school day please click here. It lists the time the bus leaves each home campus.

For bus transportation to & from the CTEC before & after school please click here.

Help Others by Donating Gently Used Devices

The FISD Special Education department is collecting gently used devices such as iPod Touch, iPhone and more. They are also asking for chargers and old cases. These devices are refurbished and utilized for FISD students with communication disorders. Please read the flyer for specifics.

District Notices

To view all FISD District notices please click here.

Health Reminders

There has been a change in the district's medication policy. The district shall not purchase oral nonprescription medication for students beginning with the 2010-2011school year. For information regarding good health habits and prevention of illness click here.

Home Access Center

Home Access Center is a great tool to keep you on top of your child’s academic career as your student is becoming more independent and responsible. We hope you take advantage of this form of student/parent involvement. For login information click here.

In this tough economy, school fundraising is more crucial than ever. Mr. Qpon delivers daily email deals that will save you 50-90% at your favorite places. Mr. Qpon, based in Frisco, will donate a portion of the proceeds from each purchase made to the FISD school of your choice and the Frisco Education Foundation. You get a great deal and your school gets money, everybody wins! Read flyer.

It is the policy of Frisco ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in its vocational programs*, services, or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

* These programs are called "Career & Technical Education" in Texas, but the applicable civil rights laws use the term "vocational."

- Principal Bio

- CTEC Core Values
- 12-13 Bus/Bell Schedule
- 12-13 Student Handbook
- 12-13 CTEC Handbook
Addendum

- 12-13 A/B Calendar
- CTE Video

Principal: Wes Cunningham, Ed.D

Email: cunningw@friscoisd.org

Click here for the 2013-2014 course selection information.

Studio 08 is closed. We will reopen for the 2013-14 school year in September.

All visitors must sign in at the front office. All guests are asked to wear school appropriate attire. Reservations are encouraged, please call 469.633.6780 or email.

Studio 08 now accepts credit cards with the minimum purchase of $5.00 in the restaurant and $3.00 in the deli. Cash and checks are also still accepted.

One Voice Spring 2013 Events

Frisco HS

Centennial HS

Wakeland HS

Liberty HS
Heritage HS

Lonestar HS

REPORT AN ABSENCE:
for a CTEC class please call

463.633.6780 ext. 36784 or you may email our Attendance Clerk. If you need to report an absence for a class on your student's home campus please visit that campus website.