8th Grade Tech Academy
Brighton Area Schools offers a CTE Academy to 8th graders. This extracurricular program allows 8th graders to work with Brighton High School CTE teachers (Engineering Design, Graphics, and Automotives) to develop their interest and skills in Career Technology fields. In its first year, 2017-18, over 40 students participated in the program. Many of these students competed in the Michigan Industrial Technology Education Society (MIITES) state competition. They presented design projects that they worked on during their six weeks in Matt Jourden's Engineering Design segment and Sean Carney's Graphics Segment.
The results from the state competition are as follows
Mechanical Engineering Design (NOTE: Division divided up into 24 sub-divisions)
MD-11 Pictorial View (3D) No Colors
1st- Faith Robinson
3rd- Ethan Parker
4th- Sam Washburn
MD-15 Pictorial View (3D) Rendered Colors
GA-3 Full Color Graphic Design
1st- Deidra Silver
2nd- Benjamin Mulligan
3rd- Caleb Franks
4th- Marissa Whitten
MD-22 Pictorial View (3D) Assembly Rendered Colors
1st- Nick Moskal
2nd- Caleb Campbell
3rd- Josh Palmer
Best in Division: Deidre Silver
She finished 1st among all Middle School projects submitted in the Mechanical Engineering Design Divisions
Graphics (NOTE: Division divided up into 8 sub-divisions)
GA-3 Full Color Graphic Design
1st- Caleb Campbell
2nd- Faith Robinson
3rd- Nick Moskal
4th- Leo Fogg-Leidel
Best in Division: Caleb Campbell
He finished 1st among all Middle School projects submitted in the Graphic Design Divisions