BHHS celebrates student achievements in career-technical education

Beverly Hills High School hosted its first annual Career Technical Education (CTE) Recognition Breakfast on April 17 to honor students who successfully complete a rigorous three-course sequence in their chosen career path. The event was led by Dr. Dustin Seemann, assistant superintendent of educational services, Cindy Dubin, career education coordinator, and Drew Stewart, principal of BHHS, as well as the CTE teachers at BHHS.

The 80 students honored at the event participated in career paths including the Academy of Medical Sciences, Audio Production, Broadcast Journalism (KBEV), Business Administration, Robotics (Engineering), Fashion, Theater Technology and Culinary Arts. Each pathway is designed to provide students with hands-on, “real-world” experience through an introductory course, a concentrator course, and a final capstone course.

Industry educators shared comments about their outstanding 2024 students, noting how the CTE pathways provide excellent study opportunities for students, including students admitted to pathway-related programs including Fashion at Parsons NY, Leadership and Public Affairs at Claremont McKenna College, Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, Aerospace at USC, Neuroscience at Brandeis, Food Studies and Culinary at Drexel, Food Studies and Nutrition at Syracuse, Bioinformatics at UCSD, Finance at Wisconsin and IU, Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, Society Honors Program at Vanderbilt, and a host of programs at Yale, UPenn, Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, Pomona, UCLA, LMU and many more.

Special recognition was given to three community members who have shown exceptional dedication to the CTE Advisory Board, demonstrating their long-standing commitment to program development and student success. The winners were Karla Gordy Bristol, Jennifer Okhovat and Franny Rennie.