These scholars now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 800 Achievement Scholarship awards, worth more than $2.4 million, to be offered next spring. A total of 1,600 students nationwide are included on the semifinalists list. About 1,300 are expected to advance to the Finalist level.

To be considered for a National Achievement Scholarship, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 80 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win an Achievement Scholarship Award.

Semifinalists include the following seniors:

Danielle N. Reid, Monarch High School
Marina E. Donyegro, Cooper City High School
Ceshae C. Harding, College Academy @ BC
Darien D. Douglas, William T. McFatter High School
Alister Bent and Christina M. Thomas, Nova High School
Chantel A. Franklin, Sophia C. Marseille and Shadae S. Whynn, Boyd Anderson High School
Devin N. Thomas, Atlantic Technical High School
Stephanie O. Joseph, Everglades High School
Dean Buchana, Cai A. Duhart, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Leighton Davis, Charles W. Flanagan High School
Marlena R. Stablein, South Plantation High School
Ingred Prince, Blanche Ely Beach High School
Nicole K. Morgan, Pompano Beach High School
Carina D. Flores, Cypress Bay High School

ABOUT BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is the nation’s sixth largest public school system and the largest fully accredited district with over 258,000 students in 232 schools and education centers and 76 charter schools. For more information about BCPS, visit (www.browardschools.com). Follow Broward Tech Centers on Twitter (@BrowardTechCtrs). Find us on Facebook at (www.facebook.com/browardtechcenters).

Below is the recipe for the dishes we prepared.

 Seared Scallops with Mango puree and Kiwi puree

 Scalloped Potato Napoleon
Ingredients
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Butter
• 2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan, plus more for broiling
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a saucepan, heat up the cream with a sprig of thyme, chopped garlic and nutmeg.
While cream is heating up, butter a casserole dish. Place a layer of potato in an overlapping pattern and season with salt and pepper. Remove cream from heat, then pour a little over the potatoes. Top with some grated Parmesan. Make 2 more layers. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes. Sprinkle some more Parmesan and broil until cheese browns, about 5 minutes.
For our presentation, after potatoes had cooled slightly, we used a biscuit cutter to form the potato stack. We layered in slices of red bell pepper (using same biscuit cutter) to form the Potato Napoleon. Plate was finished with micro greens and fresh orange slices.
*For Mango puree, simply place a mango in the food processor and puree. For Kiwi puree, simply place 2 kiwi fruit in the food processor and puree
**Scallops were lightly seasoned with salt and pepper and seared in a pan with cooking spray

These grants focused on high quality workforce training in green areas targeted to low income residents of Broward County. The overall objectives of the grants were job placement, job retention, or job advancement in energy efficiency or energy generation fields.

For More information on the Green Ready Training Programs, call 754-321-5400 or visit us on the web at www.sheridantechnical.com.

School Board Member for District 1 Ms. Ann Murray, Mr. Zeff Ross, CEO of Memorial Healthcare, Supperintendant Mr. Jim Notter, School Board Chair, Mr. Ben Williams and Mr. Bob Boegli, Director at Sheridan Technical.

Mr. Jeff Ross CEO of Memorial Healthcare, Supperintendant Mr. Jim Notter, School Board Chair, Mr. Ben Williams, chool Board Member for District 1 Ms. Ann Murray, Mr. Newton Sanon, CEO of OIC, Mr. Brian Johnson, Minority Builders of Broward County, and Mr. Bob Boegli, Director at Sheridan Technical

Pictured in photo is School Board Chair, Mr. Ben Williams and Mr. Eric Bonny, Instructor

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Meet the New MediaTechnology Instructor. If you have a webcam and microphone, you can create a Skype account and meet the teacher in real time. You can see and hear the instructor, the classroom and ask all the questions necessary for you to get started. Go to [ http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/welcomeback/ ]http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/welcomeback/, click on “Join Skype” (upper right hand corner) to create a Skype account, then fill in the blanks. Remember to write down your Skype name and password for safekeeping. Once you have created a Skype account call the instructor, Mrs.Ortiz at 754-321-5400, ext. 3069, and she will walk you through it. Skype is no longer supported by the PowerPC architecture. So if you have a PowerPC you will need to go to the old apps site: [ http://mac.oldapps.com/ ]http://mac.oldapps.com/ to download an older version of Skype.

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Henrietta Irizarry-Ortiz, Technology Instructor
Sheridan Technical Center
5400 Sheridan Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
www.sheridantechnical.com
754-321-5400, ext. 3069

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In Mrs. Alvarez’s Green Ready Building Certification Program, students interested in the LEED rating can fulfill one of the necessary criteria to sit for the Green Association Exam offered by the USGBC and the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).

Mrs. Alvarez will be recognized at the Women Who Dared Luncheon on November 10, 2010. She will also participate in a panel featuring keynote speaker Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to discuss Green Initiatives success.

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2010 (Vienna, VA) An historic piece of legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday evening, September 28: S.3304, otherwise known “The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.”

This legislation will have a profound impact on the stenographic court reporting profession because, once signed by President Obama, it will require any and every video that, first, is broadcast on television and, then, distributed via the Internet to include closed captioning. “When you envision the amount of live broadcast events that will be streamed to the Internet so that people can watch them on their computers, smart phones, and iPads and then the corresponding need for realtime reporters to provide captioning services, this is a significant event for the court reporting profession,” said NCRA President Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag.

“The country will be relying more than ever on the skills of stenographically trained realtime captioners to meet the demands of the marketplace, and we are more than ready for the challenge.” Sonntag also commended NCRA’s government relations efforts for its several-year role in ushering the legislation through Congress and monitoring its ultimate passage. The legislation was sponsored by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and pushed through the House of Representatives by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX). S.3304 passed the House via a voice vote with no objection, meaning that a significant majority of legislators supported this popular and bipartisan legislation.

 There are several provisions in this legislation that are significant for NCRA members. First and foremost, following the President signing it, everything from the nightly news, athletic contests, and talk shows that are broadcast live via television and then streamed to the Internet must be closed captioned. Additionally, devices that display video such as smart phones, mp3 players, and DVRs must be capable of closed captioning, displaying video description, and emergency alerts.

Furthermore, the legislation allocates up to $10 million for individuals who are deaf or blind to purchase specialized equipment and the government is authorized to create a databank that offers online products and services that are available to deaf and blind individuals. In an August statement on S.3304, Rep. Markey said, “Two decades ago, Americans with disabilities couldn’t get around if buildings weren’t wheelchair accessible; today it’s about being Web accessible. The ADA mandated physical ramps into buildings. Today, individuals with disabilities need online ramps to the Internet so they can get to the Web from wherever they happen to be.” S. 3304 now goes to President Obama for his signature, and once he signs it, “The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010” will become law. NCRA anticipates this happening within the next two weeks.

• Employment is projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations and add 286,600 new jobs over the 2008-18 decade.
• Excellent job prospects are expected.
• Workers can enter this field with many different levels of formal education, but relevant computer skills are always needed.
  

Network and computer systems administrators design, install, and support an organization’s computer systems. They are responsible for LANs, WANs, network segments, and Internet and intranet systems. They work in a variety of environments, including large corporations, small businesses, and government organizations. They install and maintain network hardware and software, analyze problems, and monitor networks to ensure their availability to users. These workers gather data to evaluate a system’s performance, identify user needs, and determine system and network requirements.
Source: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos305.htm

Earnings:
Median annual wages of network and computer systems administrators were $66,310 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $51,690 and $84,110. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $41,000, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $104,070.