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k competitions, 22 of our students won awards at the Report of the district level, 12 of our students won awards at the Cape Cod Regional Technical state level bringing home 3 gold,5 silver and 4 bronze HlSchool medals and 3 students competed at the National level High winning a silver medal in Dental Assisting and a silver medal for Advertising Design in Graphic Arts. Our Horticulture Shop participated in the State Future To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Farmers of America competition coming away with :* and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: first place in Floriculture. Auto Technology won the Massachusetts Auto Dealers Competition for a fourth Cape Cod Regional Technical High School year in a row and placed 14th in the National Auto serves the towns of Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dealers Competition held in New York. Cape Cod Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Tech had a very successful year in sports with the foot- Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Yarmouth and is ball team the Mayflower League co-champions. The accredited by the New England Association of golf, soccer, basketball, and tennis teams all qualified Schools and Colleges, Inc. Cape Cod Tech's philoso- for MIAA (Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic phy is that education should prepare students for citi- zenship, family life, decision-making and success in the world of work. We have high expectations and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School's F accountability of our staff, administration, and stu- facility and grounds are used each year by a number of :tiL dents. We believe that learning is a life-long process various community groups. We house the Ellen Jones F and we promote and celebrate staff and student diver- Dental Center that provided dental services to over sity in a safe learning environment. 800 new patients this year and provided excellent experience for our Dental Assistant students. We host On June 9,2001 we had 134 seniors graduate and the Lower Cape Pop Warner Football League each of these graduating seniors 61 are employed in their year. Also, we have had a total of 6,000 hours of ser- trade, 45 graduating seniors went on to further educa- vice donated by our 35 volunteers. tion, and 5 graduating seniors joined the armed ser- vices. Our graduates received scholarships and tool- We enrolled 49 students from Mashpee and we ships totaling approximately $140,000. continue to thank all of our member towns for their support in providing a quality vocational-technical We continue to strive for academic and technical education to the students that attend Cape Cod Tech. excellence and our MCAS test (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) scores placed us Respectfully submitted, in the top tier of the state of all of the technical high schools. We have implemented a number of after Dr. Robert Fleming school programs to help prepare our students requiring Town of Mashpee additional academic preparation and since the MCAS School Committee Representative testing began, we have significantly improved the number of students who have scored in the "profi- cient" category. f We received federal grant monies totaling $771,272 including the Carl Perkins Allocation Grant of$181,803 that supported academic remediation for students, The PACTS training program funds of $208,752 that supported 18 at risk 8th grade youth from sending districts, Title I Grant of$92,319 for in- class support of 9th and 10th graders, the Summer Academic Support Services of$91,000 for support of 9th and 10th graders that focused on math and writing skills for students at risk of failing the MCAS test as well as several other smaller grant awards. Some of the major awards received by the stu- dents and the school this past year include the follow- ing: Of the 75 students who participated in the Skills — USA Vocational and Industrial Clubs of America i 105 K