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exam, we received grant funds to run the following Report of the programs: Academic Support program, the Summer Cape Cod Regional Technical Success program, the Class of 2003 Competitive Academic Support program, and the Class of 2003 High School District Competitive Academic Support for Summer program, Our Parent's School Council was responsible for To the Honorable Board of Selectmen obtaining a $5,000 foundation grant for the purchase and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: of musical instruments,introducing chorus as an after, school activity, and establishing an affiliation with the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School's Orleans Academy of the Performing Arts to instruct mission is to provide an opportunity to acquire high students in chorus, band, and drama. quality technical, academic, and social skills, which will prepare our students for success in our changing Twelve students from Cape Cod Tech won world. On June 8, 2002 we had 110 seniors graduate awards at the state level of the Vocational Industrial and of these graduating seniors 52 are employed in Clubs of America competition; three gold, five silver their trade, 35 graduating seniors went on to further and four bronze medals. Four Cape Cod Tech studenk education, and 3 graduating seniors joined the armed have received medals at the National Skills VICA services. Our graduates received scholarships and (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) competition, tool-ships totaling approximately $75,000. one silver medal in the area of Dental Assisting and three bronze medals in the area of Tech Prep.The soc. Governor Swift visited our school to see our col- cer team, the basketball team, and the Cape Cod laboration with Mercury Corporation in our Marine Tech/Harwich football team were all Mayflower Mechanics Mercury Training Program and our collab- League Champs this year. oration with the Ellen Jones Dental Center. Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is one of only two We have hosted the Soup Bowls for Hunger pro. high schools in the country that has a Mercury gram here at Cape Cod Tech for 10 years and this year Corporation Training program whereby their techni- we received a Soup Bowls for Hunger award called the cians from all over the country are trained. Leo Deihl award. Our Plumbing students worked on the Habitat for Humanity house in Mashpee. We formed the School Leadership Committee to oversee our three major initiatives of the New England We wish to thank you for your continued suppog Association of Schools and Colleges decennial evalu- of our school. ation, the High Schools That Work program, and our innovative Senior Project program. One of the impor- Respectfully submitted, tant goals of the nationally recognized "High Schools That Work" program is to raise student performance. Dr. Robert Fleming During the first year of this three-year program,a tech- nical site visit provided a detailed report and a subse- quent staff development workshop. From this.work- shop we were able to set our goals and objectives for the next school year. The Senior Project will help to Tj promote an integration of the academic and vocation- al curricula. The Senior Project was introduced into the Heath Technologies and Electrical Shops and has been enthusiastically received by the first students involved. Auto Collision Technology has completed the final process for NATEF (National Automobile Technology Education Foundation) certification. We successfully merged two existing programs, Hotel Restaurant Management and Business Technology. The Cape Cod Tech School District's policy manual as well as our technical program of studies were both revised. In order to prepare our students for the MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) 130 r�