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The majority of the students are Mashpee to the "Roots and Roses" florist shop. An additional Wampanoag. six awning style photovoltaic panels were installed above our science laboratories to supply electricity to Staff includes a Project Director, Cultural both labs. In June, we held a Small Wind Turbine Coordinator/Tutor, both part-time. The Parent Installer's workshop where we installed a 3.6 Kilowatt Committee consists of teachers and parents both native wind turbine that sits atop a 127 foot tall tilt-up tubu- and non-native. Program progress is made to the parent lar steel tower that can be slowly lowered and raised committee who make reviews and decisions. for maintenance and high wind protection. The tur- bines maximum output rating is 1500 watts which is expected to produce 200-250 kWh/month and is the Respectively submitted, first wind turbine on the Cape to be tied to the grid. Jane F. Beaudin,M.S. Ed., C.A.G.S. Our Science Department has mapped out a Recycling Administrator of Special Education initiative that we hope to implement in September 2005. A million dollar roof replacement on the build- ing was completed with all funds coming from private donations. We have begun renovations of our tennis Report of the and basketball courts which should be completed before the start of school in September 2005. Regional Technical High School District The Massachusetts Department of Education completed their Coordinated Program Review of our Special Needs Department and all areas were seen as � To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the being in compliance with state and federal laws with Citizens of the Town of Mashpee the exception of one area that was determined in par- Cape Cod Regional Technical High School just tial compliance. completed another successful year. We graduated 137 seniors,and all of these seniors achieved a Competency Our students participated in competitions for Future Farmers of America (FFA), Skills USA and Determination in both the English and Math MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System). Distributive Education Clubs of America(DECA) and f Our graduating seniors also received over $130,000 in Destination Imagination. We had two students elected scholarships on annual awards night. to the Massachusetts State FFA office — one as � Treasurer and one as FFA Sentinel for the 2005-2006 The 9th and 10th graders completed their first year school year. At the State FFA competition we had one of 180 consecutive days of instruction in English and student place first in individual soils and land judging and third place in individual turf management. One of Math to help address the need for students to meet higher expectations in academics. We celebrated our our Welding students and one of our Dental students each brought home a bronze medal at the State Skills 30th year in technical education during the month of USA competition; and at the District Skills USA com- May with official recognition coming from Senator petition our students received one gold medal in Kennedy, Governor Romney, State Senator O'Leary Culinary; two gold, two silver, and one bronze medals and State Representative Gomes. A gala reception/cel- in Plumbing; as well as one silver and two bronze ebration was held on May 4th with over 350 past and medals in Dental. The Occupational Safety and a`` present staff and advisory people in attendance. Hazard Administration (OSHA) awarded 120 of our The"Roots and Roses"retail florist shop opened students the ten hour OSHA card. All of our Senior class received their CPR cards. Our plumbing and r successfully this year as part of our Horticulture pro- electrical students displayed their talents in working gram. The shop was constructed by our technical stu- on the "Habitat for Humanity" project in Hyannis for dents with the majority of materials purchased by the third consecutive year. funds from private donations. The Renewable Energy/Photovoltaic Training program, funded by a We established several new athletic programs: a 1 grant from the National Science Foundation in coop- women s varsity and JV Volleyball program as well as eration with Cape Cod Community College, allowed a club lacrosse program. Our baseball, cross country, us to install four photovoltaic panels to supply power and tennis teams qualified for Massachusetts I 157