When Troup County School System (TCSS) seniors toss their graduation caps in the air next week as a culmination to the graduation ceremony, they will be entering the workforce stage of life. It has just gotten easier thanks to the School 2 Work partnership between LaGrange Development Authority and TCSS.

Recently, close to 30 students visited local advanced manufacturing companies because they are looking to go directly to work after graduation. In three days, they were able to see the inner workings of the organizations, meet hiring managers, and interview for available positions where they can graduate on Friday and become a working employee on Monday.

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Savannah Farrell, an eighth grader at Gardner Newman Middle School, attended the Future Farmers of America Area 3 Awards Ceremony where she received a silver medal for her Livestock Record Book that detailed her work with horses over the past year.

Recently, TCSS hosted a parent engagement meeting to obtain feedback about federal programs offered within the school system. They also discussed TCSS's mission, vision, values, and system improvement plan. The video highlights the entire discussion. 
 

During a classroom project at Long Cane Middle School, Anna Murphy had to write her short term and long term goals. One of those goals was to become valedictorian. Just a few weeks ago, she was told she met that goal.

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You can see the Granger pride beaming off of Chloe Beall when she accepted the valedictorian honor at the April Board of Education meeting. She was dressed in Granger blue and insists that, “It’s something that is hard to get rid of. I’ve grown up in LaGrange my whole life so I will always have that Granger pride.”

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Students from THINC’s STEM-related classes recently attended Auburn University’s Engineering Day. The annual event gives high school students the opportunity to learn more about the engineering program at Auburn and possible careers in the field. They’re able to chat one-on-one with students and faculty, experience interactive exhibits, and visit classes and labs, including the new Shelby Center for Engineering Technology.

During their visit, THINC students toured Aerospace, Biosystems, Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical/Computer, Industrial, Materials and Mechanical Engineering areas. Some of the interactive experiences included: robotics advances in Electrical/Computer Engineering, car racing in Mechanical Engineering, concrete studies in Civil Engineering (some students won a memento for answering a question), and new ideas in rocket engines and plans to land a ship on an asteroid in Aerospace Engineering.



“This was an incredible event for our students, with so much to see and learn about,” says THINC Science Instructor Susan Hinson. “They were able to investigate specific engineering areas they were interested in and get a good look at their next step in higher education.”

THINC College & Career Academy released its 2019-20 Course offerings sheet as part of its THINC BIG! Fall Recruitment Night event. Please feel free to review the document (click here).

THINC has been featured in a nationally recognized magazine for automation professionals. Automation magazine touts itself as a source of real-time information for the Automation professional. The editor, Bill Lydon, notes that THINC originally came across his radar in 2016, and does a good job explaining to readers exactly what makes THINC different from other schools.

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TCSS has approved a partial enrollment policy for Private and Home School students to attend THINC