Charles selected as TCTC’s CTE Student of the Year

    DEXTER — Georgia Charles has been selected as the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student of the Year at the Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC). She is a senior at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport and is completing her second year of training in the building trades program at TCTC. Charles’ hometown is Corinna.

Photo courtesy of TCTC

TOP CTE STUDENT — TCTC’s Career and Technical Education Student of the Year is Georgia Charles. Pictured with Charles are building trades instructor John Guay, left, and Dr. Patrick O’Neill, TCTC director.

    She will be one of 27 CTE students honored at a dinner and ceremony at the Lewiston Culinary Arts Center on May 3. This statewide recognition is sponsored by the Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE). Other CTE students and their families from schools across Maine join her at the event.
    Charles plans to pursue a career in the field of building construction and to attend Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor in the fall. Her goal is to obtain an Associate’s Degree.
    While at TCTC, Charles completed over 30 hours of community service work outside of school and has been appointed as a foreman in her building trades program on her Tech 2 day. As a non-traditional student (female) in the building trades program, she has earned the respect of fellow students, her instructors, and administrators. Charles has had perfect attendance for the past seven quarters at TCTC.