Carver High School celebrates Black History Month and CTE Month at a curriculum fair

By Felecia Piggott-Long, Ph.D. February is Black History Month, and it is also Career Technical Education Month. More than 600 students from Carver High School gathered in the gymnasium to find out about the new courses that will be offered in the 2024-2025 school year and to kick off Black History Month. The Career Technical Education (CTE) department and the students services department organized the curriculum fair on Feb. 1 in the Carver gymnasium. The curriculum fair was hosted by Jana Minor-Oliver, the career development coordinator.  “The purpose of the curriculum fair was to introduce our students to the new courses that would be offered in the 2024-2025 school year. There was a station set up for each career pathway that would be at Carver High School, such as cyber security pathway, entrepreneurship pathway, artificial intelligence pathway, food and nutrition pathway, sports and events, marketing pathway, drone and aviation pathway, hospitality and tourism pathway, etc.,” said Minor-Oliver. There was also a station represented by the Career Center, the new fire and EMT Academy, and Allegacy Credit Union. Students were able to meet the teachers and get information about the new courses that will be offered next year. To kick off...