MAVA Colleagues, Please mark your calendars today!!! David As previously announced, the 38th Annual Outstanding Vocational Technical Student Award will be held at Mechanics Hall on Thursday, April 11th. As you are aware, this award recognizes those students whose scholastic and vocational technical achievements have significantly contributed to their local school district and thus, to … Read more

MAVA Colleagues, It is clear that the accelerated growth of “Artificial Intelligence” will impact education in general and the skills needed for success in various careers. In an article published in Forbes Magazine, this quote was included: “Classrooms today would be recognizable to the Victorians who invented them. A few decades from now we may … Read more

Colleagues, Included in this evening’s “Commissioner’s Weekly Update 9 -11 -23”, is the initial notice concerning the U. S. Presidential Scholars Program! Presidential Scholar Nominations Due Oct. 6: “Commissioner Riley is seeking school nominations of high school seniors for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Nominations can be submitted via email to achievement and are due … Read more

MAVA Colleagues, We are pleased to share this exciting summer professional development experience by Assabet College and Career Counselor Maki Faria through the AGC MA Building Advancement Externship! David John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC PR for Assabet Valley Counselor Learns About Commercial Construction Through Building Advancement Externship Assabet College and Career Counselor Maki Faria participated … Read more

Oct MAVA Membership, We are always excited to share an interesting idea or activity that have proven successful in one or more of our MAVA schools. Today we are pleased to share one from Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton! David e, B-P Student Ambassadors Welcome Incoming First Year Students September 7, 2023 Jordan Mayblum … Read more

Colleagues, We are pleased to share this excellent piece concerning one of our many successful Career Tech Initiatives across the Commonwealth!! This one at Nashoba Valley Technical School in Westford, which offers evening courses for adults who want to learn a trade and pursue a new career. Best wishes to Christine Greenwood working in the … Read more

Colleagues, A terrific piece broadcast nationally on “CBS Mornings” on August 31st. The host on this piece is Tony Dokoupil. . Although the segment, is not about a Massachusetts school, it clearly shows the solution to the national skilled labor shortage, is vocational technical & agricultural education. After you view the piece, you will be … Read more

Colleagues, We thank Allison Cammarata for sharing this exceptional recognition by a 2023 graduate of Shawsheen Tech! David Shawsheen’s Jayden Donaher Receives National Recognition by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Jayden Donaher (center) is presented with a letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Standing with him is Guidance counselor Amanda Samaha (left) … Read more

MAVA Colleagues, Once again this year, the MAVA Board of Directors unanimously voted to support our very important statewide student organizations. Our Executive Director reports that the Massachusetts FFA Association will use the funding this year to support their Annual State Convention which is the largest annual gathering of FFA members in Massachusetts. Event sponsors … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are truly excited to share some incredible news concerning Massachusetts SkillsUSA which recently received yet another National Recognition. Our student organization has won another APEX Award. APEX Awards are the top industry awards for publication excellence nation-wide! The SkillsUSA Massachusetts award was based on excellence in graphic … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, Massachusetts vocational technical & agricultural education has innumerable partners and supporters that assist our students in receiving the highest quality Chapter 74 education, the “Gold Standard” in the United States. Associations, collaboratives, business & industry, local, state, & federal government, and non-profits. The list is expansive. Sometimes they … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are excited to share a recent event that MAVA participated in at Worcester Tech. A delegation from the state of Piauí, Brazil, including Gov. Rafael T. Fonteles, met with Worcester Public School leaders, officials from the Massachusetts Secretary of Education’s office and other supporters of vocational technical … Read more

Colleagues, We are always excited to share interesting ideas and activities that have proven successful in one or more of our MAVA schools. Today we are pleased to share an idea from Chicopee Comp concerning their summer school program! David How Chicopee made summer school classes a lot more appealing this year Published: Aug. 09, … Read more

Colleagues, We are always excited to share successes our Chapter 74 students attain in SkillsUSA. Here is a terrific story from Whittier Tech! David ilfoil Public Relations LLC PR for Police, Fire, Whittier Tech Students Win Gold at SkillsUSA National Conference Camryn Langille Client News, School News Whittier Tech students attend the SkillsUSA National Leadership … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are most pleased to announce that representatives of one of the states of Brazil, Estado Do Piaul, will be visiting nationally recognized Worcester Technical High School on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 As part of their mission to revamp their high schools into vocational/technical and or career-oriented schools, … Read more

Colleagues, We thank Allison Cammarata for sharing this special event with us. David Tewksbury re-imagined: Shawsheen Tech students create public art in Tewksbury By Paige Impink News Correspondent paige | August 5, 2023 TEWKSBURY – Tewksbury’s newest addition to its switchbox art collection is at the intersection of Chandler and East Streets. Depicting images of … Read more

MAVA Colleagues, Wonderful news from Essex North Shore!! David Essex Tech Congratulates 30 Graduates of NightHawks Advanced Manufacturing Program August 7, 2023 Robert Mills Some of the graduates of the Essex Tech Nighthawks Advanced Manufacturing Program at their graduation ceremony. HATHORNE – Superintendent Heidi Riccio and Essex Tech are pleased to congratulate 30 graduates of … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are excited to share piece written by Aaron Polansky, Superintendent-Director, of the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School District in Rochester, MA. The article was published in this month’s AASA School Administrator magazine. David links.aasa.org/3Dzd8Wd David J. Ferreira MAVA Communications Coordinator DavidFerreira

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are excited to share the news that students and staff at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School (GNBVT) in Massachusetts are creating history through the construction of a Living Building Challenge structure. Their efforts have been recognized in the national publication “SkillsUSA Champions Spotlight”. The … Read more

  Colleagues, We are pleased to share this exciting news concerning a graduate of Nashoba Valley Tech! Makenna Pearlman was one of only 30 individuals from across the country to receive the Electrical Construction & Maintenance’s Under 30 Electrical All Stars! Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) provides electrical professionals expertise and insights on electrical systems … Read more

Colleagues, We are most pleased to share this notice from Dr. Sheila Harrity, MAVA Extended Campus Coordinator. Class registration begins Tuesday, August 1, 2023. David Registration will open on August 1st for the Fall 2023 Extended Campus (Cohort) Courses The MAVA Extended Campus Program has posted the list of fall 2023 semester courses on the … Read more

Friends of Vocational Technical & Agricultural Education, We are pleased to share some terrific news as Greater Lawrence Tech is the recipient of a $369,000 for medical assistant training. Funded through the state’s Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, the grant was awarded to organizations striving to increase residents’ access to steady, good paying jobs. The program … Read more

House proposes funding cuts to and eliminates dozens of education and workforce programs Ask Your Members of Congress to Oppose Cuts to Education and Workforce Programs in FY 2024! July 20, 2023 On July 14, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 … Read more