🚀 Taking flight in Aviation class! Just a little rocket launching fun last week. Who’s ready for liftoff? ✈️💥

Check out the YouTube video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8eD6Lqgot0

#AviationClass #RocketScience #STEMFun #FuturePilots #HandsOnLearning
about 7 hours ago, CTE Academy
Aviation
💼 Academy of Finance students hit the road this week! 🚗💨 Our class visited First Premier Bank to see finance in action and learn firsthand how banking works. From exploring career opportunities to understanding real-world money management, it was a valuable experience for our future financial leaders! 💰📊

#FinanceFieldTrip #FutureBankers #AcademyOfFinance #RealWorldLearning #MoneyMatters #StudentSuccess
1 day ago, CTE Academy
AOF
AOF
AOF
AOF
AOF
AOF
AOF
🤖⛳ Robotics has been putting their skills to the test—literally! Students are using their robots to tackle a mini golf course and aim for a hole in one. Fore! 😎🏌️‍♂️

#CTE #Robotics #HandsOnLearning #STEM #MiniGolfChallenge
3 days ago, CTE Academy
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
Robotics
🏠🔨 Things are moving fast in Carpentry! Before long, we’ll have the floor finished on the CTE house and the roof on the Habitat for Humanity house. Exciting milestones ahead as our students build skills and homes at the same time! 💪✨

#CTE #Carpentry #HabitatForHumanity #BuildingFutures #HandsOnLearning
4 days ago, CTE Academy
Carpentry
🔧🚗 The Auto Body shop has been full of energy lately! Students are learning the difference between R&I (remove & reinstall) and R&R (remove & replace) — putting real car parts back together and taking them apart, hands-on style. Nothing beats learning by doing! 😎

#CTE #AutoBody #SkillsForLife #HandsOnLearning
4 days ago, CTE Academy
Autobody
Autobody
Autobody
Autobody
Autobody
Autobody
Autobody
💼✨ This summer, our Finance students gained incredible real-world experience through internships!
Liam Travers (LHS) – Levo
Alissa Alut (JHS) – Five Star Call Center
Jorge Huete (WHS) – First National Bank in Sioux Falls
A huge thank-you to the supervisors and sponsors for your leadership and commitment to shaping our future business leaders. Your support makes all the difference! 🙌👏

#CTE #Finance #InternshipExperience #FutureBusinessLeaders #HandsOnLearning
5 days ago, CTE Academy
AOF Summer Interns
AOF Summer Interns
AOF Summer Interns
🔨🏡 Big progress in Carpentry! Our students have walls going up on the Habitat for Humanity house and are starting the flooring on the CTE house. Teamwork, skill, and dedication are turning blueprints into real homes! 💪✨

#CTE #Carpentry #HabitatForHumanity
6 days ago, CTE Academy
Carpentry
Carpentry
Carpentry
💚 Another Friday at CTE Academy spreading mental health awareness! Students wrote reminders to classmates that they matter, are loved, and are never alone. 🧠✨ #YouMatter #MentalHealthAwareness
11 days ago, CTE Academy
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
🔥👏 Shoutout to our very own Welding teacher, Mr. Benshoof, who received a $250 Replenish the Room Grant! He put the funds to great use, purchasing aluminum rulers, machinist squares, and weld gauges.

These tools are now helping our Welding students every week as they measure and perfect their projects with accuracy. 🛠️✨

#CTEAcademy #Welding #HandsOnLearning #CTEStrong #FutureBuilders
11 days ago, CTE Academy
Replenish the Room Grant
🎬✨ Behind the scenes!
Our Media Arts students are hard at work on their Walking Project shoot—planning, filming, and capturing creative shots that bring their ideas to life. Love seeing their creativity in action!

#CTEAcademy #MediaArts #StudentCreativity #BehindTheScenes #FutureFilmmakers
13 days ago, CTE Academy
Digital Media
Digital Media
Digital Media
Digital Media
🚛🏡 The Carpentry House from the 2024–25 school year is officially on the road today! Built with skill, teamwork, and dedication by our CTE Carpentry students, it’s now off to start its next chapter with new homeowners.

Here’s to new adventures and the memories this home will hold!

#CTEAcademy #Carpentry #StudentBuilt #FutureBuilders #OnTheMove
14 days ago, CTE Academy
Carpentry
Carpentry
Carpentry
🐾✨ Big news from CTE Academy! ✨🐾

Our Mama Kitty Roxie has officially become a mom—she welcomed 7 adorable, healthy kittens into the world! 😻💕

We’re so excited to watch them grow and can’t wait to share more cuteness with you soon. 🐾💖

#CTEAcademy #MamaRoxie #KittensOfInstagram #PurrfectNews #CTEPets
16 days ago, CTE Academy
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty
💚 Mental Health Matters 💚

At CTE Academy, we want to remind our students and staff that taking care of your mind is just as important as taking care of your body.

Here are a few common mental health challenges to be aware of:
🌀 Anxiety – constant worry, racing thoughts, or physical tension
😔 Depression – persistent sadness, loss of interest, or low energy
💭 Stress – feeling overwhelmed by school, work, or personal pressures
🌙 Sleep issues – trouble falling or staying asleep, or oversleeping
🤝 Social struggles – isolation, loneliness, or difficulty connecting with others

👉 Remember: It’s okay to not be okay. Asking for help is a sign of strength. Talk to a trusted friend, family member, teacher, or counselor if you’re struggling.

📸 Pictured are CTE staff wearing their Mental Health T-shirts every Friday to help spread the word to students that mental health matters—and that it’s okay to ask for help.

Let’s work together to break the stigma and support each other. 💚

#MentalHealthAwareness #YouMatter #EndTheStigma #CTEAcademy #ItsOkayToAskForHelp
18 days ago, CTE Academy
Mental Health Awareness
💚 September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. At CTE Academy, we want our students to know that your mental health matters—and you are never alone.

Here are a few important reminders for teens:
✔️ Talk about how you’re feeling—don’t keep it inside.
✔️ Stay connected with friends, family, or a trusted adult.
✔️ Take breaks from stress—music, sports, journaling, or just quiet time.
✔️ Watch out for your friends—check in if someone seems down.
✔️ Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

To help spread awareness, CTE staff will be wearing our mental health shirts every Friday this month. 💚 Let’s keep the conversation going and support one another.

If you or someone you know is struggling, dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You are not alone.

#SuicidePrevention #YouMatter #MentalHealthAwareness #CTEAcademy #BeTheDifference
18 days ago, CTE Academy
Suicide Awareness Month
Today, we pause to remember and honor the lives lost, the heroes who responded, and the families forever changed on September 11, 2001.

At CTE Academy, we join the nation in saying: We will never forget.

#NeverForget #September11 #HonorAndRemember #CTEAcademy
19 days ago, CTE Academy
9/11 Never Forget
🩺 Our Health Careers students are leveling up! This week we started practicing vital signs on each other—palpating radial and carotid pulses, and auscultating apical pulses and lung sounds. 👂❤️💨

Hands-on experience like this helps students build confidence and skills they’ll use throughout their future healthcare careers. Proud of these future healthcare heroes! 🙌

#HealthCareers #FutureHealthcareHeroes #VitalSigns #HandsOnLearning #CTE
19 days ago, CTE Academy
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
👩‍⚕️💊 Our Health Careers class had the amazing opportunity to learn about Pharmacogenomics from guest speakers Allison and Stacy from Sanford Health!

Students acted as enzymes in the body metabolizing “medications” (aka pretzels)—and since enzymes don’t have eyes, they had to do it blind! 👀🚫🥨

What a fun and hands-on way to connect science to real life. Thank you, Sanford Health, for bringing such an engaging and memorable lesson to our students! 🙌✨

#Pharmacogenomics #HealthCareers #SanfordHealth #HandsOnLearning #FutureHealthcareHeroes
20 days ago, CTE Academy
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
Health Careers I
🍜✨ Ramen Competition 2025! ✨🍜

Our Culinary Arts students put their skills (and creativity!) to the test this week in the annual Ramen Challenge! The rules were simple: one pack of ramen, no seasoning packet, endless imagination.

The results? 🤯 From ramen-breaded mac & cheese bites to ramen spaghetti & meatballs, steak spring rolls, and even a strawberry cream cheese pie with a ramen crust—our students showed just how versatile (and delicious!) simple ingredients can be.

👏 Another successful competition filled with innovation, creativity, and flavor!

#CTEAcademy #CulinaryArts #StudentCreativity #RamenChallenge
22 days ago, CTE Academy
Ramen Challenge
Ramen Challenge
Ramen Challenge
Ramen Challenge
🚀✨ First full week of class this week! ✨🚀

This is your week to work hard, think big, and let your creativity shine. 💡🎨🔧

Challenge yourself to try something new, build something bold, and make this week one to remember! 💪🔥

Let’s show what CTE is all about — skills, creativity, and innovation!
#CTEAcademy #WorkHardPlayHard #CreateInnovateInspire
22 days ago, CTE Academy
CTE Staff
🐾✨ Meet Mamma Roxie! ✨🐾
We’re so excited to share that Roxie will be joining our Ag program for the foreseeable future! 🐱💚 She came to us as a foster from the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society and will soon be welcoming kittens while she’s here. 🐾👶

Once her kittens are 8 weeks old, Roxie and her little ones will return to the Humane Society, where they’ll be looking for their forever homes. 🏡❤️

Stay tuned for kitten updates—you won’t want to miss the cuteness! 🐾📸

#CTEAg #MammaRoxie #FosterLove #HumaneSociety #FutureFarmers
25 days ago, CTE Academy
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty
Mama Kitty