Leaders Learning: Chamber leadership program tours Unaka High School
Published 9:12 am Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Star Photos/Abby Morris-Frye Members of Unaka High School's chapter of Family Career Community Leaders of America welcomed the Carter County Leadership Tomorrow program to the school on Tuesday.
Levi Buckles, right, vice president of Unaka's chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America, speaks to the leadership group about the Business Technology program at the school.
Gary Wright discusses his experience with the Health Sciences program which allowed him to earn his CNA license while still in high school.
Student Athin Hughes speaks to members of the leadership group about the requirements of the Collision Repair program.
Agriculture teacher John Hardin, left, speaks with participants in the leadership group about the meat science program at Unaka, which is now the only one of its kind in the country.
Members of the current class of the Carter County Leadership Tomorrow program spent part of their morning on Tuesday learning more about career technical education.
The Leadership Tomorrow program is supported by the Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce and taught by local volunteers and alumni.
The current class of the program toured Unaka High School on Monday morning to learn more about the Career Technical Education programs available at the school to help students prepare for a career path after graduation.
Unaka High School currently offers CTE programs in business technology, collision repair, health sciences, human services, and the nation’s only meat science program.
School staff and students spoke with the visitors about the different programs and the skills the students acquire that open up job opportunities for them after high school.
