Coastal Cleanup


The Delaware TSA State Officers and other TSA members participated in the International Coastal Cleanup day on Saturday, September 16, sponsored by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The DETSA State Officers, joined with Delaware SkillsUSA State Officers, cleaned the Bethany Beach shoreline. Last year, over 1,500 volunteers collected 6 tons of trash from 45 different locations. If any TSA members have pictures of them participating in the Coastal Cleanup, then it would be greatly appreciated if you can send them to mike.fitzgerald@doe.k12.de.us. Make sure to stay tuned for next year’s Coastal Cleanup! 

2017 Fall Leadership Conference


2017 Fall CTSO Leadership Conference – October 25, 26 – Delaware State University

The Delaware Career and Technical Student Organizations of BPA, DECA, Educators Rising, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, and TSA are excited to announce registration for the Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) is open.  The conference will be held at Delaware State University on October 25 (high school students) and October 26 (middle school students).

Important Planning and Registration Details:

  • Comprehensive Schools:  Comprehensive middle schools and high schools may send up to eight (8) students per each CTSO local chapter (BPA, HOSA, TSA, SkillsUSA, etc.).
  • Vocational Technical High Schools:  Vo-Tech schools may send up to two (2) students per each CTE program (business, carpentry, electrical, nurse assisting, welding, etc.) for each CTSO local chapter (BPA, HOSA, TSA, SkillsUSA, etc.).  *Note:  Vocational technical teachers/programs will need to coordinate your registration of two students per each CTE program with your student activities coordinator.
  • Registration:  Registration is $30.00 per participant.  Visit https://www.registermychapter.com/flc/de. *Note: When registering your chapter use the following naming convention: School Name-CTSO Name. Example: Fifer Middle School-BPA. If you have already registered, please update your school information.
  • Save the Date flyer.
  • Annual Fall Service Project:  The service project for the FLC will be a canned food drive.  Please work with your local chapter to organize and contribute to the Delaware FLC food drive!
  • Invitation for Presentations:  We are looking to expand the number of workshops and topics offered.  Should you be interested in leading a session, or if you would like to invite someone to serve as a presenter on a topic that supports the professional growth of students in leadership/professionalism, please share the Presenter Invitation.

Registration opened September 1 and will close on September 30.  Register early to ensure a space for your students to participate.  For questions, please contact Mike Fitzgerald at mike.fitzgerald@doe.k12.de.us.

Featured Member: Dielle DeNoon


Dielle DeNoon is a Junior at Caesar Rodney High School who is passionate about all aspects of engineering and technology. Outside of school she does woodworking and likes to disassemble computers and other devices to learn how they work. Dielle was encouraged by her technology teacher to join TSA as a freshman and since then she has practiced her leadership and technical skills gained as a member of her chapter. Her favorite event last year was the Delaware T-Shirt Design Contest in which she earned 3rd Place at the state conference. The Delaware TSA state management team liked her design so much that it was selected for use as Delaware’s trading pin at the 2017 TSA International Conference. Dielle plans to use the SEED program to attend Delaware Technical Community College to earn an associates degree in computer networking and then transfer to Wilmington University to finish her bachelor’s degree. Dielle exemplifies the qualities that TSA represents; she is passionate about what she does and is planning today for the her future life as a successful professional.

Want to be the next featured TSA member or know someone who could be featured? Submit all nominations by filling out the Google Form below:

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TSA National Leadership Conference Results


Students from across Delaware represented the First State as part of the Delaware Technology Student Association last week at the 39th annual National Technology Student Association Conference in Orlando, many bringing home awards for Top 10 finishes. In total, 172 students from Delaware competed in 127 individual and 115 team events that were focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 
 
 
Delaware students competed amongst 8,000 international finalists in events such as computer-aided design; dragster design; engineering, inventions & innovations; leadership strategies; manufacturing prototype; on-demand video; promotional graphics; structural engineering; system control technology; video game design; vex robotics website design and more. At the June 25 awards ceremony, Delaware students received national recognition in their respective events:
 
 
Conference Honors and Highlights
 
• Brandywine School District’s P.S. duPont Middle School and Caesar Rodney School District’s Caesar Rodney High School were named for Chapter Excellence
• John Singer of P.S. DuPont Middle School and Roger Seedorf of MOT Charter High School were named as Chapter Advisors of the Year
 
Gold Leadership Achievement Awards
 
Students from Delaware were recognized with the Gold Leadership Achievement Award.  Those honored included: Jonny Bui, Sherry Kumar and Thomas Canning from Caesar Rodney High School; Connor Wagaman from Brandywine’s Concord High School; Amrutha Veeramachineni, Anya Dougherty, Jemi Chan, Joshua Shasanmi and Shayla Modi from Red Clay Consolidated School District’s H.B. duPont Middle School; Alex Argo from Lake Forest School District’s Lake Forest High School; and Tyler Rouwhorst from MOT Charter School.
 
Competitive Contest Results
 
1st Place                           Website Design                                         Postlethwait Middle School (Caesar Rodney)
2nd Place                          Essays on Technology                               P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
2nd Place                          Problem Solving                                        H.B. duPont Middle School (Red Clay Consolidated)
2nd Place                          Tech Bowl, Written                                    P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
3rd Place                           Digital Video Production                           Caesar Rodney High School (Caesar Rodney)
3rd Place                           Environmental Engineering                       Postlethwait Middle School (Caesar Rodney) 
3rd Place                           Extemporaneous Speech                         Charter School of Wilmington (Red Clay Consolidated)
3rd Place                           Technology Bowl, Written HS                   Newark Charter High School
4th Place                           Challenging Technology Issues                 P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
4th Place                           Technology Problem Solving                    Concord High School (Brandywine)
5th Place                           Structural Design & Engineering               Charter School of Wilmington (Red Clay Consolidated)
5th Place                           Website Design                                         Cab Calloway School Of The Arts (Red Clay Consolidated)
6th Place                           System Control Technology                      P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
6th Place                           Tech Bowl, Oral MS                                  P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
8th Place                           Future Technology Teacher                      Charter School of Wilmington (Red Clay Consolidated)
8th Place                           Mass Production                                      Cab Calloway School of the Arts (Red Clay Consolidated)
9th Place                           Flight Endurance                                       Charter School of Wilmington (Red Clay Consolidated)
10th Place                         Challenging Technology Issues                Postlethwait Middle School (Caesar Rodney)
10th Place                         Problem Solving                                       P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
10th Place                         Promotional Design                                  Alexis I. du Pont High School (Red Clay Consolidated)
 
Delaware schools that competed at the 39th Annual National Technology Student Association Conference in Orlando included: 
 
• Alexis I. Du Pont High School (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Cab Calloway School of the Arts (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Caesar Rodney High School (Caesar Rodney)
• Charter School Of Wilmington (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Concord High School (Brandywine)
• Fifer Middle School (Caesar Rodney)
• Gauger-Cobbs Middle School (Christina)
• H.B. duPont Middle School (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Henry C. Conrad Schools Of Science (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Indian River High School (Indian River)
• John Dickinson High School (Red Clay Consolidated)
• Lake Forest High School (Lake Forest)
• MOT Charter School
• Newark Charter High School
• P. S. duPont Middle School (Brandywine)
• Postlethwait Middle School (Caesar Rodney)
• Seaford Senior High School (Seaford)
• Sussex Central High School (Indian River)