Ms. Valoris, Career Center's Mandarin Chinese teacher, and Dr. Moser, principal from Career Center, along with Mrs. Jill Tackabery, recently visited China as part of the 2011 Chinese Bridge for American Schools. Member of the Bridge Dedication are dedicated to forming educational and cultural partnerships between American and Chinese schools.

During this trip, seven administrators and teachers from Forsyth County, along with over 400 other educators from across the United States, met for 8 days in China, hosted through a collaboration of the Hanban (Confucious Institute Headquarters) and The College Board.

Most impactful for the group from Career Center was the meeting with and forming relationships with Suzhou No. 5 Middle School, Career Center's sister school in Suzhou, located in Jiangsu province, southeast China.

 

AP Physics recently held their mousetrap car competition involving students designing and building their own vehicle powered solely by a mousetrap. The winning design had to travel the furthest distance. Competitors were creative in their designs, recycling household materials and reasearching concepts involving torque, mechanical advantage, gear ratios, friction, energy transfer ad efficiency. Students had fun competing against their classmates while evaluating each others designs.