Holloway Receives Oustanding Educational Award Amber Holloway, a student at Pioneer Technology Center in the Health Careers Certification program and a senior from Woodland High School, has received the Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) Award of Educational Achievement. High school seniors who have completed a challenging program of study and demonstrated readiness for employment and for college receive this award from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The award was presented at Pioneer Tech’s awards ceremony. Steve Ketchum, Director of Instruction, made the presentation. Holloway will be continuing her education in the nursing program at NOC in the fall. “Amber is to be commended for her efforts,” said Dr. Steve Tiger, Superintendent/CEO at Pioneer Tech. “She has taken challenging courses here at Pioneer Tech and at her high school and scored high on rigorous exams and, by doing so, she has increased the likelihood of success in the workplace and further education.” Students qualify for the award by completing a college-preparatory course of study in at least two of three subject areas (English/language arts, mathematics, or science); completing a concentration in a career/technical area, mathematics/science or the humanities; and meeting readiness goals in all three subject areas (reading, mathematics and science) of the TCTW Assessment. The Southern Regional Education Board is a multi-state compact for education, founded in 1948. High Schools That Work (HSTW), launched in 1987, is the largest high school improvement effort in the United States, with more than 1,100 school sites in 31 states, the District of Columbia, and Calgary, Canada. Founded in 2007, the Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) school improvement model has more than 125 technology centers in 12 states. For more information about TCTW and HSTW, contact Allison Timberlake, director of assessment and evaluation for School Improvement, or Emily Kagey, chief editor for School Improvement, at the Southern Regional Education Board, 592 10th Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. For more information about programs at Pioneer Technology Center, call 580-762-8336, or stop by Pioneer Tech’s campus at 2101 North Ash Street in Ponca City.

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