In November, Dr. Will Kayatin arranged for Chad Perry to do a drone presentation for our students.  The students enjoyed the demonstration.  There favorite part was being able to fly the drone by themselves.  At this time Dr. Kayatin also introduce me to the new contact person for the Carl D. Perkins Center.  We are planning on having her to come as a guest speaker for our students and arranging for our students to tour the facility.

In December, we had Chad Perry as a guest speaker.  The students enjoyed having him.  He is known to them as the drone man, so they were interested in what he had to say. 

Our students enjoy participating in the transition activities and look forward to each visit from Dr. Kayatin.  As a teacher, I am thankful for all of the transition opportunities that our students have been able to experience because of Dr. Kayatin's interest in them and KVEC. Our hope it that participating in these activities will enable our students to become better students and more prepared for the future.

The students were excited to visit the Big Sandy Community and Technical College campus. Some of these students have never toured a college campus and were able to experience what it's like to be a college student. The students attended seminars on important resources and opportunities that are offered at the college. These sessions were set up much like college classes and students were required to attend different sessions at various times listed on the schedule. This compares much to a college student attending class at a scheduled time. 

The students were able to fly a very expensive drone in November. I was a little nervous due to the drone being expensive but the students did great. They really enjoyed flying the drone. We discussed how drones are used in the world today and how technology continues to change the world. We discussed how we can adapt to these changes and use it to our benefit in the future. 

Dr. Will Kayatin let our student participate in a Virtual Reality simulator in December. The students really enjoyed this opportunity and we had much of the same discussion about how technology continues to advance future opportunities if we take advantage of these opportunities.

Breathitt County High School is very proud and thankful to be a part of this Transition Pilot Program. Thank you to everyone who play a part in making this happen!

The next KVEC event our students were able to attend was flying drones at our high school. Dr. Kayatin and his colleagues brought drones to our school, and allowed our students to fly them individually. This helped boost many of our students' confidence in themselves, and it peaked their interest in drone services. The students were surprised at how easy it was to fly the drone and they were proud of themselves for stepping out of their comfort zone to fly them in front of their peers. 

During the drone flying simulation we meet with a representative from Carl D. Perkins Vocational training center. We were invited to bring our students down for a tour of the center. We accepted the invitation and took many of our students to the center. While we were there the students saw and learned about many of the programs that were offered by the facility. Several of our students were interested in the center after we toured the facility. 

At ERHS we constantly talk with our students' about their plans after graduating high school. We talk about the importance of test scores, and maintaining their motivation to want better for themselves.

After this workshop, we took the students to the Carl D  Perkins center and showed them how they could get job training and take classes and get help with getting their permits and licenses while learning job skills to be able to straight out into the world and get a job and earn a paycheck. I think the workshop opened their minds to the idea of different trades and all they could do.