Volume II, Issue 1 January 5, 1999

Editor:
Duncan Kunz
(602) 891-2525
duncan.z.kunz@boeing.com

Editorial

We’re all back from our New Year’s celebration. Some of us went out partying at a club or a friend’s house.

Some of us stayed home with our families to watch the big apple fall at Times Square.

And some of us relived our own time-honored tradition by falling asleep on the couch at ten p.m. New Year’s Eve.

But we’re back now – in the office, in the classroom, and on the production line, some of us with our New Year’s resolutions still intact,

all of us looking forward to at least maintaining last year’s pace in our jobs and studies..

But for many of us, New Year’s doesn’t really fall on January 1.

Instead, the new year begins when school does. For the students, it’s the first day of class, a day of independence gratefully celebrated by parents.

For the teachers and staff of the schools, it’s that week beforehand, as they prepare for another nine months’ worth of work.

For us in the Delta Program, the January New Year is a signal for us to hit the

ground running, to organize our school-to-work, shadowing, internship, and classroom visiting tasks for both now and the ‘99-’00 school year.

It’s also a time for us to take a minute and look back at the steps we’ve taken in 1998, catch our breath, give ourselves a quick collective back-pat, and look forward to plan on how our efforts this year are going to be even more ambitious, more far-reaching, and more enjoyable.

Happy First New Year, 1999.

TRW’s Lomasney Announces Superstition Skyline H.S. Sponsorship

Some schools get lucky right away.

Superstition Skyline, MPS’ newest high school in the East Valley, hasn’t even opened yet, but already has a commitment from TRW, one of the East Valley’s major emp-

loyers, to provide sponsorship as part of the Delta Program.

Dave Lomasney, Plant Manager for TRW Safety Systems in Queen Creek, met late last year with Ken Salas, Superstition Skyline’s new principal,

and Hal Wochholz, the Delta Program Coordinator, about TRW’s potential role in that school’s industry partnership.

--please TRW, back page

TRW (cont.)

After discussions, Lomaskey announced he would be working with Salas during the spring semester for formal sponsorhip of Superstition

Superstition Springs High, the newest of the secondary schools in the Mesa Public School Sys-

Ken Salas, Superstition Springs’ principal-designate, now holds the same office at Red Mountain High School

MPS School-to-Work Program: "Full Plate" of Shadowing Activities for 1999

Mesa Public Schools’ School-to-Work Program has been in the forefront of interaction between area businesses and the education system for a long time, and the 1998-1999 school year has been no exception.

Carl Fielder, one of the School-to-Work Coordinators, explains how the Program uses Shadowing successfully in its outreach efforts.

"One of our key approaches to building bonds with companies has been a shadowing visit by various teacher groups to a company with -internship-offering potential", Fielder said.

"This coming January 20th, for example, over a dozen teachers and counselors from Westwood High, as well as Powell and Taylor Junior Highs, will visit Empire Southwest here in Mesa to discuss our Cooperative Office Education (COE) Program"

Empire Southwest, a large machinery, transport, and machining business in Mesa, has had an ongoing COE relationship with MPS, and both MPS and Empire consider it "a great program."

Last November 17th, Fielder con tinued, selected teachers and staff visited Allied-Signal.

"We had representatives from Westwood High, Kino Junior High, and Carson Junior High," Fielder said.

"It’s places like these where many of our students get their first taste of what the real-world work experience is like".

Also in the works is an upcoming shadowing effort for teachers and staff of Mountain View High School, as well as Shepherd, Stapley, and Poston Junior High Schools.

"We’re hoping for a chance to visit Intel", Fielder said