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CTE Student Organizations

Logo for CTE FUSD, featuring a colorful geometric shape and the text 'CTE Education That Works' and 'FUSD Career & Technical Education'.

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) are co-curricular components of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. CTSOs extend the impact of CTE programs through personal and leadership development, applied learning, real-world application, competitions, and more. Each CTE program has one CTSO in which its students maintain membership and participate.

CTSOs function as a component of classroom curriculum and instruction in order to go beyond the technical aspects of a subject to also develop professional and leadership skills. CTSOs help guide students in developing a program of study and career path, as well as affording opportunities to compete against others in the same CTE program area, earn financial aid for post-secondary pathways, and participate in community service and service learning. In addition, students have opportunities to hold leadership positions at the local, state, and national level and attend leadership development conferences to network with other students as well as business and industry partners.

Provided below, you will find a list of the CTSOs available at FUSD high schools, their associated CTE programs, the site advisor(s) for each campus, and the website for each CTSO:

    • Culinary Arts      FHS - Courtney Smithson & Kerstin Strones  
    • Architectural Interior Design & Merchandising      CHS - Laura Locke
    • Culinary Arts     CHS - Janeille Buckley & Lara Locke
    • FHS - Courtney Smithson & Kerstin Strones
    • Early Childhood Education     FHS - Diane Sorden
    • Fashion Design & Merchandising      FHS - Christy Auble
    • Agriscience      CHS - Alicia McKee
    •      Business Management & Administrative Services     FHS - Richard Dean
    •      Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation      FHS - Dante Delia
    • Automotive Technologies   
      • CHS - Brian Locke
      • FHS - 
    • Cabinetmaking
      • CHS - Jesse Cornett
      • FHS - Ernie Rice     
    • Digital Photography     
      • CHS - Kelly Marquez
      • FHS - Kristen O'Neill
    • Engineering Sciences     
      • CHS - Dave Tessmer & Bobby Woodruff
      • FHS - Richard Krueger
    • Film & Television Production     
      • CHS - Jeremy Gemeta
    • Graphic Design     
      • FHS - Kate Cochran
    • Software & App Design     
      • FHS - Matt Minister
    • Welding Technologies     
      • CHS - Mike Handforth
      • FHS - Mike Rust