Welcome ToWilliam D. Ford Career Technical Center

View more images of the Grand Opening as well as detail shots of the completed house

On Thursday, May 17 our Construction Tech II students held their Open House at the construction site where they built a brand new home.  The house is located at 35042 Hazelwood in Westland.  The house is now completed and shows the great work our students have been able to accomplish while working in conjunction with the City of Westland.

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We are excited to share that the generous gifts our Early Childhood/Teacher Education students and pre-school students sent to deployed soldiers were enthusiastically received. A wonderful thank you letter and photo of some of the men and women who received the items that were sent were received by Mrs. Vaughan. Once again, kindness speaks volumes, even when miles are between people. Thank you to all who participated and brightened the day for some of our troops who are away from home.

View all of our award winners!

Awards Received

Construction Technologies: Hannah George - Certificate of Excellence.  Only 4 of these awards in the State of Michigan; Instructor:  Mike Koelzer

Electronics/Robotics Alternative Energy: Misty Tomlin - Certificate of Recognition; Instructor - Zack MacLean

Game Design and Programming: Morgan Schalk - Certificate of Recognition; Instruction - JC Irvine

The HOSA award we received was because every student in our Health Occupations classes joined the organization. Congratulations to all!

View all images from the factory tour and welding competition

We had three students finish in first, second and third place.  The students worked in three phases of competition:  They start by doing a partial evaluation, including determining which defects were on each part.  They use measurement devices and a blueprint to examine and locate these defects in workmanship and fabrication.  Second, they were asked to solve a math problem involving calculations with fractions, segments, areas, and volume, etc.  Third, they were asked to read a print and then weld on .125 steel in three different configurations and then the welds were judged for their quality and precision.  Again, we had three students place in first, second and third place.