The Maine Association of Career and Technical Education (MACTE) held its annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student of the Year Award Ceremony on April 29 at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center’s The Green Ladle restaurant.
The event featured a keynote address from Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, in addition to an awards ceremony honoring a student from each of Maine’s 27 CTE Schools for their exemplary work in their respective program.
Students Honored:
| Hannah Albert Health Occupations St. John Valley Technical Center |
Molly Bennett Firefighting Tri County Tech – Dexter |
Abigail Crammer Digital Media Foster Tech – Farmington |
| Eric LaPlante Machine Tool Van Buren Tech |
Kobe Saunders Business St. Croix Tech – Calais |
Cadence Allen Building Construction Technology Oxford Hills Tech – Norway |
| Evan Margison Agriculture and Commercial Drivers License Caribou Tech |
Dustin Taylor Culinary Arts Coastal Washington Tech – Machias |
Wyatt Smith Automotive Technology Region 9 – Mexico |
| Dane Driscoll Farm Mechanics Presque Isle Tech |
Desmond Gonzalez Auto Collision and Composites Waldo County Tech – Waldo |
Kristen Little Culinary Arts Lewiston Tech – Lewiston |
| Timothy “TJ” Fitzpatrick Auto Collision Region Two – Houlton |
Wyntyr Herrera Culinary Arts Somerset Tech – Skowhegan |
Taylor Dastoli Law Enforcement Lake Region Tech – Naples |
| Robert Bowker Computer and Networking Systems Sandford Tech – Sanford |
Daniel Whitman Mass Media Communication Mid Maine Tech – Waterville |
Victoria Hersey Pre-Apprenticeship 21/22 and CNA 20/21 Region 10 – Brunswick |
| Alyssa Stanley Registered Medical Assistant Region Three – Lincoln |
Elias Libby Outdoor Leadership Mid Coast Tech – Rockland |
Emily Cheung Biomedical and Health Science PATHS – Portland |
| Samual T. Meyers Health Occupations – CNA United Technologies – Bangor |
Iassc Hayden Electrical Technology Capital Area Tech – Augusta |
Dawson Ramsdell Heavy Equipment Operation/CDL (A) Westbrook Tech – Westbrook |
| Amber Rae Pesek Biomedical Science Hancock County Tech – Ellsworth |
Lucas Martin Carpentry Bath Tech – Bath |
Grace Sommer Teaching and Early Education Biddeford Tech – Biddeford |
Special recognition goes to Lewiston Regional Technical Center (LRTC) culinary arts students for food preparation and service, to LRTC mulitmedia technology students for program design, and to Somerset Career and Technical Center (SCTC) digital graphics students for their design of the award certificates.
Thank you to the Maine Administrators of Career & Technical Education (MACTE), the Maine Department of Education, the Maine State Board of Education, and the hard-working educators, students and staff at Maine’s CTE schools!