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MTI STUDENTS COMPLETE CITIZENSHIP PROJECT (Bradenton Herald)

MTI students Lesvia Franco and Sebastian Martines pose with instructors Barbara Lasser and Vera Bourenina after participating in a SkillsUSA citizenship project. The digital videography class created a DVD of  Franco, Martines and Bourenina  sharing what it meant to them to become U.S. Citizens.  For all three naturalized citizens, it was an emotional event. The…

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Manatee Schools apply for Race to the Top grant to expand MTI (Bradenton Herald)

By ERICA EARL — eearl@bradenton.com MANATEE — The Manatee County School District is hoping to win a $28.7 million grant through Race to the Top to expand the Manatee Technical Institute and to add more science, technology, engineering and math education to elementary school classrooms. The Manatee County School District is one of more than…

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SkillsUSA citizenship project

MTI students Lesvia Franco and Sebastian Martines pose with instructors Barbara Lasser and Vera Bourenina after participating in a SkillsUSA citizenship project.  The digital video class created a DVD of Franco, Martines and Bourenina sharing what it meant to them to become U.S. Citizens.  For all three naturalized citizens, it was an emotional event.  The…

Village de Chefs

Parisian-trained chefs coming to MTI

October 8 & 9, Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida Rendez vous with “Village de Chefs” A unique, prestigious and convivial event with chefs from around the globe (Paris, France and Sarasota-Bradenton, FL — September 19, 2013) Twenty French Chefs and pastry chefs from around the globe will converge in Sarasota-Bradenton for two days of sharing with culinary professionals…

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9/11 survivors, future first responders connect at Manatee Technical Institute ceremony (Bradenton Herald)

By JASON BARTOLONE — jbartolone@bradenton.com LAKEWOOD RANCH — Morgan Davis was in the first grade at Gene Witt Elementary School when two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. “We were reading a book and the teacher had to put the TV on,” recalls Davis, now 18. “I did…

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MTI accepts $180,000 firetruck from Bradenton Fire Department (Bradenton Herald)

By ERICA EARL — eearl@bradenton.com MANATEE — The Manatee County School Board accepted a generous donation from the Bradenton Fire Department before the school board meeting Monday. The fire department donated a 1987 fire engine to the district for student use at the Manatee Technical Institute. “The truck has another 10 good years in it,…

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Employer demand for skilled work force growing (Bradenton Herald)

By CHARLES SCHELLE — cschelle@bradenton.com BRADENTON — Florida’s top jobs chief is singing the praises of the state’s unemployment numbers, but knows there is more to be done. Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, told the Herald during a tour of the region that while Florida’s unemployment is now trending…

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