The Association for Career and Technical Education
is among the groups who believe career
and technical education, known as CTE,
prepares students for a range of high-wage,
often high-skill and high-demand careers.
The association also finds students involved
in CTE programs tend to have a higher
graduation rate than the national average,
and about 75% of CTE students
tend to pursue post-secondary
education right after high school.
Over the next few months,
we'll be highlighting several CTE programs
offered in the Clark County School District
beginning with the forensic science program
at Shadow Ridge High School.
"Today we're going to work on
"known casings and projectiles
"to learn how to do that comparison part..."
Robert Stahlke teaches forensic science
at Shadow Ridge High School.
It's one of the career and technical
education programs offered here.
Today a mix of sophomore and junior students
will spend time working in groups to do
some ballistics work using a microscope
and some Google programs to assist them
in analyzing the impressions made
by a gun's firing pin and other marks.
Their research will tell them
if the bullet they're looking at
matches one found at the mock crime scene.
It's hands-on, analytical
and engaging work.
(Robert Stahlke) Get them the foot in the door.
Ultimately what would be ideal is if when
they go to college or they go to Metro
and they talk about they're part
of the forensic science program
at Shadow Ridge, that gives them
that one little step in the door
ahead of that other kid that's saying
oh, I like watching these shows.
Crime scene investigation shows are one reason
sophomore Katherine Valdez is part of the program.
I used to watch a lot of CSI,
and I got really interested.
She and others who plan to pursue this field
will need to continue on with their schooling,
as most analyst jobs require a four-year degree.
(Katherine Valdez) I plan to pursue this in the future
because I think it will help with a lot
of injustices in the system sometimes,
and I like the excitement
of looking into crime scenes.
Students like Katherine do have the opportunity
to earn up to six college credits at CSN
if they pass a proficiency test
at the Forensic III level in high school.
I am currently looking through the scope to see
the impressions that the firing pin makes.
Student Joseph Way also plans
to pursue this career.
He loves science and the ability to do good.
(Joseph Way) Science to me was very-- it was a thing
in my life that I wanted.
I also wanted to do it to help find criminals
and victims.
Robert Stahlke believes he's offering much more
than just crime scene skills to the students.
What I want them to take away from this
is being employable.
It doesn't matter what job you're going to do,
but if you do choose that job,
you're going to be good at it because you know
what it takes to commit to something
and have good character and commit to something
that's bigger than yourself.
Forensic science as a CTE program
is now in its fourth year at Shadow Ridge,
and this year for the first time
Mr. Stahlke will have seniors
who have participated all four years.
No matter the subject, he knows CTE programs
are filling a need.
The idea of CTE is this kid that doesn't do band
or they don't do a sport, they have a reason
to come to school because they're part
of this program.
The best part about this is they can apply
what they learn in their biology class,
their chemistry class or their geoscience class
into an actual job.
It's not just now science
and I'm learning about science,
I'm learning about something that can be
applied to crime scene investigation
or into criminal profiling
or whatever that may be.
-Currently, a four-year forensic science
program is available at Shadow Ridge
High School as well as Veterans Tribute CTA.
A total of 23 high schools in the District
offer some type of forensic science class.

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