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Ms. Lisa Wofford has achieved National Board Certification as a teacher of Health Science.  As part of the process, she completed a portfolio that included samples of student work, assignments, video recordings and a thorough analysis of her classroom teaching.  Ms. Wofford teaches Sports Medicine and Anatomy at J. Harley Bonds Career Center.  She served as President of the SC Health Science Educators Association.  Ms. Wofford has been instrumental in expanding the classes offered in the Health Science department. 

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News Briefs J. Harley Bonds Career Center

Students from J. Harley Bonds Career Center attended the state SkillsUSA annual meeting and competitions at the Carolina First Center in Greenville on April 3 and 4.  The following students placed in the student competitions:  Ty Welch, 3^rd place Culinary Arts;  Kathryn Good, 1^st place Food and Beverage;  Zach Underwood, 3^rd place Computer Maintenance Technology;  Cole Reini, 1^st place Plumbing;  Jordan Snelling, Kyle Varnadore, Ryan Young, 1^st place Welding Fabrication;  Jake Cannon, Derek Dempsey, Canaan Manz, Daniel Teems, 1^st place Teamworks;  James Aiken, 1^st place, Blake Magnus, 2^nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking;  Brittany Gambrell, 1^st place Job Demo;  Lindsey Campbell, 3^rd place Job Interview. 

All first place winners will travel to Kansas City, Missouri in June to compete at the national SkillsUSA convention.   

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Tanner Foster was elected President of the SC SkillsUSA chapter and Henry Davis, a first year Culinary Arts student, was elected Treasurer of the state association.  Both Tanner and Henry will be involved with the running of the state organization next year.  Tanner, a first year Welding student, plans to compete for a national office at the national SkillsUSA convention.