News - February 2012

02/29/12 - GED Test & Registration Information for March 2012

The GED will be given on Tuesday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 21, 2012, from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  It will take both days to complete all five tests.  Please be prepared to stay from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days.  If you have not taken the GED since January 1, 2002, you are required to take the GED Official Practice Test.  For information concerning the GED practice test given in Tipton County, please call 475-0037.  Please note: practice test scores are considered valid only for one calendar year after the OPT test date. 


 


You must register for the GED prior to the testing date.  Registration will open for the March testing date on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 9 a.m.  We will take registration applications from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until all spaces are filled.  There are limited spaces available and spaces will be filled on a first come first serve basis.  No one will be allowed to register unless he/she has all the necessary documentation and the testing fee of $55 in cash, no checks or credit/debit cards accepted.  Please listen carefully to all the necessary documentation you must bring when you come to register.


 


                                      You will need:             


If you are 17:                                                 Driver’s License/State ID


Eligibility for Enrollment in AE


                                                                   Proof of GED Practice test                                                                                                 


$55 in cash


 


If you are 18 or older:                                     Driver’s License/State ID


Proof of GED Practice test


$55 in cash or voucher


 


If you are a re-tester, regardless of age              Driver’s License/State ID


$11 per test in cash


 


 


State ID may be used in lieu of Driver’s License.  If ALL necessary documentation is not presented, you will not be allowed to register.  Make sure you have all necessary documentation and $55 in cash before you come to register.  Retests are $11 per test.  Please allow a minimum of 30 minutes to complete the registration process.

02/22/12 - Career And Technical Education Awareness
02/10/12 - TTC Covington Present Grants

Tennessee Technology Center at Covington Awards Access and Diversity Grants

Tennessee Technology Center at Covington recently awarded three students Access and Diversity Grants.  The three students receiving these awards were:  Carmen Quatrone, Business Systems Technology, Nikita Winfrey, Business Systems Technology and Carla Kellum, HVAC.

To advance the Technology Center’s access and diversity goals, the scholarship and grant program is designed to promote the value of diversity in the educational setting and in the workplace.  It is also designed to recruit students in underrepresented groups or for non-traditional training.

The winners of the grants wrote brief essays regarding access and diversity in school and were highly recommended by their instructors. The award money may be used by the student for any cost or expense required to complete the student’s educational goals.

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 Pictured with Assistant Director of the Tennessee Technology Center at Covington, Belinda Douglas (right) are the recipients  of the Tennessee Technology Center at Covington Access and Diversity Grants (l to r):  Nikita Winfrey, Business Systems Technology student, Carla Kellum, HVACR student, and Carmen Quatrone, Business Systems Technology student.

02/10/12 - Go Red for Women

Tennessee Technology Center at Covington students participated in a “GO RED for Women” event at the school February 3rd. In 2004, the American Heart Association created Go Red for Women to raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of women.  This emotional and passionate campaign was designed to empower women to take charge of their heart health.

 

As part of the Go Red Day at the Technology Center, the Practical Nursing Education Class took the blood pressure of other students, faculty and staff.  The nursing students discussed what the blood pressure numbers meant and recorded the information for the “patients”. Part of the Go Red for Women program is designed to educate women on cardiovascular risks such as high blood pressure and cholesterol.  Students and faculty were given heart healthy recipes and were treated to healthy fruit juices.

 

Retired United States Army nurse, Nan Hill of Brighton, conducted an interactive program on the use of exercise bands, and walking tapes. Mrs. Hill, who is a spinning and Boot Camp instructor at the Covington Sportsplex, stressed the importance of 30 minutes of exercise a day for heart health. Students and faculty were provided bands and participated in the exercises led by Mrs. Hill. 

 

Male students and faculty were urged to participate in the Go Red for Women to educate themselves on heart health for women and to support the women in their lives by eating correctly and exercising with them.

 

Drawings were held at the end of the program for memberships to the SportsPlex, ATC Fitness, fitness equipment, exercise tapes, cookbooks and red home decor donated by Hometown Flowers and Old Town Hall.

 

The Tennessee Technology Center at Covington plans to make this an annual event.

02/01/12 - February 2012 GED Test & Registration Information

The GED will be given on Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2012, from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  It will take both days to complete all five tests.  Please be prepared to stay from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days.  If you have not taken the GED since January 1, 2002, you are required to take the GED Official Practice Test.  For information concerning the GED practice test given in Tipton County, please call 475-0037.  Please note: practice test scores are considered valid only for one calendar year after the OPT test date. 


 


You must register for the GED prior to the testing date.  Registration will open for the February testing date on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 9 a.m.  We will take registration applications from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until all spaces are filled.  There are limited spaces available and spaces will be filled on a first come first serve basis.  No one will be allowed to register unless he/she has all the necessary documentation and the testing fee of $55 in cash, no checks or credit/debit cards accepted.  Please listen carefully to all the necessary documentation you must bring when you come to register.


 


                                      You will need:             


If you are 17:                                                 Driver’s License/State ID


Eligibility for Enrollment in AE


                                                                   Proof of GED Practice test                                                                                                 


$55 in cash


 


If you are 18 or older:                                     Driver’s License/State ID


Proof of GED Practice test


$55 in cash or voucher


 


If you are a re-tester, regardless of age              Driver’s License/State ID


$11 per test in cash


 


 


State ID may be used in lieu of Driver’s License.  If ALL necessary documentation is not presented, you will not be allowed to register.  Make sure you have all necessary documentation and $55 in cash before you come to register.  Retests are $11 per test.  Please allow a minimum of 30 minutes to complete the registration process.