La Habra, Sonora Auto Tech Teams Place
In Los Angeles Dealer Association Contest
Two sets of Dave Endo’s ROP Auto Technology students entered
the January 29 Los Angeles Automotive Technology Competition
at Cerritos College for the first time with great
results. La Habra High School students
Randy Evens and Alex Soto won third place with 68 points,
and Sonora High School students Cody Loomis and Jeremy Leung
took fifth place with 66.5 points. The third place winners
received $250 in Matco tools. Both teams were coached by
their instructor, David Endo, and sponsored by the Southland
Motor Car Dealers Association (SMCDA).
Todd Leutheuser,
Executive Director of Southland Motorcar
Dealers Association (SMCDA) stands with
instructor David Endo, and third place team,
La Habra High seniors Alex Soto and Randy
Evans after the competition on Saturday,
January 29 at Cerritos College.
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The
Sonora High School team is also pictured with their
sponsor's executive director, Todd Leutheuser. From
left, Todd,
instructor Dave Endo,
Cody
Loomis, and
Jerome Leung.
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Students were asked to complete tasks at ten testing
stations, including air conditioning, front end, brakes,
manual transmission, automatic transmission, engine
component identification, engine measurements, engine
performance, emission control, and electrical systems.
Southeast ROP won the competition, (70.5 points) with
last year's national champion, the Agoura High School
team, ranking second (69.5 points).
Congratulations to Dave and his students who spent
hundreds of hours outside of class preparing for the
contest!
Teacher of the Year, Robert Villegas, stands with his
administrator,
Tony Garza, and ROP Superintendent Michael Worley, Ed.D.
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Congratulations to
North Orange County ROP |
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2011 Teacher of the Year |
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Robert Villegas |
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Digital Arts
Instructor Robert Villegas Named
2011 ROP Teacher of the Year
Robert
Villegas, ROP Multimedia Production and Visual Arts
Instructor, was surprised Friday, February 19, when
North Orange County ROP Superintendent Michael Worley,
Ed.D, Fullerton Union High School Principal Cathy Gach,
Ed.D, a number of staff and FUHS photography students
invaded his classroom. He was even more surprised when
Dr. Worley said, "Congratulations, you've been selected
as ROP's 2011 Teacher of the Year!"
Robert will be
honored by the Orange County Department of Education
next fall in a ceremony at the Disneyland Hotel, and
entered into the countywide competition for Teacher of
the Year that culminates in a national contest.
As a young man,
Robert learned bass guitar and keyboards, played
in local bands, and was a DJ for clubs in the Orange
County/Los Angeles area. At 23, he decided to take a
computer course at North Orange County ROP, liked it, and
soon enrolled at Cypress Community College. He began
working at ROP as an aide in the Business Technology class
at the Sequoia facility in 1989.
Robert and some of
his band mates formed HyperDisk Media Inc., which
specialized in website design, animation, and CD-ROM
development with Robert as the Audio/Video Manager. Robert
soon started his own company, ProDigital Services, in
partnership with a co-worker and fellow band member.
Robert graduated
from Cypress College with an AS degree and soon after
received a teaching credential through USD. He began
teaching computer applications for ROP at his high school
alma mater, Buena Park High School.
Robert liked
teaching better than business, so He sold his half of
ProDigital at the peak of its success, and developed a new
course, Multimedia Production, for ROP. The course was quite
successful at Buena Park, and ROP asked him to start it at
Fullerton Union High in 2002. Since then, he has helped to
build the Digital Arts and Humanities Program within the
Academy of the Arts at Fullerton.
Robert was also the
Digital effects supervisor for the 2007 movie, The Hidden
Epidemic, written and directed by Bill Brown, which
spotlights post-concussion syndrome.
Robert, who works
with English, math, and history instructors in the Digital
Arts and Humanities small learning community at Fullerton
Union High School, has collaborated with the school
librarian to organize a digital history of the
school. Robert is the adviser of the Digital Arts and
Humanities Club (DAH)and helps to organize the DAH festival
every year. His colleagues call him patient, persistent, and
very helpful to everyone in the school community.
Fullerton Union High School Principal,
Cathy Gach Ed.D., stands proudly with
Robert and Dr. Worley.
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The county-wide Teacher of the Year
competition is sponsored by the Orange County Department of
Education, Disneyland, The Orange County Register, and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union. Winners of the contest
will be announced next fall.
Congratulations,
Robert!
Amy Jensen Tapped as
CACTE's 2010
Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher
Amy
Jensen, North Orange County
ROP
instructor, Child Development and Principles of
Teaching and Learning at Troy High School, has been
selected as the 2010 Outstanding New Career and Technical
Teacher by the California Association of Career Technical
Educators. She will be honored in a ceremony at the
Educating for Careers National Conference on Tuesday,
March 2, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Garden Grove.
Congratulations, Amy.
Board Member Meg Cutuli
Honored for
Five
Years of Service
Meg
Cutuli, Trustee representing
Los Alamitos Unified School
District on the seven-member North Orange County ROP
Board of Trustees, received a Certificate of Recognition
from Superintendent Michael Worley, Ed.D, for
five years of service on the Board. Ms. Cutuli was
honored at the regular meeting of the Board on February
17.
