Drafting & Design at CHS

Last Wednesday I stopped by Citrus High Schools for a visit.  While there the District Literacy Coach, Debra Stanley, spent time with me showing me the new literacy intervention programs for our subject area teachers.  Later, Ms. Stanley toured me through some of the literacy interventions at work in the classrooms.  One of the places she brought me to was the CHS Drafting Lab under the leadership of Mr. E. H. Lindsey.  Mr. Lindsey holds multiple degrees, including advanced degrees, from North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina – Wilmington, University of Wisconsin – Madison, and ECPI – Charlotte, NC. He has over 35 years of experience in engineering, facility management and information management.  He was a system engineer at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant in North Carolina for 20 years and also held managerial positions in maintenance and engineering with other companies.  Mr. Lindsey is a professional member of the American Design and Drafting Association  (ADDA), and holds three ADDA certifications in Mechanical, Architectural, and Civil Design Drafting.

The Drafting & Design Program at CHS is certified by the ADDA.  The ADDA is the only international organization that certifies draftsmen in the industry. CHS students are eligible to obtain their ADDA professional grade certification while at CHS. The ADDA offers an Apprentice Level Certification however; many CHS students are trained to enter the work field or college engineering programs at a professional level.  This is the reason why Mr. Lindsey advocates that students get the higher level certification.  The ADDA certification is an Industry Certification and not a Software Certification.  (Software certifications can be limited in scope.) Since September 2008, CHS has certified 141 students in Mechanical Drafting. In 2009 and 2010, CHS certified more students than any other high school or college in the state of Florida and was the second leading school in the nation for two years in a row.

Crystal River High School and Lecanto High School also offer drafting programs for students.  Programs like CHS Drafting Program are the types of programs that I so much believe in, not only for those desiring to further their education in college and universities, but it is also an option for those students who simply want to enter the work place directly out of High School .

Well done (“Bravo Zulu”) to Mr. Lindsey and to the students successes in the CHS drafting program.

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