Chatham Rotary’s noon meeting on January 29th featured an extremely interesting and informative program presented by Mrs. Jessica Dalton, Principal, Pittsylvania Career and Technical Center for the Pittsylvania County Schools. Mark Jones, a Chatham Rotarian sponsored the program and introduced Mrs. Dalton who is a Chatham, Virginia resident who has worked in Pittsylvania County Schools the past 12 years as a teacher at Dan River High School, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director at Chatham High School, and currently as the Principal of the Pittsylvania Career and Technical Center.
Mrs. Dalton’s presentation highlighted the program at Pittsylvania Career and Technical Center that offers career training in eighteen program areas. These are one or two year programs that offer high school and college credit through dual enrollment with Danville Community College where students can receive college credit as a high school student. Students from throughout the county high schools travel to the Career and Technical Center located in Chatham daily to participate in their program and have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment and explore different career pathways through business partnerships. Some of the eighteen program areas include Automotive Technology, Cybersecurity Technology Systems, Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement, and Cosmetology, Precision Machine Technology, Nursing and Welding. Information on the Career and Technical Center and other available programs is available at their website: https://pctc.pcs.k12.va.us/
Pictured below: Jessica Dalton and Club President, Phil Mauger
Chatham Rotary Club also inducted a new member at the noon meeting. Nicholas Ferraco, Sartamor Plant Manager in Tightsqueeze became our Clubs newest member. Nick was introduced to Rotary and sponsored by Walter Sullivan. Membership Chair Joe Rogers conducted the induction. Welcome Nick Ferraco!
Pictured both images (L-R) Walter Sullivan, Nicholas Ferraco, Joe Rogers
