By ERICA EARL — eearl@bradenton.com MANATEE — The Manatee County School District is hoping to win a $28.7 million grant through Race to the Top to expand the Manatee Technical Institute and to add more science, technology, engineering and math education to elementary school classrooms. The Manatee County School District is one of more than…
MTI students Lesvia Franco and Sebastian Martines pose with instructors Barbara Lasser and Vera Bourenina after participating in a SkillsUSA citizenship project. The digital video class created a DVD of Franco, Martines and Bourenina sharing what it meant to them to become U.S. Citizens. For all three naturalized citizens, it was an emotional event. The…
October 8 & 9, Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida Rendez vous with “Village de Chefs” A unique, prestigious and convivial event with chefs from around the globe (Paris, France and Sarasota-Bradenton, FL — September 19, 2013) Twenty French Chefs and pastry chefs from around the globe will converge in Sarasota-Bradenton for two days of sharing with culinary professionals…
BRADENTON — The two-hour Manatee Technical Institute open house will begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the main campus. The public is encouraged to attend. The open house will give the community a chance to see the campus and students working in their labs. MTI will showcase more than 30 career and technical programs. The…
Published Monday, September 16, 2013 by Manatee Technical Institute BRADENTON — Manatee Technical Institute will host an open house at the Main Campus on Wednesday morning, September 18, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend. The open house will give the community a chance to see the new campus and…
By JASON BARTOLONE — jbartolone@bradenton.com LAKEWOOD RANCH — Morgan Davis was in the first grade at Gene Witt Elementary School when two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. “We were reading a book and the teacher had to put the TV on,” recalls Davis, now 18. “I did…
(Bradenton, FL—September 6, 2013) Manatee Technical Institute will honor the American spirit in remembrance of 9/11 at both the Main and East Campuses on Wednesday, September 11. EAST CAMPUS: MTI East and the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities group will co-host the annual community gathering from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. around the flagpole at the East…
By ERICA EARL — eearl@bradenton.com MANATEE — The Manatee County School Board accepted a generous donation from the Bradenton Fire Department before the school board meeting Monday. The fire department donated a 1987 fire engine to the district for student use at the Manatee Technical Institute. “The truck has another 10 good years in it,…
By CHARLES SCHELLE — cschelle@bradenton.com BRADENTON — Florida’s top jobs chief is singing the praises of the state’s unemployment numbers, but knows there is more to be done. Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, told the Herald during a tour of the region that while Florida’s unemployment is now trending…
My Fox Tampa Bay stopped by Manatee Technical Institute recently to interview Culinary Instructor Chef Jamie Gregorich, who was on season nine of Hell’s Kitchen. In the interview Jamie discussed what it was like being on the show and how life has changed since.
The Manatee Technical Institute Law Enforcement Academy graduated eight basic recruits last night. Class leader Graham W. Cook presented Academy Director Jay Romine with the class plaque. Two of four special awards went to Cook for Class Leader and the Highest Academic Achievement award. The Dale Earnhardt Best Driver Award went to Jerard E. Vonador. …
By Michael Pollick As Southwest Florida sheds the last vestiges of the Great Recession — with a resurgence in the manufacturing and the housing industries — a long slumbering problem affecting businesses is being felt once again. You have probably heard local homebuilders complaining that the skilled laborers needed to get their industry back to…
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