Southwest Career and Technical Academy’s Professional Academy juniors are beginning their final project for the school year. Students are required to work in groups of four or five and create a song with an accompanying music video about a chapter in American history. United States History teacher Mr. Zacariah Douglas and American Literature teacher Mr. Robert Davis combined their classes [...]

On May 22, Southwest Career and Technical Academy’s Broadcast Journalism students attended the annual CCSD competition. Seniors Matthew Lumagui, Bianca Ortiz, and Neil Andrew Aviendo received first place in “Best in Show” for an episode of their weekly Friday series, The Outlook. This episode discussed all about food, including recipes and vegan lifestyles. Judges commented on how they “digged deep” [...]

The school year is rapidly coming to an end, and teachers continue to find unique ways to wrap up the last few weeks. World History teacher Mrs. Jennifer Brant has recently assigned her sophomore honors students an end of the year project concerning the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “I think that Human Right issues are [...]

A marble rock will be purchased for SWCTA on behalf of the graduating class. The rock will be placed in the quad where students are welcome to see it. “I’m looking forward to the seniors leaving a piece of their experience for other students to see on a daily basis,” Freshman Studies Teacher and Class of 2012 Adviser Ms. Laura [...]

During the DECA International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, junior Yuen Ying Ha competed in the Application Accounting category. Ha won a gold medal for her role-play in the first round of the competition. “I was really excited to make it on stage because this is the farthest I have been in the three years I competed,” [...]

After three weeks of preparation, students in Mrs. Elisabeth Williams’ physics classes at Southwest Career and Technical Academy presented an exhibit of their latest project based learning experience on May 9th and 10th. The theme of the PBL was “The Physics of…” and allowed students to choose their own topic that interested them. “In listening to the students talking about their [...]

On May 9th, 2012 Holocaust survivor, Ben Lesser, spoke to 9th grade design academy students about his experience surviving the Holocaust and rebuilding his life in America. Freshman Studies Teacher, Mrs. Laura Penrod and 9th Grade Design English Teacher, Mrs. Stacy Grossman, are teaching a Holocaust unit cooperatively in their classes for 4th quarter. Lesser is a current Las Vegas [...]

The Southwest Howl 2011-2012 yearbooks have arrived and will be on sale for the remainder of the year. “I am very excited to see the yearbook. I heard it’s larger than last years and I’m curious to look back and see all the fun things our school has done this year,” sophomore Feaven Tewolde said. Books will be distributed on [...]

What’s not to like about a good dinner and a free show with it? Specializing in Hibachi, Ohjah Japanese Steakhouse and Hibachi Grill not only impress customers with the food that they offer, but also with a live show of chefs cooking the food you order. Passing by it from time to time, I have always wondered what it would [...]

On Sat., May 5th, students from Southwest Career and Technical Academy will compete in a rubik’s cube competition at the 2012 Las Vegas Science Festival. “Mr. [Jonathan] O’Brien was the original facilitator of this idea. He was looking to get a team together for the Rubik’s Cube competition being held at the Las Vegas Science Festival,”  co-adviser Ms. Martha Horner [...]

The second annual Coyote’s U-night will be held on May 18, 2012 on campus from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. For this event, SWCTA has invited five food truck vendors to accompany us with this special event. “I think renting those food trucks is a good move because if they didn’t, there’s going to be an army of finger licking chicken [...]

West Career and Technical Academy will hold a male basketball game against SWCTA on today, Monday, 30, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the gym. The basketball game is open to anyone interested in supporting the players. “Our morale has been up, and we’re confident that we’ll bring home the W, and to not disappoint the school,” sophomore Jan [...]

Next school year, Graphic Design II will be offered as an elective for those who wish to continue the curriculum. Mrs. Debra Tomme, Graphic Design and Computer-Aided Drafting and Design teacher is teaching the class. “Students were asking for Graphic Design II. Also, there is not enough time to do high-end designs during Graphic I,” Tomme said. The elective is [...]