OPEN HOUSE
February is Career and Technical Education Month, or CTE Month.
Open to the public, Central Tech’s Open House is an annual event occurring the Sunday before President’s Day. This event gives the community an opportunity to see first-hand how Central Tech prepares students for the workforce utilizing the latest in technology.
Visit us for open house at either of our locations:
3 CT Circle
Drumright, OK
1720 S Main St
Sapulpa, OK
REGISTER TO WIN
Join us and have the chance to register and win one of the following on each campus!
- Two (2) Adirondack chairs built by the Construction class.
- One (1) spa day provided by the Cosmetology class.
SO MUCH FUN!
Not only do you get a chance to visit with instructors and students, there are 70+ hands-on activities to enjoy. Here’s a glimpse of the fun to have:
DRUMRIGHT CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
3 CT Circle
| ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| REGISTER TO WIN (Drawing at 3:30pm) | |
| Two (2) Adirondack Chairs from Construction Class | QR Poster or in Skills Lab |
| One (1) Spa Day from Cosmetology | QR Poster or in Skills Lab |
| OUTSIDE | |
| Car Show (Awards at 3pm) | Automotive (behind building A) |
| Check Out a Sandblaster, Trackhoe, and Backhoe | Pipeline (by building C) |
| Climb Inside a Semi Truck | Truck Driver Training (building B) |
| Emergency Vehicles | Front Parking (in front of building A) |
| Free Popcorn while supplies last | Truck Driver Training (building B) |
| Confined Space Trailer | Pipeline & Safety (building E) |
| BUILDING A | |
| Meet our Mascot, CT the Owl | |
| Free T-Shirts from Pre-Employment Transition Services while supplies last | Cimarron Center |
| Free Pop while supplies last | Student Commons |
| Balloon Animals | Advanced Health Careers |
| Dip Your Hands in Paraffin Wax | Advanced Health Careers |
| Free Glucose Check | Advanced Health Careers & Practical Nursing |
| Free Vital Signs Check | Advanced Health Careers & Practical Nursing |
| See Freshly Hatched Chicks | Advanced Health Careers |
| Learn How Lungs Pump | Biomedical Sciences (in new south addition) |
| See Dissected Hearts | Biomedical Sciences (in new south addition) |
| See Inside a Virtual Human Body Table | Biomedical Sciences (in new south addition) |
| Extract DNA from a Strawberry | Biomedical Sciences (by The Nest) |
| Tour the Molecular Lab | Biomedical Sciences (by The Nest) |
| Create a Name Poem with Character Traits to Take Home | Business & Information Technology |
| Design Your Own Room | Computer Aided Drafting |
| Lego Building | Computer Aided Drafting & Pre-Engineering |
| Watch 3D Printing in Action | Computer Aided Drafting |
| Haircut, Style, or Wax – $5 each | Cosmetology |
| Nail Painting by Cosmetology Students | Computer Aided Drafting |
| Tinsel/Hair Chalk by Cosmetology Students | Computer Aided Drafting |
| Learn to Build Cabinet Doors | Construction |
| See a CNC Machine in Action | Construction |
| See How Movie Green Screen Magic Works | Digital Media |
| Cornhole Tournament | Facilities Maintenance |
| Drive our Heavy Equipment Simulator | Facilities Maintenance |
| Learn How an Electric Motor Works | Facilities Maintenance |
| See Students in Action – Cabinet Making, Masonry, Small Engine Repair | Facilities Maintenance |
| Test Out an HVAC Trainer | Facilities Maintenance |
| Learn CPR and Heimlich Basics – Includes Nerf Bullets! | Health Careers |
| See Healthy Lungs vs Smoker’s Lungs | Health Careers |
| Wash Your Hands and See the Germs | Health Careers |
| Color by Number and Tangrams | Math |
| Finger Casting | Medical Assisting |
| Free Temporary Tattoos while supplies last | Medical Assisting |
| Free Vision Screening | Medical Assisting |
| Giant Operation Game | Medical Assisting |
| Stop the Bleed | Medical Assisting |
| Protect Yourself – Internet Safety | Network Security |
| Take a 360 Degree Selfie with Friends | Network Security |
| Remove Staples and Sutures from a Mannequin Arm | Practical Nursing |
| Wear Drunk Goggles Virtual Reality | Practical Nursing |
| You Be The Nurse on our Responding Mannequin | Practical Nursing |
| Make Oobleck, a Non-Newtonian Fluid – Slime! | Science |
| Laparoscopic Surgery – You Be The Surgeon | Surgical Technology |
| Try Your Hand At Virtual Welding – It’s a Contest! | Welding |
| The Nest – $5 BBQ or chicken sandwich, $8 with chips and small drinks | Student Commons |
| BUILDING C | |
| Drive our Heavy Equipment Simulator | Pipeline |
| See Students Jeep a Pipeline | Pipeline |
| BUILDING D | |
| Light Display Game | Electrical |
| Nail Painting by Cosmetology Students | Electrical |
| Tinsel/Hair Chalk by Cosmetology Students | Electrical |
| Beat a Robot at Putt Putt | Industrial Automation |
| See a CNC Machine in Action | Industrial Automation |
| See How Manufacturers Sort Packages – Just Like Amazon | Industrial Automation |
| Put Together a Nut and Bolt with Gloves On | Lineman |
| Watch the DynoJet Test a Motorcycle | Powersports |
| BUILDING E | |
| Learn to Weld Polyethylene Pipe | Polyfusion Lab |
SAPULPA CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
1720 S Main St
| ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| REGISTER TO WIN (Drawing at 3:30pm) | |
| Two (2) Adirondack Chairs from Construction Class | QR Poster or in ESC |
| One (1) Facial from Cosmetology Class | QR Poster or in ESC |
| OUTSIDE | |
| Car Show (Awards at 3pm) | Parking Lot by Whataburger |
| Climb Inside a Semi Truck | Parking Lot North of Building A |
| Drive Safely – Wear Drunk Goggles and Drive a Golf Cart, See a Crashed Motorcycle, ATV Safety | Parking Lot North of Building A |
| Emergency Vehicles | Front Entrance (building A) |
| Inflatable – Come Jump! | South of Building B & North of Building A |
| RC Races to Test Batteries | HVAC (building C) |
| Seatbelt Safety – Vehicle Rollover Simulator | Front Entrance (building A) |
| Walk Through a Crime Scene in our Criminal Justice House | Criminal Justice (house south of building B) |
| Watch Students Maneuver the Obstacle Course | Criminal Justice (south of building B) |
| BUILDING A | |
| Free Pop while supplies last | Student Commons |
| Free T-Shirts from Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) while supplies last | Seminar Center |
| Create a Name Tent | Business & Information Technology |
| Games: Kahoot!, Magic Carpet Ride, and Sketch It! | Business & Information Technology |
| Nail Painting by Cosmetology Students | ESC & Seminar Center |
| Learn CPR and Heimlich Basics | Health Careers |
| Mock Patient Demonstration | Health Careers |
| Escape Room – Answer Questions to Get the Codes | Health Careers |
| Free Glucose and Cholesterol Check | Medical Assisting |
| Patient Check-In and Free Vital Signs | Medical Front Office |
| Esports Tournament – You Play! | Network Security |
| Engrave a Dog Tag for Your Pet | Network Security |
| Take a 360 Degree Selfie with Friends | Network Security |
| Medication Compounding with Candy | Pharmacy Technician |
| Meet our Mascot, CT the Owl | |
| Face Painting | Seminar Center |
| Da Phat Taco – $6 BBQ sandwich, $9 with chips and drinks | Seminar Center |
| BUILDING B | |
| Free Popcorn while supplies last | |
| Fingerprint Lifting | Criminal Justice |
| Test Out the C&C Plasma Cutter | Welding |
| Try Your Hand At Virtual Welding | Welding |
| BUILDING C | |
| Haircut or Style | Cosmetology |
| Nail Polish by Cosmetology Students | |
| Can You Handle the Heat in the Condenser Vault Trainer? | HVAC |
| Electronically Connect a Light and Fan Motor | HVAC |
| See the Equipment Diagnostic Process | HVAC |
| Learn How to Put PEX Lines Together | Plumbing |
| BUILDING D(1612 S Main) | |
| Bridge Crane | |
| Industrial Automation in Action | |
| Put Out Fake Fire |
ON FACEBOOK
See Open House photos from previous years.
“My wife attended Central Tech for Medical Assisting, and I visited during an open house. Not expecting much, I found interest in NSA. I enrolled the following year, and thanks to Central Tech, exactly one day after my graduation I interviewed with the company where I still work today.”
Nate Foote, Network Technician
ON INSTAGRAM
HIRING ➡️ Practical Nursing Assistant Coordinator/Instructor on the Sapulpa campus 🩺
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/3U6ZTop➡️
Advanced Health Careers students recently visited local elementary schools to teach kids how to properly wash their hands.
#centraltechAHC
HIRING ➡️ Program Specialist to provide curriculum guidance to staff.
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/4eQvnXH
HIRING ➡️ Lineman Instructor on the Drumright campus ⚡️
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/3DS6lqB
Network Security students on the Sapulpa campus participated in the first round of the Oklahoma Scholastic Esports tournament, playing Collage Football 25, Street Fighter 6, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
#centraltechNSA
HIRING ➡️ Bus Drive/Teacher Aide on the Sapulpa campus
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/4cCg3MS
Thank you, Surgical Technology students! Your contribution of serving lunch at the Central Tech Foundation golf tournament on Monday is very much appreciated.
#centraltechSurgTech
Network Security & Administration and Business & Information Technology students on the Sapulpa campus volunteered at the local Salvation Army to clean up. They even made some new friends - a wiggly worm and a frog.
#centraltechNSA #centraltechBIT
It`s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Thank you to all the wonderful truck drivers that fuel the economy 🚛
Want to drive a truck? We offer Class A and B CDL training. Learn more at tdt.centraltech.edu
#centraltechTDT
Put me in coach ⚾
Digital Media and Business & Information Technology students on the Drumright campus attended @oklabpa Day at the @tulsadrillers and then had their first BPA meeting.
#centraltechDM #centraltechBIT
Congratulations to the September Life Changers!
Teena Nishimuta, Troy Elliott, Becky Sullins, and Cacee Hendrick
Today, @geedingconstructioninc was presented with a Citation of Congratulations for being Central Tech`s Partner in Progress.
Read the Story: https://bit.ly/3B12aL4
L-R: Phillip Gobble, Pipeline Instructor; Kent Burris, Superintendent; Mark Mott, Geeding; Mark Cotner, Assistant Superintendent.
HIRING ➡️ Evening Custodian for the Drumright campus
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/4elYuC1
Plumbing students had fun learning excavation last week.
#centraltechPlumbing
Congratulations to tonight`s Practical Nursing graduates!
Back Row (L-R): Tiana McNeil, Cleveland; Ashley McNeil, Cleveland; Jacquelynn Tislow, Davenport; Kristi David, Hallett; Emily Mulanax, Drumright; Madison Reece, Jennings. Front Row (L-R): Chelsea Cantrell, Bristow; Taylar Cox, Drumright; Bella Bruner, Bristow; Andrea Mitchell, Sand Springs; Elana Taylor, Oilton; Justice Hilligoss, Cushing.
#centraltechPN
Congratulations to our first Basic Peace Officer Certification (BPOC) class on your graduation tonight!
Back Row (L-R): Mitchell Heidorn; Jesse Massey; Michael Shaikho; Camryn McCall. Front Row (L-R): Logan McQuaig; Joshua Simpson; Robert Seals; Gabriel Short
11:49am Update: Water issues have been resolved and classes will resume as usual for the afternoon. Thank you to the City of Drumright for your quick response!
Due to water issues, Central Tech`s Drumright campus released full-time classes around 10:30am this morning, Tuesday, September 3. The City of Drumright`s anticipated time of repair is 12:00pm (noon) today. Afternoon buses are already in route as we expect classes to resume as usual this afternoon.
Updates will be made here as information is available.
Our last Firepits class knocked it out of the park with their creations!
🚀Congratulations, Kaylee Lockwood, on being a 2024 NextGen Under 30 Award Honoree!
Read the Story: https://bit.ly/3yLoqrB
The Explorer Program in Mannford Public Schools and Ripley Public Schools is officially underway! Students are diving into career exploration with hands-on learning.
See how it got started: https://bit.ly/4fi3KYu