The Manton Project

A student team of four drew plans, made proposals, brainstormed ideas, and implemented a new network design for a classroom at Manton High School. Actual work involved replacing Cat 5 cable, moving desks, connecting computers to new hubs, and installing a larger hard drive on the file server. Students terminated wire and prepared network jacks.

Some Important Links

http://www.computerjobs.com/
http://examcram.com/
http://www.comptia.org/
http://www.ajb.dni.us/

Placement Businesses
(Co-op or full-time employment)

• Inland Seas Engineering
• O'Mara Construction
• Traverse Area District Library
• CTC Placement Office
• GTP Industries
• Grand Traverse Resort
• Cherryland Electric
• First National Bank of America
• Munson Medical Center
• Web Weaver U.S.A.
• Grand Traverse Plastics
• Alloutdoors, Incorporated
• Hagerty Insurance Company
• DSWeb Designs
• Northwoods Computer & Internet Services

Business Advisors
Gerry Barczak, Munson Health Care
Jim Beltinick, Hagerty Insurance
Shea Bonhag, Traverse Area District Library
Richard Burchfield, BCS Networks, Inc.
Tim Gallagher, Hagerty Insurance
Jeremy Guggemos, Kalkaska High School
Teri Guoynes, TBA Career-Tech Center
Sherry Howard, Northwestern Michigan College
Dan Ollar, Ollar Consulting
Bob Pierson, MTEC
Scott Van Houzen, Grand Travese Resort
Dave Warner, TBAISD

Professional Organizations

• CompTIA Member
• Microsoft Certified Professional
• A+ Certified Computer Technician
• Michigan Business Education Association (Life Member)
• National Business Education Association
• Michigan Education Association
• American Society for Training and Development
• Authorized Academic Training Partner (Microsoft AATP)

Quote

"Come to think of it, thanks a lot for helping me get the internship here. If I hadn't taken IT Academy, who knows what I'd be doing now." —Mike O., Kingsley