{"id":368338,"date":"2026-08-11T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368338\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:34:15","slug":"b2s-new-certifications-offered-as-martin-co-school-district-highlights-cte-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368338\/","title":{"rendered":"B2S: New certifications offered as Martin Co. School District highlights CTE programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla, (CBS12) \u2014 CBS12 News is continuing our coverage for back-to-school week.<\/p>\n

Students within the Martin County School District are building more than classroom projects \u2014 they\u2019re building skills that lead to their future careers.<\/p>\n

Martin County schools offer about 30 Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs<\/a>. It gives students the opportunity to earn industry-recognized certifications before graduating.<\/p>\n

Inside the shop at South Fork High School in Stuart, students in the building construction CTE program<\/a> work with hand and power tools, learn framing, drywall, concrete, and basic electrical work. They build projects like doghouses, cornhole boards, and charcuterie boards.<\/p>\n

Teacher Stanley Blount Jr. Says safety is the foundation of everything they do.<\/p>\n

Students can also earn industry credentials, including Osha 10 and home builders institute certifications. And for the first time this year, they’ll have the chance to complete forklift training.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re getting them early. You\u2019re getting the hands-on experience. You\u2019re getting the knowledge from industry professionals to where, if you choose not to go to college but into the industry, you\u2019re already halfway there. You\u2019re prepared,\u201d said Blount Jr.<\/p>\n

Blount says the program is open to all South Fork High School students.<\/p>\n

Whether they plan to enter the trades or just want practical, everyday skills, CTE programs like this are available at most Martin County high schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla, (CBS12) \u2014 CBS12 News is continuing our coverage for back-to-school week. Students within the Martin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-368338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}