04 Broadcaster Press April 24, 2012 www.broadcasteronline.com One in a VerMillion Meet Mark Pier By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net Mark Pier, the career and technical education teacher at Vermillion High School, is putting in some extra hours these days. Besides his duties as an instructor for the Vermillion School District, Mark is also teaching the second round a night course titled “Welding in Industry.” The class is designed to help fill a growing demand in the Vermillion area for workers with welding skills. The welding program itself was implemented earlier this year, with its first section concluding Feb. 28. Another round of the course began April 10, and is tentatively scheduled to meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. twice a week through May 24 at Vermillion High School. “This is my 18th year at Vermillion High School,” Mark said. “Welding is an elective course (at the high school) and we are state certified – in other words, we do have a stateapproved program for our welding. “The interest in welding at the high school level has grown over the last four or five years compared to what it used to be,” he said. “There’s just more interest in it, and so we’ve expanded.” While many people tend to focus on enrolling in a college or university as the next logical step to continue their learning after high school, there is a growing focus in South Dakota on the importance of technical education at the high school level. Mark’s role in the Vermillion School District has subsequently become more vital as the needs of both students and local industries change. “Every one of my students that comes through any one of my classes, any one of my programs, can go from high school right into the workforce,” Mark said. “Should they not decide to go to a tech school, they can go right out into the workforce. They’re employable when they graduate from our high school.” The technical curriculum offered by the Vermillion School District with the help of Mark’s expertise is extensive. “Not only do we have welding, we also have automotive technology which is also a statecertified program,” he said. “We also offer building trades, computer-aided drafting, and architectural drafting. “We do have a basic automotive course,” Mark said, “and we have a small gas engines course. We cover a lot of different areas.” There are a number of young women and young WANTED Junk cars, trucks, semi trucks, & trailers, plows, construction equipment, dozers, scrapers, trackhoes, backhoes, etc., misc. ...and other misc. irons and metals. Also wanted: Batteries. Mark Pier (second from right) demonstrates proper welding techniques to adults enrolled in the community’s “Welding in Industry” class. (Photo by David Lias) men attending VHS who are naturally attracted, year after year, to the courses that he teaches. “I’ll have students who will come in as freshmen, and they’ll take every one of my classes. They’ll spend a lot of time in my room in the next four years,” Mark said. “I can see this year’s sophomores … some of them spend a lot of time here, and I’ve got seniors who have grown up down here. “We have male and female students attending these classes,” he said. “We don’t tailor specifically to the male student; we tailor to the female student as well.” The high school technical curriculum’s diversity and popularity keep Mark busy. “I don’t know what else we could offer,” he said. “With just one person here, between my work at the school and this night class and being in the National Guard, my days are pretty stretched. “That’s what keeps me young … working around young people all day,” Mark said. 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