Our school spirit manifests across all 7 skills of the Doherty Spartan, with special emphasis on our devotion to competitiveness. Doherty High School offers a range of competitive activities availible for students to partake in.
Whether through business-oriented programs such as FBLA & DECA, or conversely with such programs as Robotics and TSA, we provide students with the necessary activities to quell their desire to engage with their community at large.
We are always searching for new competitive opportunities to present our students with. This is largely why our PLTW classes highly encourage attendance at local tech fairs, whether TSA-related or otherwise.
Emersing our students in such activities gives them a taste of what it's like to partake in real-world business practices.
The VEX Robotics Competition is a robotics competition from elementary through university students. It is a subset of VEX Robotics, which is in turn a subset of Innovation First International.
Our VEX Robotics chapter is a subset of TSA. This group builds and Designs robots that play against other teams in a game based engineering challenge.
Robotics, the new and growing club, is fun and exciting for our members. Everyone dreams of building robots as kids and now they actually get the chance to.
STEM concepts are used as students critically think and put together a robot. Leadership, communication, and teamwork is all very important to make sure the robot gets finished and that it works effectively.
Without the team work going on the robot would never be finished. There are tournaments which our team competes in as well as having completions with in our school.
The Technology Student Association is a national organization for students who are involved or have been involved with a science technology engineering or mathematics class (STEM). TSA spans over multiple middle schools and high schools Across the Nation allowing students to be a part of something much bigger than their school.
TSA is run by teachers who believe in students gaining more hands on experience. There are competitive events that every student is allowed to compete in and Leadership opportunities that help with their future.
This program helps students learn and apply what they've learned in their classes to the real world which allows them to see the importance of their classes. Along with community service TSA members get to be a part of multiple projects which creates competitiveness and a since of fun.
TSA also expands their skills set and their leadership ability making them ready for the workforce or college.
Future Business Leaders of America is a nonprofit educational association for middle school, high school, and collegiate students who are interested in learning more about the free enterprise system. FBLA is a nationally recognized club in the United States of America. Students not only compete among the best in the United States but also students from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Dodd’s school in Europe.
The purpose of FBLA is to prepare members for careers in business and to assist them by becoming better employees and citizens.
FBLA helps students develop leadership abilities, prepares them for entry into a business-related occupations, and offers a setting where members compete at regional, state and national levels in business and technology curriculum.
Future Business Leaders of America helps members gain leadership skills and become academically competitive. They gain community service as well as compete in career related competitions. This allows members to realize what they want to do when they go to college and for the rest of their lives.
The transition from school to work become easier as they learn practical problem solving and decision making skills. They also learn how to make goals and improve money management.
Members also build character and confidence to be able to gain a job in the future. These skills help students be more responsible in the class and outside of it too.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
DECA helps students become leaders and entrepreneurs to become ready for their careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. With skills such as money management and communication members become ready for the workforce at a young age.
They also gain experience with working with administration which teaches them the right way to treat adults in important roles. With this leg up on the competition they will be more likely hired at future jobs.
At our school, DECA handles lots of fundraising with senior t-shirts and school dances, which help students learn the importance of financing and leadership skills.
Our offering of competitive activities, which ranges from business-oriented programs by the likes of 'DECA' and 'FBLA to STEM-centric clubs such as 'Robotics' and 'TSA', provides students with the opportunity to earn real-world recognition for their skills.
On a regular basis, students in any one of the aforementioned programs compete in regional, state, and even nation-wide competitions. Past students have gone on to leverage these awards in hopes of obtaining internships or job positions surrounding their area of interest.
The Robotics programs, particularly, partakes in two yearly tournaments in Winchester and Arvada, Colorado. Ever since its inception, FBLA has chauffeured students to the District 6 Leadership Conference in Pueblo, as well as the State Leadership Conference in Vail. As part of the 2018 school year, TSA will also be providing students with the opportunity to attend the state conference.
