CTSO

Career Technical Student Organizations

A Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) is a student leadership organization that provides an excellent framework for developing leadership skills. Students will understand leadership and communication for personal development, communications and speaking to groups, development of managerial skills, leading individuals and groups, and career success to gain leadership positions both in their community and career.

Michigan Industrial & Technology Education Society

Sponsors:

Adams High School- Mrs. Charlotte Morey
Rochester High School- Mr. Tim Lewis
Stoney Creek High School- Mrs. Lois Davis

Michigan DECA

Sponsors:

Adams High School- Mr. Vincent Lopicollo
Stoney Creek High School- Ms. Charlotte Oliver

Michigan Health Occupations Students of America

Sponsors:

Adams High School- Brenda Carlson
Rochester High School- Kristen Elsner
Stoney Creek High School- Mr. Anthony Lafferty

National Technical Honors Society

Sponsors:

Rochester High School- Mrs. Lorie Hand

Robotics

Click here to see the RCS Robotics Teams and their recent successes

Michigan Business Professionals of America

Sponsors:

Adams High School- Mr. Thomas Mavis
Rochester High School- Mrs. Stefanie Little

Recent Events

2025 DECA State Career Development Conference Highlights!

Last week, our talented DECA stude

nts from Stoney Creek High School competed in the State Career Development Conference, showcasing their incredible skills in business and marketing. With 36 competitors representing SCHS, we’re beyond proud to announce that 7 of our students are Overall DECA State qualifiers, 6 qualified to attend the International Career Development Conference, and we have one student is a first time 9^th grade DECA State Champion and who will compete at the end of April in sunny Orlando Florida.

A special shout-out to:

Kishyo Giri, who will represent SCHS DECA at the Thrive Academy in Orlando! 🌴
Nathan Doe, who not only earned recognition as an Overall State Qualifier but was also named a DECA State Champion!
Michael Marcial, Owen Smith, Holly Malsbury, Grace Johnson, Nathan Ingram, and Hunter Young, all recognized as Overall State Qualifiers!

This incredible achievement shows the power of hard work and dedication. The future of business and marketing is in good hands with these emerging professionals leading the charge. We couldn’t be prouder of all the students who competed and represented SCHS with such excellence.

Keep shining, future leaders!

— Ms. Oliver, SCHS DECA Advisor

BPA 2024 - Rochester and Adams High School

Students from Rochester High School and Adams High School attended the Business Professionals of America state leadership conference in Grand Rapids. These students represented RCS incredibly well and 12 will be going to the national conference in Chicago, Illinois this May.

To learn more about the National Leadership Conference, click here.

Robotics 2024 - All High Schools

This month at RCS, the Stoney Creek High School "Cyber Cats", Adams High School "Adambots", and Rochester High School "FEDS" were all event winners at district competitions across the state. Not only did our exceptional robotics teams win their district events, but each also received an esteemed award. The "Adambots" competed in Flint from February 29^th - March 2^nd, and won the Engineering Inspiration award. The "FEDS" competed in Berrien Springs from March 1^st - 3^rd, and won the Impact award. The "Cyber Cats" competed in Brownstown Charter Township from March 8^th - 10^th, and won the Gracious Professionalism award. All three teams will be competing again at a district competition in Troy, Michigan on March 23rd and 24th.

To learn more about the teams' stats, follow the links below.

- The Adambots - - The FEDS - - The Cyber Cats -

DECA 2024 - Stoney Creek High School

Stoney Creek High School earns Thrive level chapter campaign ward and has 2 students, Lilliana Bjelica and Holly Malsbury, ICDC bound! Anaheim here we come. To earn this spot students have been exercising their leadership and teamwork skills, working together to build community and give back. Activities have included: non-perishable food drive in collaboration with Stuco, writing veterans day letters in collaboration with NHS for Veterans Day breakfast, hosting multiple club fair information sessions, and DECArating pumpkins at Stoney’s Celebration at the Creek, to name a few.

To learn more about chapter campaigns – click here -

HOSA 2023 - Stoney Creek High School

Stoney Creek HOSA’s most recent competition was the Regional Leadership Conference (Region 9), which was held in December 2023 at Troy High School. We had 53 students registered to compete at the conference in 31 different events associated with the health sciences. This year, Michigan HOSA determined that the top seven individuals in each event would qualify to move on to the State Leadership Conference, and we were fortunate to have 14 students qualify!

To learn more about the Regional Leadership Conference - click here -

MITES 2023 - Rochester High School

At Rochester High School 14 students competed at the state level. Starting off with the seniors; Benjamin Owczarek placed 4th in the state with his 3D Printed Engine and 3rd in the state with his segmented bowl, Chloe Nixon got an honorable mention with her bookshelf, Zachary Clements placed 10th in the state with his Cornhole set, Ronald Kuitula placed 1st in the state with his Goblet, Tyler Carrithers won 6th place in the state with his segmented bowl, and honorable mentions go to Charles Uzenski for his segmented bowl, Kaylie Smither with her baseball game, and Chloe Nixon with her bookshelf. Next for the Juniors; Brady O'Niel won 3rd place in the state with his baseball bat, Andrew Jeric won 7th place with his light saber, Richa Soni won 10th with their Rolling pin, and honorable mentions go to Andrew Jeric with his segmented bowl, Eran Laci with their Chessboard, and Marco Leyva with his Wolf sign. For the sophomores, Aidan Miceli won 2nd in the state with his resin bowl, and Diego Luna Garza won 7th in the state with his Bookshelf.

MITES 2023 - Adams High School

This year, 11th grader, Vittoria Vicsiglia won 1st place in the state for her Instructional Aid and 3rd place in the state for her bedroom model.

DECA 2023 - Stoney Creek High School

Stoney Creek DECA is in their second year and its members are continuing to learn, grow, and excel well beyond the classroom. The DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) is the culmination of the DECA year. More than 20,000 high school students, teacher-advisors, business professionals and alumni gathered on April 21-April 26th in Orlando Florida for several days of DECA excitement and competition. DECA members demonstrate their college and career ready knowledge and skills by participating in DECA’s industry-validated Competitive Events Program, aligned with Career Clusters, National Curriculum Standards and 21st Century Skills in the areas of marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship. Three members of our SCHS DECA team were qualified to attend based on superior performance at our district and association level competitions: Lily Solek, Katie Knish, and Alyssa Ko. Three of our additional members: Jordan Goodvich, Ben Hollis, and Holly Malsbury, earned a spot in DECA’s Emerging Leader Series Thrive Academy because of their work this year on chapter campaigns, which helps them continue to build 21st Century Skills in the areas of collaboration and teamwork, communication, critical thinking and problem solving and creativity. We are incredibly proud of this team of dynamic and emerging business leaders from Stoney Creek High School.