• CTE (Career Technical Education) at EHS:4 Screen Printing

The class is Screen Printing and Graphics and the instructor is Mr. Marc Navarro. 

EHS's professional screen printing machine.

Manufacture and product development is a key goal of this class. They teach the students how to create the graphic using Adobe Illustrator, then how to manufacture it onto apparel. 

Students at work.

Course Projects
It starts with beginner level work —the basics of screen printing with one color. After that, they can return to the advanced class where they can learn to operate and work in a printshop setting doing outside work for the community. 

A sample of what's available at their on campus boutique.

I asked what parents should know about this course, Mr. Navarro replied, 

"One thing I always emphasize to the kids is to learn good work skills. Even if they don't want to get into screen printing or graphics, at least they can learn work skills. Whether they're working in a shop environment, getting hands on [experience] [...] paying attention to details, learning how to work with others as a team, things they'll need after high school."

 — Marc Navarro

Getting the screen ready for printing.

There are some local screen printing shops that don't have the same type of sophisticated equipment present at EHS. It's because the CTE program receives grant money that has been put to good use. 

They aim is to keep on top of the industry standard. Which allows the school to keep their equipment updated, and that translates into outgoing students being ready for the job market. 

Marc Navarro

From Mr. Navarro's LEUSD webpage

This will be my 9th year teaching Screen Printing and Graphic Production at EHS and I am excited to  forward to the 2019-20 school year. Along with Mr. Steiner and Mr. Kusayanagi, we advise our student run business known as Studio 1891. 

Link to Mr. Navarro's email

Our talented students produce posters, stickers, banners, video production and apparel that funds our students ability to learn on the cutting edge of industry standard equipment. 

The Career Technical Education (CTE) programs at Elsinore High School are by far the best in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. My pathway is Manufacturing and Product Development: Graphic Arts Production.

Mr. Navarro is a hands on type of instructor.

Our CTE programs are designed to teach the foundations of a specific skill, such as screen printing and graphics to utilize those skill sets to apply for industry approved fields. Pathway completion for my course is 3-4 years. Other pathways can be completed in 2 years, depending on instructor. 

Students in the beginning Screen Printing class have the opportunity received college credit here at Elsinore High School. The beginning Screen Printing curriculum is aligned with Palomar College in San Marcos, CA. Students must maintain a "B" and higher both semesters to Articulate at the end of each school year.

Parents...feel free anytime to contact me in regards to volunteering in my class.
 

Link to official webpage

Opportunity for the community

If you have a screen printing project in mind, t-shirts for a family reunion, youth sports team or local community group, contact Mr. Navarro and see if Studio1891 can do it. 

Basic parameters such as a 12 item minimum and a 2 week turn around is to be expected, but what an opportunity to help out a local program while getting top of the line work done for less than what is on the open market. Who's ready for a Wildomar Rap shirt? ☺

Personal note: Screen printing, silk screening when I was in high school, has come a long way since the early '80s. Back then we would get a sheet of acetate, physically cut out the design with an exacto knife, fuse it to stretched silk canvass, line up the image to the shirt, cross our fingers, and squeegee on a color hoping we did it right. 

A big thank you to Stacy Styrcula, EHS's College and Career Center Technician. Without her help I couldn't have done this series. 

Link to blog 1: Video and Photography

Link to blog 2: Graphic Design

Link to blog 3: Sports Medicine
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