Normal Community Tech Dept

For the second year in a row, we’re proud to announce Normal Community High School has been named a PLTW 2025-26 Distinguished School for their commitment to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in their PLTW Computer Science and Engineering programs.

Our students have excelled at problem solving, teamwork, and content knowledge by having several students score in the top 1% on the PLTW National Assessment in both Computer Science and Engineering.

At the KidWind Worlds Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, NCHS STEM Capstone students continue to exhibit unwavering dedication. Two NCHS teams are competing against 125 international wind turbine teams from various locations, including Taiwan, China, Mexico, and nearly every U.S. state, including Alaska. The assessment criteria comprise turbine power generation efficiency across four distinct wind tunnel settings, proficiency in two impromptu problem-solving exercises, performance on a written examination, and the team's ability to effectively present their project in a 20-minute presentation. Let’s go Liam, Joel, Sam and Leon.

Here's to Tommy Wade, recipient of the 2026 Technology Engineering Education Department award, and all the other winners who are paving the way with their innovative spirit and dedication - especially those currently taking TEE classes!!!!!

We had a great visit from Patrick Wilmington from Caterpillar Inc he is the Program Coordinator of Global Dealer Learning. He talked with our Introduction to Metals and Woods classes about the opportunities at Cat in the Think Big program. We will also be joining Patrick at SkillsUSA in Peoria to learn about how Unit 5 can participate next year. We are very excited about the opportunity. Hands - On Minds - On with SkillsUSA and Caterpillar!!!