Katy ISD students earn 'Pro' certifications

published Jun. 14, 2011 - Story by Linda Williams

Students from Katy ISD's Miller Career & Technology Center (MCTC) took and passed Certified End User exams on May 21.

Eighteen Audio Engineering students passed the Logic 9 Level 1 Certified Pro exam, bringing the total number of registered Certified Pros for Logic 9 Level 1 in the state of Texas up to 31.

The Final Cut Pro 7 End User certification exam was passed by 24 Media Tech I students, and 11 students took the fourth End User Certification exam in Soundtrack Pro 3, having already successfully passed the certification exams in Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 3 and Color Correction. All 11 students passed and are now Final Cut Studio Master Pros.

Katy ISD has now added 11 Master Pros to the previous two registered Master Pros in the state of Texas.

Following are the students who passed these exams:

Logic 9 Level 1 Certified Pros: Austin Harris, Ryan McArthur, Spencer Peters, John Paul Relampagos, Luis Ricardo, Jake Castellano, William Landry, Sarah Mehl, Russell Pregeant, Joseph Soria, Haresh Virappen, Briel Arias, Rick Blaylock, Andrew Cordy, Phyllis D'Eugenio, Mark Harrison, Nathan Walker and Erin Conners.

Final Cut Pro 7 Level 1 Certified Pros: Jordan Abernathy, John Aguilar, Caine Bird, Brittany Brown, Jackson Cade, Neshme Colmenero, Andrew Craig, David Dodd, Matthew Dodd, Brett Donohoe, Andrew Estrada, Rachel Fallin, Natalie Luengo-Jacobs, Andres Kochinski, Sally Lee,Brandon Lumsdon, Iain McMichaels, Theo Miesner, Faolain Morrell, Brea Myers, Nicole Nunez, Kayla O'Rourke, Andrea Rodriguez and Nicholas Scott.

Soundtrack Pro 3/ Final Cut Studio Master Pros: Brandon Cernetisch, Stephanie Hernandez, Jose Lopez, Ivan Ovalle, Daniel Rusinek, Justin Sanchez, Jenna Thong, Angel Valdez-Lopez, Lewis 'Trey' Watson, Justin Westmoreland and Rachel Williams.

The MCTC Media Technology program is led by Jack Degelia, and the Audio Engineering program is led by John Bertram.

The MCTC is located at 1734 Katyland Drive.