Mr. Penfold is Certified by the American Welding Society as a Welding Inspector Since 2019
2025
Team Placed 1st in the 4th Annual MDCP Welding Competition
First Place Individual Welding Winner 4th Annual MDCP Welding Competition, Aidan Black
Second Place Individual Welding Winner 4th Annual MDCP Welding Competition, Gauge Proctor
2024
Team Placed 1st in the 3rd Annual MDCP Welding Competition
2023
Team Placed 1st in the 2nd Annual MDCP Welding Competition
2022
Team Placed 1st in the 1st Annual MDCP Welding Competition
2018
SkillsUSA State Champion in Welding Fabrication
Taylor Kerns
2025
MDCP Film Festival "Creative Film-Best Storytelling"
MDCP Film Festival "Competitive Capture- 2nd Place"
Young Artist Gallery- 2 Student's work was featured at this event
2025
College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
Cyber Patriot, Gold Division
4th Annual MDCP Hackathon- 1st Place Team Mr Ostlie Team + Student Khadija Middo.
4th Annual MDCP Hackathon 2nd Place Student, Kevin Strobel
4th Annual MDCP Hackathon 3rd Place Team Mr Dennison Team + Student,Kaydence Lopez de Arriaga
Construction instructor at Victor Valley College
2025
CIE Foundation Build-Winner "Best In Show"
2025
Best Main Dish, SBC Chopped Competition
First Place Team at 8th Annual MDCP Chopped Competition
Third Place Team at 8th Annual MDCP Sweet Genius Competition
2023
1 - 2023 Senior $4000 Oro Grande Scholarship Recipient
MDCP Pin Design Challenge winner
93% of Intro students passed Precision Exam in the 1st semester
7 of the top 10 shirt designs for SkillsUSA State came from graphics then…..
2 of the top 3 shirt design challenge for SkillsUSA in the state. - Over 200 designs submitted statewide
1 of the top 3 Pin design challenge for SkillsUSA state conference.
1 Senior student, Logun Cortez, has won Gold all 4 years (regional, 3 years state) with SkillsUSA
2022
3040 Work-Based Learning hours and on track to increase this number by at least 25% in 2023
89% of students completed with a C or better
2 students made it to SkillsUSA National Conference and competed in Action Skills and Pin Design
2025
42/64 Senior Students passed the CCMA National Test
2024
46/58 Senior Students passed the CCMA National Test
2023
40/62 Senior Students passed the CCMA National Test
40 Students became received their National Medical Assisting License
Mrs. Arredondo and Mr. Carpio are American Heart Association teachers
Mrs. Arredondo was awarded MDCP's Teacher of The Year
2022
Seven students became Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) over the summer of 2022
MDCP "Program of The Year"
20 Medical Explorers with Desert Valley
100% of Students in Mr. Carpio's class received a passing score on their precision exams
95% of Students (21 out of 22) received their CPR/First Aid Certification through the American Heart Association
140 out of 156 Students received a C- or Higher
Out of 87 students 65 of them received credit from VVC.
2023
100% of manufacturing students advanced to the SkillsUSA State Conference
2022
Took two students to the SkillsUSA National Competition one of which placed 2nd in CNC Turning
2900+ student hours of Simulated Work Based Learning
Certified by the American Service Excellence as a Master Mechanic
2025
First Place Individual in the 6th Annual MDCP Automotive Competition