Thanks to the Central Midwest Carpenters and Millwrights for inviting out students to thier fall open house. Students enjoyed tour, catered lunch and one on one time with current industry professionals. Building a better future for our students.
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Our HVAC students visited North Adams High School to get more hands-on experience changing air filters, on top of the building! These future professionals are gaining real-world skills while reaching new heights in their training.
Our HVAC students were excited to tour Columbus Industries, successful local business, and see firsthand how their work connects with what our students are learning in their lab. Columbus Industries will be a great future partner and potential employer for our Pioneers, giving our students a chance to take their classroom and hands-on skills into the real world.
Experiences like this show what Career-Tech Education is all about… preparing students to go from Pioneers Today to Professionals Tomorrow!
Ag Business students have been practicing with our equipment by digging sites for practice soil evaluation. Students from all over the county have been able to use these practice sites and utilized them for learning. Senior students photographed are Drew Kreml (with skid steer), then Kaden Schweitzer and Gage Stephens respectively, digging with the Cat excavator. Always something to learn daily on the farm, and we are so grateful to have the farm a resource to educate our students with hands on experiences.
Our Culinary Arts Department showed up and showed out today for Career Day!
Students prepared and served an amazing lunch for our guests, taking individual orders, working as a team, and delivering first-class food that not only looked incredible but tasted even better!
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A huge thank you to all of our incredible industry partners who came out today for our Career Day! Your time, support, and willingness to connect with our students create real opportunities, helping them build potential life-long connections and secure future careers. Together, we’re turning Pioneers into Professionals!
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A reminder the CTC will have an early release tomorrow. Bus riders will be released at 12:35 and drivers at 12:50. We will not be in session on Monday October 13th.
Our HVAC students took a donated electric furnace, completely rewired it, tested it and it came alive! This hands-on project is a perfect example of how our students take what they’ve learned in the classroom and lab and apply it to real-world situations. #PioneersTodayProfessionalsTomorrow.
Our Culinary Arts students opened the Career Café today, serving up build-your-own pasta bowls, fresh salads, and delicious desserts! Hands-on learning never tasted so good great job to our future chefs for their creativity and service.
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Our senior nursing students are testing their own blood types today as part of a hands-on lab experience. We believe learning by doing helps our future healthcare professionals build confidence, skill, and real-world understanding.
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We want to give a big shoutout to Cole for coming in and helping our Welding program set up the new powder coating equipment. Our welding lab expansion is almost complete and now includes: 💥 10 additional welding booths 💥 A brand new sandblasting booth 💥 Upgraded powder coating setup 💥 An updated plasma cutting table These upgrades not only expand what our students can do, they also allow us to offer the community a variety of services such as custom metal signs, fire pits, railings, and other specialty fabrication projects. Our Welding students are gaining hands-on, real-world experience while providing high-quality work for our community. That’s what Career Tech Education is all about!
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Career Cafe will be open tomorrow! Build your own pasta bowls and dessert!
Your Pioneer Uniform Bundles have arrived!
Pioneer Bundle Price: $65
Please bring your cash or check payment when you come to pick up your order by Friday 10/10/25
✨ Attendance Matters – And So Do You! ✨
Every day in school makes a difference. Did you know?
📌 A student is considered chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of the school year – that’s just 2 days a month. Even excused absences add up and can impact learning.
🍂 October is the perfect time for a fresh start! Let’s make this month our strongest one yet for attendance. Building good habits now helps students finish the semester strong.
💡 What families can do:
✔️ Make school attendance a priority – remember our district motto: Strive for 5: Every Day Counts! (Miss no more than 5 days all year).
✔️ Send a written parent/guardian note whenever your child is absent so we can keep records accurate and provide support.
✔️ Reach out if challenges come up – we are here to help.
When your student is here, they are learning, growing, and building their future. Let’s work together, because Every Day Counts! 🌟
#OctoberAttendance #StriveFor5EveryDayCounts #AttendanceMatters
Yearbook spirit week!
Wagon Wheel Coffee Shop had its grand opening today! The student ran coffee shop, operated by the PACE program, is open to staff, and will be open to students soon! The coffee shop allows students to collaborate as a team and have opportunities to operate the coffee shop with support. We can’t wait to continue to serve staff and students everyday! Cheers!
Our ag soils team of Cole Watters, Braxton Burns, Kaden Schweitzer, and James Work placed 3rd overall in the agricultural soils event and will be advancing to state! Watters was 5th overall, Burns 6th, and Schweitzer 10th individually out of nearly 100 individuals. Our urban team of Annabelle Bushelman, Kamryn Gibson, Shyanne Powers, and Josie Walters placed 8th overall. Bushelman was 12th individually and Powers and Walters judged their first soils contest ever today. Congrats to all of our members evaluating soil today!
HCT Juniors applying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Infection Prevention procedures)
OVCTC soils teams are competing at district competition today. Our ag team (back row left to right) consists of Kaiden Hafer, Gabby Yates, James Work, Cole Watters, and Kaden Schweitzer. Front row Urban team left to right: Shyanne Powers, Josie Walters, Annabelle Bushelman, and Kamryn Gibson. We will be waiting to hear results on their performance in a day or two and want to extend a huge thank you to a couple of people. First, Tisha Wolfer and Cherry Fork Feed and Supplies. Tisha has always supported FFA and 4H members and went above and beyond to get our team updated with buckets and water bottles for the contest. We thank them for their support! Thanks also to Raines Farms and Greenhouses for hosting our district site, and to our local soil and water department for organizing the event!
Ohio Valley FFA places 11th in the state! Just a fraction away from being top ten in forestry, these students competed in a challenging contest to identify trees, forestry equipment, cruise timber, identify forestry disorders, and troubleshoot chainsaws and ID chainsaw parts.
The team placed first in the district. Top four scores were Drew Kreml placed first individually in the district respectively, Kaden Schweitzer followed (2nd individual in the district), Bryce Winterod (3rd individual in the district, and lastly Maddox Martin to round out our top four individuals. Ian Raines, Jaydon Reckers, and Beau Hesler finished out the team and all had a great performance in a challenging state contest. Thank you to Hocking College for hosting the event! Team members left to right: Bryce Winterod, Maddox Martin, Jaydon Reckers, Beau Hesler, Ian Raines, Drew Kreml, and Kaden Schweitzer. Congratulations!
