Our District winning AG Skills team traveled to state contest at Ohio State-ATI Wooster on Thursday, April 11th. The OVCTC Ag Mechanics students were welcomed to the Ohio Cat educational complex and had a tour of the New Trimble Ag Technology lab at ATI. The team was led by senior JT Graham and two juniors, Zyshawn Hall and Colt Johnson. The team finished just a few points outside the top ten, finishing 13th in the state. Congratulations to these young men!
Assistant Manager and Education Specialist for Great Clips, Shelby Reynolds, presented clipper cutting for our cosmetology students. Shelby was a previous Cosmetology student of the Ohio Valley CTC.
The OVCTC Health Careers & Technology class will be hosting a blood drive on April 30th. Use the QR code on the pictured flyer to schedule an appointment! Thank you for helping us save lives!
Congratulations to the OVCTC FFA Grain Merchandising team of Grant McClanahan, Isabella Crum, MaRhea Unger, and Hannah Hauke on their first place finish in the state! They will advance to national competition and will be recognized at the Ohio State FFA convention!
Congratulations to all of our students who represented the Ohio Valley CTC over the past two days at the SkillsUSA Ohio state competition. A big congrats to our American Spirit Team and our Occupational Health and Safety Team who medaled and made it to the podium. Our Occupational Health and Safety Team received a gold rating, earning themselves a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, to compete at nationals!
Congratulations Ryken Copas on being elected to the state officer team for SkillsUSA Ohio! We are so proud of Ryken as he represents the Ohio Valley CTC as our first state officer in the SkillsUSA organization!
Best wishes to Ryken Copas in his state officer candidacy for the SkillsUSA Ohio organization! Our OVCTC voting delegates are doing their part to support his state officer run!
Good luck to our OVCTC students as they compete in the state competition for SkillsUSA today at the Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio!
What a great day for the OVCTC AG Mechanics Skill Squad! Mr. White and his students traveled to the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) for scholarship testing and some Gearhead-style Motorsports action. Students learned about various Degree Programs in the College of Applied Technologies at UNOH! This was truly an opportunity for education outside of the four walls of the OVCTC.
This sharp looking OVCTC Ag Mechanics crew competed on April 2 at Georgetown HS in the district Outdoor Power CDE. The team placed 2nd overall with Gabe Thatcher placing 3rd overall individually. Caden Luck and Nolan Lamb will join him at State Contest later this month. Great job OVCTC Ag Mechanics Outdoor Power Team!
The OVCTC was proud to host the students from Manchester and North Adams Jr. / Sr. High Schools as our programs led their first ever 8th Grade Tours. Our goal was to educate the 8th graders on Career Technical Education & let them know what opportunities await them their Junior year if they were to attend the Ohio Valley CTC!
What a season for the OVCTC general livestock judging team! This past Saturday, our final event was at state preliminaries in Columbus, Ohio, where the team placed first out of 192 teams! David Raines was 2nd high individual and Grant McClanahan was 3rd high individual out of 1043! This qualifies them for the state finals! The team has had a well decorated season and have worked very hard to continue improving! Here are their season stats:
Feb 17th: Mt. Gilead. Team was 1st out of 21 teams. Grant McClanahan was 5th and MaRhea Unger was 7th out of 107 individuals!
Feb 26th at Gallia Co: Team was 1st out of 28 teams. Isabella Crum was 1st, David Raines 5th, Hannah Hauke 8th, and Grant McClanahan was 9th individually out of 332 participants!
March 2nd at Marysville: Team was 1st out of 124 teams. MaRhea Unger was 2nd and David Raines 9th individually out of 600!
March 6th Wilmington Aggies: Team was 3rd out of 101. David Raines was 6th overall out of 804!
March 9th Miami Trace: Team was 2nd out of 75 teams. 1st place team in the district! MaRhea Unger was 5th high individual in district!
March 13th Indian Lake: Team was 1st out of 84 teams and Isabella Crum was the high individual in the contest and David Raines was 6th out of 565!
Best wishes to our Livestock team as they compete in the finals for the championship banner! Thank you to our district staff and administration for making these opportunities possible. Thanks to our bus garage and drivers for getting us there safely and back for each event we attend. Look for more results to come after the state finals at The Ohio State University!
Each year, Mrs. Foster's Culinary Arts students at the OVCTC decorate beautiful cakes for family Easter celebrations. We are so proud of their creative and artistic cakes!
The OVCTC Juniors and Seniors attended the Ohio Means Jobs Adams / Brown County Spring Career Fair at the fairgrounds yesterday! A big thank you to the Adams County Community Foundation for providing lunch for our students!
Today was a great day for the OVCTC Ag Business class to team up with the West Union Elementary 1st grade and cross categorical classes to plant marigolds! These students will get to come visit the CTC greenhouse weekly if they choose and monitor their flower and watch it grow. Ag Business seniors have been working hard to put the finishing touches on our greenhouse! It has been a long time coming and we are excited to conduct more opportunities like these in the future! Special thanks to administration and Raines Farms & Greenhouses for helping us finish a much needed project! Looking for flowers for Mother’s Day and vegetables this spring? OVCTC Ag Business will have them available to the public! And another thank you goes out to Mr. King and the WUES staff for working with us today!
The Adams County Ohio Valley School District is in the process of planning for federal programs for the 2024-2025 year and is seeking parent input. Please take a moment to complete the survey at https://forms.gle/tWqJ1yM5kDv2tSxp6 If you have questions, please contact Tracy Spires, Director of State and Federal Programs/Truancy Officer at 544-5586, ext. 17500.
The OVCTC is very proud of our Culinary Arts students who competed in the FCCLA Regional Competition at Mid East CTC this past weekend. In the Sports Nutrition competition, Dominic Raines, Ezekiel Skaggs, & Devin Montgomery received a Silver Rating. Kiera Mullally received a Bronze Rating in Job Interview! Congratulations to all the students who competed & represented the Ohio Valley CTC!
This week, Early Childhood Education Junior, Anakin Davis-Steward, displayed the characteristics of a wonderful teacher. While working in P.E. class he received a lesson from one of WUES students who eagerly wanted to teach him ballet. Without hesitation he jumped right in leaving this young student smiling and happy. Way to go Anakin! This is the true definition of teaching from the heart.
State Bound!!! The Ohio Valley AG Mechanics Program won the District contest on March 12th! The team was lead by, senior JT Graham, who was the contest High individual and followed by 2 juniors, Colt Johnson and Zyshawn Hall. Thank you to all have helped train our team and donated time and supplies. The team will travel to the state contest on April 4th.
The OVCTC Spring Open House is welcoming Sophomores to our building to sign-up for their program of interest this evening!
