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For their “Community Day” service project, the students in Mrs. Grooms’ Health Careers Technology program created Easter Care packages which included a card and a stuffed animal for the residents at Adams County Manor (74 individuals), Monarch Meadows in Seaman (60 individuals) Adams County Regional Medical Center (28 individuals) and the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union (68 residents).
The OVCTC Ag Mechanics program students competed in a small engines competition this week and completed activities at various stations in the lab!
The students in the OVCTC Culinary Arts program have been developing their cake decorating skills this week, creating Easter-themed decorated cakes!
The OVCTC hosted Sophomore Tours with the 10th graders from Peebles & Manchester HS last week. Than you for joining us to learn more about career tech education!
This week, the Ohio Valley CTC Ag Business program hosted a meat lab workshop with Dr. Lyda Garcia from The Ohio State University Animal Science Department. This was a “cross-curricular” learning experience with the CTC Culinary Arts program participating in the workshop as well. With the current, high-demand in careers for meat packing, processing, and handling, Dr. Garcia was gracious enough to answer questions and provide demonstrations on meat handling and processing while also outlining careers in the industry. On day one of the workshop, there was an introduction on the process with stunning, cleaning, skinning, and quartering a hog. On day two, the workshop reviewed the chilling process. Dr. Gacia also shared her knowledge on executing primal and retail cuts as well as the process for vacuum packaging the meat cuts.
The Ohio Valley CTC is very proud of Kelsey McClanahan and Kristen Bradford for passing the Ohio Cosmetology Board Exam this week. These young ladies completed the OVCTC Cosmetology program with Mrs. Davis in 2020 but due to the pandemic, this was the first opportunity to take the state board credentialing exam. Congratulations!!!
The OVCTC hosted “Sophomore Tours” with the 10th graders from West Union HS and North Adams HS today. Thank you for joining us at the CTC today to learn more about our career technical education programs!
The Adams County Ohio Valley School Board will meet in regular session this evening at 5pm at the Ohio Valley CTC. You may watch it live on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ST9J2wo5bHfn5ys3JlFNA
Attention Adams County Sophomores:
Please join us for our Open House event on the evening of March 31st if you are interested in enrolling at the Ohio Valley CTC!
OVCTC Ag Business students are now finished with manlift training. Each student demonstrated their knowledge of the manlift and practiced tying off. These students will earn this and many other credentials while at the OVCTC.
This week, Juniors in the Early Childhood Education program toured classrooms at North Adams Elementary School. Thank you to NAES assistant principal Kyle Brewer as he showed our students the layout of the elementary before giving them the opportunity to observe in the early childhood classrooms.
Congratulations to Aly Simpson and John Motts on their performance judging at the One and Only Livestock Judging contest held in Circleville, Ohio on Saturday March 13th. Aly won the Senior Division and John placed 47th out of 370 competitors. When combining all divisions in the contest, Aly was 2nd and John was 56th overall out of 457 competitors. Congratulations and great work!!
Attention OVCTC Students & Parents/Guardians:
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held at the Ohio Valley CTC on Monday, March 15th, from 3 - 6 PM.
Early Childhood Education Junior, Jade Shook, had a lot of fun in her fourth grade placement today. Students in Mrs. Beech's 4th grade class have been learning about fossils and made their own replicas using shells and dinosaurs. Jade was able to assist with the messy but fun activity. Our ECE students have the opportunity to see the lessons taught by teachers come to life and learn how making learning fun is very important in the classroom.
Thank you to Mr. Hoop and our seniors in the Construction Technology Program for completing their “Community Day” service project by working with Venture Productions. The OVCTC students constructed drop boxes which will be installed in some of the villages in Adams County. The idea is that individuals or organizations can donate / stock non-perishable food items in these boxes and those in need may take what they need. A special thanks to Liz Lafferty of the Adams Co. Board of Developmental Disabilities & Venture Productions, Inc. for working with us on this community service project!
Thank you to C103 radio for inviting the OVCTC Ag Business program and the Early Childhood Education program to share career tech education highlights with the community today!
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OVCTC STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Hailey Cole is a Jr in our Early Childhood Education Program and she came to us from Peebles High School. She is the granddaughter of Patti and Greg Wiggins! She is a cheerleader for Peebles football and when she isn’t cheering on the team she might be caught eating Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and watching “The Office,” “Riverdale” or the movie “Five Feet Apart.” Her role model is her teacher for Language Arts 3, Ms. Sowards. “She is the sweetest person you’ll ever meet. She is super fun to be around and makes Language Arts so fun. She encourages me to keep pushing no matter what. She is one of the reasons I want to be a teacher. I love the way she teaches and I might take some of her ideas in the future.”
When asked why she chose to go to the CTC Hailey responded with, “When I saw the education program, I instantly knew I wanted to go. I’ve always wanted to be a teacher and I get to experience what it is like in this program. Another reason was for a new change/start. I feel like I’ve struggled with my grades at the high school.” Her favorite teachers is her program teacher Mrs. Hoop and Ms. Sowards her English teacher! Getting to go to the elementary school everyday and seeing the kids is a highlight of her program. After graduating she would like to go to college to become a teacher!
“Hailey Cole has really shown some great improvements in our Early Childhood Education program. She participates in our daily discussions, is very creative and enjoys completing craft projects with the students she works with. She has recently been one of our leaders in the classroom responsible for decorating our related classroom and does a wonderful job in creating a fun and inviting environment for both students and peers she works with.” - Mrs. Hoop, Early Childhood Education Instructor
Another fun event in celebration of National FFA Week is the OVCTC FFA “Tractor Parade”. The students enjoy taking the parade down to the elementary school so that our young students can see the equipment on the move!
