Experience Builder week in AG mech at the CTC. Web xams are complete. The students gained real world experience while gaining their Forklift and Man lift Certifications. Great job! Pioneers work!!
Thank you to the Hesler family and LeDel Acres Dairy for allowing our teams to workout on three great classes of jerseys. Lee, Areena, Dusty, and Collin put together classes and took time on a Sunday to listen to our students give reasons on their placings. The Heslers’ have been long time supporters of FFA programs in our county and OVCTC appreciates the willingness they have to help.
A big thank you to Kokosing Construction Company for taking the time to visit our students and sharing the many exciting career opportunities available in the construction field! Your team provided valuable insight into the industry and inspired the next generation. We appreciate your partnership and commitment to workforce development!
Congratulations to our newest National Technical Honor Society inductees!
We are incredibly proud of the students who were recently inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. This achievement reflects their dedication, leadership, and excellence in their career and technical education programs. These students are setting the standard for success, and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish next!
Thank you to Chad and Hannah Griffith and Southern Hills Holsteins for allowing us to interrupt milking and practice for our upcoming dairy cattle finals. Chad put together two good cow classes for us to evaluate and even listened to reasons by the team and provided great input for each student. Hannah is also the state Holstein queen this year and we are excited to have her join us for Kindergarten Ag day to promote the dairy industry!
Kiersten Spires, Clinical Doctor of Audiology student at The Ohio State University, visited juniors from the Teaching Professions program today. She shared about the many possibilities in the field of audiology and discussed the importance that teachers play in identifying student needs in this field. Her expertise provided our students with wonderful insight and a better understanding of professions within this career pathway. While visiting she shared some important tips and information about the care and safety of our ears and the next steps to pursuing a career as an audiologist. We thank her for taking time to speak to our students.
The Ohio Valley FFA AG Skills team Traveled north to OSU - ATI for the State CDE contest. The team finshed 11th in the state and Diesel Ferguson was the 11th place individual. Thanks to Greene Co. FFA for the invite to tour American Made Ventrac power unit factory in Wooster. The guys had a chance to have dinner with a couple of our alumni who are current ATI students. Co-cirricular education bring experiences to the classroom! Thank you to all who help train our team!
Our junior Teaching Professions student Jo Tester had a blast assisting Mrs. Rothwell’s 4th graders in making slime! Not only was it a hands-on gooey good time, but it was also the perfect way to review measurements in 4th grade math. From mixing ingredients to measuring precise amounts; the students had so much fun while reinforcing important math concepts. A big thank you for Mrs. Rothwell and West Union Elementary for providing our Teaching Professions students these fun and memorable learning experiences.
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On April 2nd the Ohio Valley FFA outdoor power team placed 3rd the District 9 CDE. This was tight scoring, well run contest by Georgetown FFA. Gaining co-circular experience will pay these students dividens in the future. Thanks to all who help us grow!
Thank you to the Seaman Flower Shop and Mrs. Terri Davis for taking time out of their busy schedules to help our floriculture team with bud vases! They assured the students by teaching them the the finishing touches for a very professional look and definitely helped them get proficient! Special thank you to Shawn Vogler as well who always amazes us with her amazing talent and creativity! These ladies are always fun to work with and relate to our students in such a positive way! Great people who we are very thankful to have support our students!
Congratulations to OVCTC FFA for winning the Adams County Cattleman’s FFA grill off! Senior: Christian Gerth and juniors: Michael Malott and Cole Manning were the trio who worked together to bring home the win! These students had a lot of fun with this event and we enjoyed the competition with other colleagues. The team earned $500 and a very nice banner. Thank you to the Adams County Cattleman’s and the individuals involved to help make this such an enjoyable experience. Congratulations to Ag Business student and OVCTC FFA member Aly McCann for doing such a great job as our county beef Queen. She earned $250 as well and presented the grill off awards. Our team had fun practicing and enjoyed an excellent meal at the Scioto Ribber as well! Beef, it’s what’s for dinner! OVCTC FFA is proud to support our local farmers and beef producers!
We had a great turnout for Open House and are thrilled to welcome all the new students who have chosen to come to the CTC and pioneer their pathway to a professional future!
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Congratulations to Garret Purnhagen for being named the Outstanding Student Award winner for Adams County at tonight’s Exceptional Achievement Award Ceremony!
Garret’s dedication, hard work, and commitment to excellence have not gone unnoticed. We are incredibly proud of his accomplishments and can’t wait to see what the future holds for him.
Shoutout to our rockstar staff who opened their classrooms for our PreK and kindergarten students. The lights may have been out at the elementary but our staff were flexible and welcoming to our future pioneers.
Today at 1:55 PM, we conducted a rapid release drill as part of our ongoing commitment to student safety. Following the successful completion of the drill, students were released to go home. We appreciate your support in helping us maintain a safe and prepared school environment.
The AG Mechanics class have been "charging" through these Snap On certifications. Great to mix Hands on shop training with classroom certifications!
Congratulations to our dairy team for placing first in the preliminaries at state competition held at the spring dairy expo on Wednesday! Beau Hesler was the 2nd high individual overall in the entire contest. MaRhea Unger, Isabella Crum, and Caleb DeAtley will be rounding out our top four scores moving on to finals to compete for nationals. The finals will be held at The Ohio State ATI campus at the end of April. Our alternate, Jerzy Evans, had a personal best score and Ivie Edwards and Hannah Hauke also had an exceptional performance. Thank you to Ryan Shoemaker and Lee Hesler (Le Del Acres also) for helping us along the way with preparation. Good luck team!
Congratulations to the OVCTC poultry team! They recently placed 7th in the state preliminaries out of 77 teams and will be moving on to finals to compete against the final 10 in Ohio! The 4 moving to the finals will be Luke Parks, Christian Gerth, Drew Kreml, and Aly McCann. The team was also represented throughout the year by Preston Sparks, Gage Stephens, Maxx Hanson, and Kayla Hawes. They have had an excellent contest season and we are rooting for them to bring the first poultry banner home in Ohio Valley FFA history. Here are there season stats:
-Marysville contest: 4th overall team out of 53.
-Wilmington: 1st place team out of 28. Drew Kreml 3rd overall and Christian Gerth 8th overall
-Miami Trace: 3rd place team out of 32. Gerth 3rd overall and Parks 9th.
-Indian Lake: 1st place team out of 26. Gerth 3rd, Parks 5th, and McCAnn 6th overall
-Ashland: 2nd place team out of 31. Parks was 2nd overall and Gerth was 4th.
Great job by all and looking forward to state finals!
OVCTC Ag Business students Trenton Quackenbush and Cole Hudson demonstrated their SAE project to the class today. The old “trusty but rusty” John Deere 6300 that was purchased in 1999 got a new face lift started today. Trent and Cole polished, corrected paint, and then ceramic coated an area for students to see the difference in how paint can be restored. Local entrepreneurs in the community! We will post an after photo also so everyone can see the finished product when completed.
Mrs. Foster and students from the Culinary Arts program brought a delicious and interactive experience to the Service Careers class at West Union Elementary!
Students had the chance to learn, create, and taste as they explored the world of culinary arts. A big thank you to our talented students and Mrs. Foster for sharing their skills and passion!
