Knox County Career Center Schools

Thank you to all who have served! We appreciate you!

Ms. Charlotte, senior in Early Childhood Education, served as the lead teacher in KCCC's Preschool recently. Ms. Charlotte taught children about spiders, scorpions, and worms! Children learned that spiders and scorpions are not safe to touch but worms are!

Some of the activities included:
-Making spider webs and worms in art.
-Making patterns with spiders, scorpions, and worms.
-Counting how many spiders (syllables) that a word has.

Students in Early Childhood Education have fun preparing young children to enter kindergarten.

Did you know KCCC is building a new River Room Cafe for our Culinary Arts program? The building is being built on the side of KCCC next to the Culinary Arts lab and is expected to be completed in the Fall of 2026. The new facility will be 1519 square feet and will have a secure entrance and separate bathroom facilities, so guests will not have to enter the KCCC main entrance. The new River Room Cafe will also allow us to begin hosting Rotary, Exchange Club, Kiwanis Club, and others who previously used our student catering & restaurant.

KCCC seniors are able to earn the opportunity to take their career tech skills to businesses and industry during their senior year by meeting academic grade, attendance, behavior, and performance expectations in their career tech lab and academic classes.

Juniors in Collision Repair worked to complete a variety of projects in lab recently. Logan repaired a broken spring on an exterior door handle. Austin & Gavin repaired a lower bumper fairing. Gabriela showed off her class fender after she and Mr. Adams discussed some of the different techniques used to obtain the finish. Logan reinstalled a door handle that was previously fixed.

Students in Collision Repair utilize the same advanced equipment and techniques found in professional auto collision repair companies.

KCCC's Spring Plant Sale is coming up!
The Spring Plant Sale will run from Monday, April 27 through Friday, May 1 from 8:15-10:45 am and 11:45 am-2:00 pm.
*NEW THIS YEAR*
We will be selling Early Bird Passes for Early Bird Day on Saturday, April 25 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Only 40 passes will be available at $25 each on a first come/first serve basis. Payment will be via cash or check with checks being made out to KCCC. Early Bird Passes will be available for purchase on Monday, April 20 and Tuesday, April 21 from 8:30 am - Noon in the KCCC Front Office. Only those who purchase Early Bird Passes may come on Saturday, April 25 between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Please bring your pass with you on Saturday, April 25.
We will not have a product list with prices posted prior to arrival. Please do not call in and ask for pricing or comment on this social media post about prices. If you have questions, please call 740-397-5820.

KCCC seniors are able to earn the opportunity to take their career tech skills to businesses and industry during their senior year by meeting academic grade, attendance, behavior, and performance expectations in their career tech lab and academic classes.

Ms. Addi, senior in Early Childhood Education, served as the leader teacher in KCCC's Preschool. Ms. Addi taught children about insects that jump or hop! This included grasshoppers, click beetles, and crickets. Some of the activities included:
-Making grasshoppers and click beetles in art.
-Comparing the height of some grasshoppers' jumps.
-Matching upper and lowercase letter grasshoppers.
Students in Early Childhood Education have fun preparing young children to enter kindergarten!

Students in Digital Media & Software Development worked to recreate a commercial and see how close they could make it like the original commercial.

Students in Digital Media & Software Development understand fundamentals of video production and sound.

Congratulations to JROTC members Aranae Bressi (Early Childhood Education), Lucy Weatherby (Health Technologies), and Anna Kovacs (Automotive Technology) on being selected to attend Buckeye Girls State this year!! We are proud of you!!

KCCC seniors are able to earn the opportunity to take their career tech skills to businesses and industry during their senior year by meeting academic grade, attendance, behavior, and performance expectations in their career tech lab and academic classes.

Automotive Technology and Precision Machining students visited Ariel Corporation. Ariel hires many students who graduate from KCCC. Ariel offers programs for the students during their work-based learning, such as related pre-apprenticeships and fundamental programs that offer company exploration. Thank you, Ariel, for supporting our school, students, and programs.

Due to a gas leak and the late restoration of utilities, KCCC High School and Preschool will be in remote learning on Thursday, April 16th. High School students, please log in to your Google Classroom or to any other learning platform your teacher uses tomorrow morning to complete assignments.

Precision Machining students completed a parts project for the Village of Fredericktown. A big thank you to the Village of Fredericktown for their partnership and for providing pizza from Dominos to our students! We enjoy partnering with our community!

Students in Landscape Design & Management assisted with the new playground that was installed at Centerburg's Memorial Park. Students graded the soil, seeded it, and installed straw mats and put straw in the remaining open area. Great opportunity to serve in our community!

Information from Knox County Job & Family Services: Back-to-School Voucher Application Event for income‑eligible Knox County residents.

Big thank you to Environmental Management Incorporated (EMI) for their continued support of our Landscape Design & Management program. EMI donated $1,000 towards our nationals trip to Michigan recently. They purchased dinners and this year they bought Carhartt hoodies to commemorate the 2026 National Collegiate Landscape Competition. We appreciate you!!

Seniors in Early Childhood Education attended a professional development session at COSI, where they learned practical ways to embed inquiry-based learning into everyday classroom routines. Students got to explore the kids' space at COSI to further explore open-ended materials and participate in stations, practicing guided facilitation of inquiry. They then enjoyed dinner as a lab. It was a wonderful day full of discovery and learning!

Students in our Automotive Technology program are gaining real-world, hands-on experience by performing professional four-wheel alignments on customer vehicles. Using industry-grade alignment equipment, they diagnose steering and suspension angle, make precise adjustments, and ensure each vehicle meets manufacturer specifications for safety and performance. Under the guidance of an ASE-certified instructor, students develop the skills and confidence needed for today's automotive industry, while providing high-quality service to the community.

Juniors in Health Technologies worked on Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) skills checkoffs. Students were checking for vital signs.

Students in Health Technologies explore a wide range of health careers through practical lab experiences and a college science curriculum.