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.
KCCC 2023-2024 Yearbooks
Order online today!
Yearbooks will be available for pick up at KCCC in August.
Haven't picked up your 2022-2023 yearbook that you ordered? Stop by KCCC's front office to pick it up.
Questions? Email Mr. Bellman at nbellman@knoxcc.org
KCCC Spring Break
March 25-29
Grayson, a student in Metal Fabrication & Welding, welded components together to make a sawhorse in lab recently.
Students in Metal Fabrication & Welding bend, cut, drill, join, punch, weld, and manipulate many types of metal.
Current juniors: Still undecided about your plans for the 2024-2025 school year? Check out our senior-only Pre-Professional Mentorship (PPM) program!
https://www.knoxcc.org/page/preprofessional-mentorship
Apply now at knoxcc.org
Email us at careereducation@knoxcc.org if you have any questions!
Students from Individualized Career Exploration (I.C.E.) & Hospitality II volunteered with LifePoint Church to pack Backpacks for Hope. These bags are filled with food and given to students in the Mt. Vernon Elementary Schools that are in need. A total of 97 bags were delivered this week. Students in Hospitality II have volunteered in numerous places throughout the school year and have earned their Community Service Seal for graduation.
James Imhoff, pictured with Mr. Deckling, and Caroline Gladman, pictured with Mrs. Troyer, recited 101 and 80 digits of pi as part of our National Pi Day celebration! Great job!!
Collision Repair students, Peyton & Carly, prepared the underside of a hood for paint.
Students in Collision Repair design, paint, and refinish vehicles using modern welding, sanding, masking, painting, and creative airbrush procedures.
Current sophomores: Still undecided on your plans for the 2024-2025 school year? We still have room in our Precision Machining program.
https://www.knoxcc.org/o/knoxcc/page/precision-machining
Apply now at knoxcc.org
Questions? Email us at careereducation@knoxcc.org
Knox County Career Center (KCCC) students in Landscape Design and Management competed in the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) National Collegiate Landscape Competition on March 12-15 in Provo, Utah.
Oliver Ruprecht finished in 37th place overall (out of 595 students) with 277.50 points. Tristin Hankinson finished 14th of 32 in the Compact Excavator Operation. Oliver Ruprecht finished 6th of 40 in the Compact Track/Skid Steer Loader Operation. Tristin Hankinson and Oliver Ruprecht finished 21 of 32 in the Irrigation Assembly. Oliver Ruprecht and Aaron White finished 19th of 36 in the Truck and Trailer Operation. Jesse Rings and Aaron White competed in the Hardscape Installation. Jesse Rings, Layla Crase, and Oliver Ruprecht competed in Landscape Plant Installation. Layla Crase competed in Mini Truck Loader Operation.
Great job!!!
KCCC's Preschool classes celebrated 100 days of preschool recently. All the students loved dressing up and doing different activities. Some activities included giving a puppy 100 spots, writing about what they would like to buy with $100, and creating a 100-day crown. We also were counting by 10’s. The children loved dressing up!
Current sophomores in high school: Still undecided about your plans for the 2024-2025 school year? Our Landscape Design & Management program still has room for next year. Check out our link below for more information:
https://www.knoxcc.org/page/landscape-design-management
Apply at knoxcc.org. Questions? Email us at careereducation@knoxcc.org
Students in Culinary Arts prepared food recently for guests in the River Room Cafe. The students are working hard, at the direction of Chef Russo, to provide good food and a quality experience for guests.
River Room Cafe hours for mid-April will be posted on social media shortly after we return from Spring Break.
Juniors in Cosmetology practiced for State Board Testing that took place recently. Great news!! They all passed! Congratulations!
Students in CollegeU-Business on collecting data and inputting data into Microsoft Excel as part of their Spreadsheet course. The students had to decide upon the statistical data, and create a table and chart. As a class, they worked with Mrs. Murphy to apply conditional formatting and change the presentation of data by creating a pivot table. They discussed careers and decisions they may require this skill.
Students in CollegeU-Business earn a highly transferable Associates Degree in Business Management and a high school diploma at the same time.
CollegeU-Business juniors discussed details on designing and delivering business presentations including how to better organize your content and creating and adding visuals and multimedia.
Students in CollegeU-Business experience a partnership between Central Ohio Technical College and Knox County Career Center.
School Immunization Clinic
Thursday, March 21st
Knox Public Health will be hosting an in-school immunization clinic for current KCCC students only, on Thursday, March 21st. They will be offering meningitis immunization for juniors and seniors. Click the link for more information:
https://www.knoxcc.org/documents/high-school/student%2Fparent/immunization-forms-and-info/465358
Juniors in Automotive Technology worked to replace a rear sub-frame on a customer vehicle that had become unsafe to drive due to corrosion.
Students in Automotive Technology work on vehicles and mechanical systems in a modern automotive environment.
Jennifer Ballenger, certified StrengthsFinder trainer, led the KCCC staff through StrengthsFinder training and activities during our KCCC Professional Development day.
Thank you for the meaningful training!
Juniors in Computer Network Technology learned about the role of a router in a network. They learned how to configure a router and set the default gateway on a computer. Students later put that knowledge into practice by building and configuring a network in the lab.
Students in Computer Network Technology obtain training in computer hardware repair and maintenance, software troubleshooting, and network administration.
