Knox County Career Center Schools

Seniors in Pre-Professional Mentorship (PPM) recently interviewed a panel of local entrepreneurs and business professionals. Students had the opportunity to learn about topics such as how to plan for success at a young age, how to take the right risks when starting a business, how to manage people in the workplace, what success really means, and much more!

Thank you to the following individuals for organizing and/or participating in this event:
Marc Vantilburg - Town Money Saver & Deals Around Town and Living on the Edge
Steve Williams - Retired Engineering/Staking Supervisor for Energy Cooperative
Shawna Bock - e-Merge Real Estate Champions: The Bock Team
Ronald Wahl - J & R Door
Zac Coffing - Coffing Electric
Chuck Donnell - LoneStar Fire Protection & Security

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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.

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Carter Hassel, senior in Automotive Technology, was sworn into the Marines on Friday, December 19th at the Columbus MEPS, 6th BN, US Military Entrance Processing Command. Congratulations & thank you, Carter!! We are proud of you!!

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Robb Wappner, Admission representative from North Central State College (NCSC), spoke with students in Computer Network Technology (CNT) about their Associate Degree programs that NCSC offers to CNT students. KCCC provides opportunities throughout the school year for our students to hear about opportunities from colleges & businesses.

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It was great to have our students back at KCCC on Monday! We kicked off the day with our Future Focused Initiative for the 2025-2026 school year. Our topic for the month of January is Attendance & Attentiveness! (yes, that was our August focus too!) Attendance is super important here at KCCC and in the workplace!

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SkillsUSA Officers delivered Giving Tree donations that were made by KCCC's staff and students to the Salvation Army. Thank you to everyone who donated and helped with this project!

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We hope everyone had a great winter break! We look forward to seeing all of our students back at school tomorrow!

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Detective Lieutenant Beth Marti from the Mount Vernon Police Department spoke with Ms. Jessup's Forensics class. Detective Marti was able to share stories about her time in the field and bring in forensics equipment to share with students. Thank you, Detective Marti!!

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Ms. Hailey, senior in Early Childhood Education, served as the lead teacher in KCCC's Preschool and taught children about sports and physical activity. Ms. Hailey talked about the importance of being active and staying healthy!
Some of the activities the children participated included:
-Having a gym in our dramatic play area
-Painting with balls
-Drawing and telling a story about climbing a tree
-Measuring and comparing different sports balls
Students in Early Childhood Education have fun preparing young children to enter kindergarten!

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Juniors in HVAC built a wall and floor to become a mock up of a bathroom. They worked on laying it out and installed PVC piping for vents and drains. When finished with that, they installed water lines. Students in HVAC develop skills in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) aspects for HVAC systems.

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Ariel Corporation hosted their annual luncheon at KCCC prior to winter break. Chef Russo and Culinary Arts students prepared a wonderful meal and served Ariel's employees and retirees. We enjoy these events at KCCC! Thank you to Mrs. Hall for helping with the decorations in the library!

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