Grant Career Center
April 2014 News
Breaking Ground on New Animal Science Facility
On a chilly March morning, Grant Career Center held a Ground Breaking Ceremony to commemorate the start of the building project for the new Animal Sci-ence Facility on the Career Center campus. Members of the Board of Education, administration and repre-sentatives of the project met to turn the ceremonial first shovels of soil to kick off the project.
The Animal Science Facility is being built to house two new programs that will be opening at the Career Center in the fall, Equine Science and Veterinary
Sci-ence. The construction project has two parts, reno-vation of an existing facility and new construction of classrooms, barn, an indoor as well as an outdoor riding area, equine training area and pasture for the Equine Science program.
The project is being constructed by ML Barnard, Inc. under the supervision of project superintendent Ste-ve Weber, a local community member and former Board of Education member. Serving as architect is Randy Merrill from McGill Smith Punshon, a 1978 graduate of Grant in the Architectural Drafting pro-gram. Superintendent Lisa Tuttle-Huff commented, “It is great to be able to have local compa-nies working with us on this project and to support the local economy.”
The Veterinary Science program will utilize an existing barn that will be renovated to hold a lab setting, grooming area, small animal clinic, pet room and kennel areas. A new barn will be built behind the existing barn for the Equine Science program with 12 stables to house the horses. There will be room for expansion as the program grows. A connecting corridor will be built be-tween the two buildings that will hold a classroom, office and locker spaces and a reference room.
Students completing programs in the Animal Science Facility will also be able to earn college credits through various local colleges for the successful completion of their career training at the Animal Science Facility. Grant Career Center is an open enrollment school and accepts stu-dents from all districts into our 17 career training programs. For more information on
how your child can benefit from these great career preparation courses, visit our web-site at www.grantcareeer.com or contact the Career Center at 513-734-6222.
Ground Breaking participants included Mi-chael Barnard, President ML Barnard, Inc.; Steve Weber, Project Superintendent, ML Barnard, Inc.; Patricia Patten, Grant Career Center Treasurer; Barb Leonard, Board Vice-President; Lisa Tuttle-Huff, Grant Career Center Superintendent; Beth McManus, Board President; Randy Merrill, Architect, MSP; Jack Willard, Project Manager; and Al-bert Fedders, CFO ML Barnard, Inc.
The Grant Career Center Horticulture students are busy preparing for the spring bedding plant season by transplanting, fertilizing, and mov-ing plants into their final growmov-ing containers. The students, under the direction of instructors Gary Broadwell and Nancy Weis, are growing a wide selection of vegetables, annual and perennial flowers, and
hang-ing baskets for your gardenhang-ing enjoyment. Many new varieties have been added this year, and customers are encouraged to shop early for the best selection.
Mark your calendar for the spring opening on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The Greenhouse will be open each school day from 11 AM to 2 PM and until 6 PM each Thursday (except for Thurs-day evening, May 15). The Greenhouse will also be open during the Community Appreciation Dinner on Saturday, April 26 from 5-7 PM. This year the Greenhouse will also be open on two Saturdays for your shopping convenience. Stop by and shop on Saturdays, May 3th and 10th, from 9 AM to 1 PM and pick up great plants for your yard and garden.
The Greenhouse will close for the season on Tuesday, May 20 at 2 PM. The staff and students hope to see you and your green thumb this growing season!
Greenhouse Opening to the Public
Junior Carpentry Project at Williamsburg High School
The Junior Carpentry class recently completed a 12’ by 30’ storage facility located at Williamsburg High School. The jun-iors started on the pre-fabricated metal structure in the lab in early November. The students started with a treated lumber floor and then assembled walls, trusses and roof framing with metal studs. The structure was then disassembled and trans-ported to Williamsburg where the students reassembled the structure and finished covering the structure.
According to instructor Chad Graybill, the students moved quickly into the senior skill set as they learned craftsmanship skills required for customer service work. “The students rose to the occasion as they worked to meet customer specifications and the higher expectations of client work. I wish I had one of these projects every year so the students could put their skills to work.”
Travis Wallace, a Williamsburg student said the class learned many things on the jobsite. “We learned the im-portance of safety and security on the site and that there is no room for mistakes. Our productivity dropped when we had to stop and redo mistakes so we learned quickly to check our work carefully.”
Williamsburg Superintendent Matt Earley was very pleased with the partnership with the Carpentry department. “I am so grateful to the Carpentry program at Grant Career
Cen-ter for their hard work and professional dedication to the construction of a new storage shed for our Middle/High School. This shed has been a need since the building opened and to see Mr. Graybill and his students bring this project to fruition is very much appreciated by our school and our community. Williamsburg is very fortunate to be affiliated with Grant and bene-fit from the wonderful people and programs at the school.”
In mid-March, the Grant Career Center chapter of the Business Professionals of America proved that they were ready to “Accelerate Their Future” at the national competition by competing in the State Skill Competition and Leadership Conference in Colum-bus and bringing back numerous awards.
Five Medical Information Tech students earned the opportunity to represent Grant Career Center at the National Leadership Confer-ence in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 29 through May 3, 2014 with their win at the State Compe-tition. Three students brought back second place trophies: Lexi Martin, a Bethel-Tate junior, for Interview Skills; Tara Bradley, a Bethel-Tate senior, for Advanced Interview Skills; and Carly Addison, a New Richmond senior, for Basic Office Systems and Procedures. Bringing back a fourth place award was Lexy Kattine, a New Richmond senior who competed in Medical Office Procedures contest. Molly Ninichuck, a Bethel-Tate junior, also brought back a fifth place award in Basic Office Systems and Procedures competition.
Also recognized during the Award Ceremony was New Richmond senior Tristan Murphy who placed sixth in the state in the Medical Office Procedures Contest. Best of luck as you prepare for the National Leadership Conference!
Business Professionals of America Find Success
At State Competition and are Heading to Indianapolis
National Technical Honor Society Inducts 30 New Members
Grant Career Center inducted thirty new members into the Elizabeth Abbott Chapter of the National Technical Honor Society on March 20, 2014. The following stu-dents were selected for membership: Chelsea Arnold, senior Cooperative Education, Williamsburg; Logan Shinkle, senior Teacher Academy, New Richmond; An-tonio Davis, senior Metal Fabrication, New Richmond; Dakota Sicurella, senior Allied Health Science,
Bethel-Tate; Peyton Davis, senior Allied Health Science, New Richmond; Tyler Frazee, senior Automo-tive Service Technology, Williamsburg; Ashley Skinner, senior Allied Health Science, Williams-burg; Lindsey Smith, senior Teacher Academy, Bethel-Tate; Courtney Hauck, senior Coopera-tive Education, Williamsburg; Rose Steel, senior Horticulture, Williamsburg; Pearce Williford, senior Automotive Service Technology, Williamsburg; Jesse Miles, senior Metal Fabrication, Fe-licity-Franklin; Jeffery Stevens, senior Automotive Service Technology, Bethel-Tate; Christine Myers, senior Biotechnology, Bethel-Tate; Tyler Stevens, senior Metal Fabrication, New Rich-mond;
Jacey Pierson, senior Cooperative Education, Williamsburg; Roger Thornberry, senior Automo-tive Service Technology, Williamsburg; Marissa Planck, senior Culinary Careers, Bethel-Tate; Samuel Tremper, senior Metal Fabrication, New Richmond; Gian Reyman, senior Automotive Service Technology, Bethel-Tate; Amber Arthur, junior Allied Health Science, Felicity-Franklin; Desirae Murphy, junior Criminal Justice, New Richmond; Courtney Jervis, junior Culinary Ca-reers, Bethel-Tate; Rachel Burdell, junior Criminal Justice, New Richmond; Courtney Riggs, junior Engineering Design, Felicity-Franklin; Ashley Redmond, junior Criminal Justice, New Richmond; Matthew White, junior Metal Fabrication, Felicity-Franklin; Tammy Lockaby, junior Culinary Careers, Williamsburg; Dalton Henderson, junior Engineering Design, New Richmond; and Jacob Zieger, junior Carpentry, Bethel-Tate.
tion. It was a good chance for the students to see the level of work that was being done by the apprentices, and what would be expected of them as they joined the workforce.
tractors presented during the Open House and shared with the students about career op-portunities in a variety of fields.
The students had the oppor-tunity to experience virtual welding, work with a variety of tools and talk to people from the industry.
During their visit, the students were able to watch the Ap-prenticeship Commercial and Residential Construction re-gional competition, a contest very similar to their competi-tion in the SkillsUSA organiza-On Friday, April 4th, the
Car-pentry juniors and seniors headed off to the Monroe Training Center for the Ohio Carpenters Joint Apprentice-ship and Training Trust Fund Open House. Six schools from the region participated in the day-long event to encourage participation in construction careers.
During the event, the stu-dents heard that 60% of the skilled workforce is retiring soon and the work in the con-struction industry is picking up in our region. Fifteen
con-Carpentry Students Attend Apprenticeship Open House
On Monday, March 17, a large Hoxworth Bloodmobile pulled onto the property and set up for a day of donations. Students were excited to be able to make a difference in the lives of others and signed up to overfill the schedule. Students from the Allied Health Science pro-gram served as intake specialists and escorted the donors to the bus. Several of the senior students came back from last year’s donation ready to donate again and help ease the stress for the juniors. Many students donated for the first time and learned how easy it is to help out members of our community and hopefully be-come a good donor for life. The day was very successful with a total collection of 39 units!
Hoxworth Blood Drive is a Success
Horticulture Students Visit Newport Aquarium
To celebrate the opening of the Greenhouse as well as all of the hard work the Horticulture Department has done all year, the students used the money they raised selling citrus fruit to travel to the Newport Aquarium and the Buckhead Grill. The Horticulture students, accompanied by Gary Broadwell, Nancy Weis and Principal Barry Daulton, enjoyed their special day away from the hustle and bustle of greenhouse season.
Students wandered through the aquarium and interacted with the displays and gazed at tanks of delightful sea creatures. The students were impressed with all of the amazing specimens housed in the aquarium.
Following their aquarium visit, the students dined at the Buckhead Grill in Northern Ken-tucky on an exciting assortment of dishes. The bus then returned to campus with full and happy people!
Five cosmetology students had a great opportunity to put their skills to work at our local Great Clips franchises. Sele-na HerSele-nandez, Kayla Macko, Alexandra Nissel, Dakota Pitzer, and Randi Powers spent three days in training at the Great Clips Training Center on East Kemper Road. The girls learned consultation techniques, product knowledge, practiced clipper cuts and shear cuts and received orienta-tion into the Great Clips system. Students also were in-structed on the eight most popular cuts so that they could complete the cut successfully and efficiently.
At the end of the training, the students were evaluated and given a Certificate of Completion. Six members of the class have been hired by Great Clips and are working in their salons as receptionists until they take their State Board of Cosmetology Exam on May 7th. After successful completion of that exam, the girls will begin their on-the– floor training in the salons.
Cosmetology Students Complete
Great Clips Training Course
Summer Career Experience Kick Off
with the 8th Graders
way that interests them the most. Six Career Cluster op-tions are available: Construc-tion, TransportaConstruc-tion, Service, Medical, Professional and Criminal Justice, and Engi-neering and Robotics.
Students will rotate through several career and technical programs in each cluster cre-ating, designing, and building skills along the way. Students will meet new friends and Recently Pam McKinney
started the home school visits with the 8th graders to pro-mote the Summer Career Ex-perience. While visiting with the 8th graders, they played career games and discussed career clusters and students’ plans for their future.
The Summer Career Experi-ence is a two-day summer camp where students have the opportunity to explore more deeply the career
path-take a closer look at careers and skills that will compli-ment their future career plan. Students were given applica-tions and flyers to take home to their parents to discuss their summer plans. Pro-grams will fill quickly for the summer as the 8th graders are eager to dig in and ex-plore the programs they visit-ed in the fall during Career Exploration Days!
The March Students of the Month were announced in early April to recognize students for their outstanding efforts in the class-room or lab setting. We are very proud of these students and their exceptional efforts.
March Students of the Month include Caitlin Senters, a New Rich-mond senior in the Cosmetology program who was nominated by her instructor Janelle Baudendistel for her great customer service with clients in the salon. “Caitlin has done a great with clients as well as being a huge help working with the sophomores during Career Exploration Days!”
Cassidy Bowling, a senior Cooperative Education student from Williamsburg was recognized by Dana Arey and Kathy Newman for her outstanding work in the Cooperative Education program and in her English class. Ms. Newman said, “Cassidy is one of the most pleasant students I’ve known! She gets along with others, has a good sense of humor and has a strong work ethic.” Marissa Cochran, a Culinary Careers junior from Felicity-Franklin was nominated by Gary Forsee for her great attitude and her willingness to help out in the kitchen whenever needed. “Marissa never complains, and she always does more than what is expected of her!”
Our final March Student of the Month is Chelsea Arnold, a senior Cooperative Education student from Williamsburg who was nominated by English instructor Jen Pfeffer. Mrs. Pfeffer said, “Chelsea showed great compassion during the cold and snowy winter months by picking up a student who walks to school on numerous occasions!” Congratulations to all of the outstanding students selected this month!
March Students of the Month
Students Danced the Night Away at the Grant Prom
The Prom Committee and Advisor Pam McKinney hosted a very special evening of dancing in the school cafeteria for the Career Center students on Friday, April 4th. One hundred and fifteen tickets were sold for prom with the theme of “I Don’t Want this Night to End”. Students began arriving at 7 PM for an amazing appetizer buffet prepared and served by the Culinary Careers students, complete with a chocolate fountain and yummy dip-ping treats.
At 8 PM, the lights dimmed and the dancing began. The students line danced, slow danced and moved in ways that only teenagers understand! The D.J. kept them moving all night and the students and staff had a great time.
At 10:45 PM, the Prom Court was introduced. Queen candidates Brooke Corbin, Rose Steel, Alexandra Nissel and Chelsea Emery were escorted by Zach Dunn, Wes Stevens, Jon Alsept and Cody Helbling. King candidates Tyler Boggs, Corey Forsee and Scott Wagoner
were escorted by Allie Zellner, Carrie Buckley and Erin McKee. After much cheering, the 2013 Prom King, Dustin Woodruff, crowned Scott Wagoner as the 2014 King and the 2013 Prom Queen, Katelyn Campbell, crowned Rose Steel as the new Queen for Prom 2104!
