SCCTC Senior News
Advanced Placement
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he Advanced Job Placement Program provides career world work experience and earn wages in their career-
technical students with the opportunity to gain realtechnical program area. Students who qualify for the program
leave school and start working during the second semester of their senior year. To qualify students must meet the following standards—“B”
Scioto County Career Technical Center
Tech Times—Secondary Newsletter
ISSUE 12/May 2015
or better in program labs, “C” or better in academic classes, complete all graduation requirements, passed the OGT, have 93 percent
attendance, and have the instructors recommendation. There are currently 59 students working through the Advanced Job Placeme nt
Program.
SCCTC Class of 2015 Completers
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llied Health Technology – .Savannah Adams, Lindsey Allen, Isabella Blair, Brooklyn Bradley, Terry Brumfield, Miranda Burchett,
Brooklyn Colley, Kaitlyn Copas-Walker, Courtney Davis, Shianne Greene, Candace Hoover, Derek Howell, Cheyenne Jamison, Cassie
Jordan, Sara Lansing, Sarah Lennex, Miranda McDonald, Toni McGraw, Myhalie Newman-Taylor, Shyanne Pennington Deedrick Perkins,
Mycahla Richardson, Allison Rife, Gabrielle Robinson, Montanna Roister, Christon Skaggs, Madison Smith, Mollie Stewart, Dylan Taylor,
Haley Tolliver, Kimberly Twinam, Cassie Wolfe.
Auto Body – Austan Allard, Curtis Collins, Randall Holsinger, Zachary McGlone, Dustin
Miller, Tanner Throckmorton, Tyler True, Brandon Vice. Automotive Technology – Patrick Burchfield, Christopher Cooper, Tyler Dean,
Christopher Fitzgerald, Jack Hayes, Michael Hurst, Austin Kiser, Amara Lattimore, Brandon Lebrun, Austin Noel, Christopher Vowell, Dallas
Ward. Building and Property Maintenance – Christon Harding, Kyle Holloway, Austin Jones, R. J. Mason, Chris Palmer, Justin Schnitzius.
Care and Guidance of Children – Noble Bentley, Emily Bradshaw, Briana Jenkins, Briana McGraw, Becckah Petersen, Chelsea Spence, Tearia
Wilson. Career Based Intervention – Leonard Blanton, Paityn Breech, Zachary Compton, Jason Frye, Daniel Hemming, Jacob Kerns, Courtney Kirsch, Sierra Metcalfe, Morgan Stitt, Christian Stone.. Carpentry – Austin Adkins, Dalton Benner, Brandon Clifford, Ashley Culp, Jacob
Darst, William Dunham, Richard Ellis, Ashley McCoy, Brandon Meadows, Steven Mullins, Dustin Pressley, Jeremiah Scott, Kyle Sexton, Anthony Sherrick, Stephen Swords, Jacob Tackett, Curtis Williams. Cosmetology – .Megan Chaffin, Marlena Charles, Hannah Covert, Adrianna
Crace, Ashton Dalton, Cody Dixon, Courtlin Easter, Kelsey Ellis, Taylor Keyes, Courtney Lawson, Myrissa Martin, Bree Osborne, Shasta Piatt,
Hannah Runyon, Kaela Shirey, Jessica Stonerock, Alexandra Watkins, Lexie Williams.
Criminal Justice – Shane Andre, Nathan Bell, James
Calhoun, Cody Crabtree, Kyle Culp, Dale Euton, Brooke Faircloth, Charles Hamblin, Jacob Holsinger, Seth Hutchins, Nicholas McGarey, Dakota Ruth, Joshua Shears, Austin Shepherd, Hunter Stepp. Culinary Arts – Kirah Adkins, Courtney Bradford, Brooklyn Cline, Makayla Davis,
Felicia Frasure, Rebecca Henderson, Brooklyn Hood, Hannah Skaggs. Dental Assisting – Rachael Abrams, Alexus Allgood, Kaitlin Bartee,
Kortney Bowling, Patricia Browning, Carly Chaffin, Kaylynn Cline, Hillary Coburn, Mariah Dowdy, Melissa Galloway, Helena Hood, Allison
Medical Office Management Student Wins at Nationals
Seniors Kayla Walters and Allie Thomas traveled to Anaheim to compete in the 2015 Business Professional of America National Leadership
Conference. Allie was awarded second in Medical Office Procedure out
of 72 contestants. Students had to showcase advanced medical terminology, medical abbreviations, office procedures, payroll time cards and
other financial aspects, and many challenging production jobs, such as
medical documents and formatting.
Hoover, Brooklyn Lyons, Shian Ramey, Jennifer Reynoso, Heaven Short, Breanna Stevens, Tia Thompson. Electricity – Shylee Barnes, Blaine
Chaney, Jacob Flagg, Dylan McKinley, Stephen Paul, Frank Penix, Shane Snook, Joe Stevens, Ryan Strickland, Dillon Timberlake. Engineering Technology – Tyler Barnett, Wesley Call, Christian Freeman, Caleb Hodge, Zachary Semones, Whitney Steiner. Industrial Maintenance
– Benton Comer, Samuel Crock, Logan Ervin, Richard Hinze, Kevin Hyatt, Cheyenne Jayne, Justin Jones, Ryan Jones, Dalton Kidder, Joshua
Langdon, Raymond Meade, Kevin Nolan, Devan Osborn, Alexander Otworth, John Reynolds, Brandon Riggs, Tylor Rivers, Deanna Smith,
Alexandrea Spears. Information Technology – James Allgood, Keith Blanton, Haley Boggs, Susan Cheek, Robert Gilbert, Connor Jacobs, Mar-
Mrs. Stewart said, “Allie will be able to showcase that she not only won
the regional competition, but has a state and national title in her field,”
Mrs. Stewart also stated, “It means a lot to show employers that you
were a top student in your program. I think she is definitely going to
have some job opportunities.”
cus McGlone, Bryson Richey, Ivy Rowe, Andrew Thery. Masonry – Dennis Conkel, Casey Crusan, Jake Dixon, Michael Hayslip, Josh Lambert, Cody Lewis, Mark Little-Clark, Austin Rideout, Josh Ward.. Medical Office Technology –. Kayla Bailey, Haylee Carr, Hannah Cunningham, Lavana Dace, Allyson Knittel, Kaitlyn Malone, Hailey Meadows, Kimberly Smith, Alexandria Thomas, Danyail Vest, Kayla Walters.
Welding – Jeremiah Barrett, Donald Billetter, Christopher Brannan, Andrew Carpenter, Tristan Clarke, Caleb Cornell, Nathan Crace, John
Journey, Cody Kaveski, Tanner Lambert, Mason Montgomery, Cody Neff, Aaron Neville, Austin Rawlins, Coby Sadler, Tyler Sowards, Cain
Stienecker, Preston Whitt.
Upcoming Events
Completion Ceremony SCCTC will have completion exercises
at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday May 14th on the SCCTC front lawn. In
case of inclement weather, exercises will be held at Portsmouth
High School.
Pictured above, left to
right: Kayla Walters
and Allie Thomas
pose for the camera
preparing to compete.
Last day for juniors May 21st
Junior High Engineering Camp June 1st — 5th
SCCTC Student Activities P.1
Club News P.2
Honor Roll P.3
Senior News P.4
Message from the
Principal
On behalf of the Scioto County Career
Technical Center secondary staff and administration, I want to congratulate our
senior class. We are proud of their accomplishments and wish them the best in their
future endeavors.
We are anticipating great things from the
senior class this fall and excited to welcome our incoming juniors.
Kyle Copley
Principal
Last day for seniors May 11th
Check us out on the Web!
www.sciototech.org
In this issue
Above center: Allie Thomas on stage receiving her
award and far right Allie and Mrs. Stewart pose
with her award.
Scioto County Career Technical Center Looking Forward
We are proud of our student’s achievements and support their continued success!
Ohio SkillsUSA State Conference
O
n Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14th and 15th, forty three SCCTC
students competed, voted, or ran for an office at the 63rd Ohio
SkillsUSA State Conference in Columbus, Ohio. All of the students
represented the SCCTC well. Each event awards its top participants with a
first, second, and third place gold, silver, and bronze medal. The gold
medalists will automatically qualify to compete in the National SkillsUSA
Championship in Louisville, Kentucky June 22nd through the 26th. The
following students were awarded medals in their respective events:
Alexander Otworth, Logan Ervin, Joshua Maggard, and Landon Lozier
(Welding Sculpture) Gold, and Chris Chambers (Building Property
Maintenance Janitorial Skills) Silver. Congratulations to all
participating students.
SCCTC studen ts wh o pla ced in th e Skil ls USA
completion are: Front, left to right, Alexander Otworth,
and Logan Ervin. Back row, Joshua Maggard, Mr. Wells,
Industrial Maintenance Instructor, and Landon Lozier.
Not pictured –Chris Chambers.
Ohio High School Masonry Contest
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Pictured above left: left to right, Dennis Compton, Kane
Traylor, Mr. Moore, Charles Stiltner and Austin Rideout
he SCCTC Masonry students traveled to Akron,
Ohio on March 13th to compete in this one day
skills competition. Twelve schools and thirty-eight
students from Ohio and Pennsylvania attended. Mr.
Moore, Masonry instructor, said, “ This was a great
real life experience. Competing against the best in
Ohio and Pennsylvania taught students the importance of practice and that hard work always pays
off.” Junior student Kane Traylor commented, “It
was a great experience with my classmates and I’m
looking forward to going again next year”.
Teacher Recognition
Student of the Month
Each month students select the
“Teacher of the Month” through an
on-line voting process. Teachers
receive a certificate of recognition
and a $10.00 gas card.
The Scioto County Career Technical
Center teachers nominate students
monthly for “Student of the Month”.
The selection process is based upon
each student’s daily attendance,
classroom and lab performance,
employability skills, and community
service. Students receive a certificate,
$10.00 gas card, and a pizza party at
3rd Nine Weeks Honor Roll
Kim McCray
Kim McCray, Culinary Arts
instructor, was selected for the month
of February. Mrs. McCray received
her Bachelor of Science degree from
Morehead State University and a
Ma st e r’ s De gre e from Marshall
University in Nutrition. This is her
third year employed in our district.
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achael Abrams, Katlyn Adkins, Kirah Adkins, Tyler Barnett,
Kaleb Breech, Patricia Browning, Wesley Call, Christopher
Canter, Christopher Chambers, Andrew Cottrell, Mia Cremeans,
Caitlyn Dyer, Sabrina Hammonds, Tori Hatfield, Daniel Hemming,
Caleb Hodge, Brooklyn Hood, Helena Hood, Allison Hoover, Jerri
Kidder, Joshua Maggard, Briana McGraw, Brandon Meadows,
Sierra Metcalfe, Christopher Palmer, Jennifer Reynoso, Hannah
February
Scarlett Davis, Child Care, Steve
Mullins, Carpentry, and Lindsey
Allen, Allied Health.
Richards, Christina Roberts, Katlyn Slone, Morgan Stitt, and
Brooklyn White.
March
Cody Crabtree,
Criminal Justice
A Honor Roll
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avannah Adams, Austin Adkins, Lindsey Allen, Alexus Allgood, Danielle Baker, Rebecca Bentley, Megan Boatman,
Christopher Brannan, Miranda Burchett, Brooklyn Colley, Jessamyn Collier, Kaitlyn Copas, Hannah Covert, Lavana
Dace, Jacob Darst, Alexandra Dixon, Richard Ellis, Logan Ervin,Stephanie Fitzgerald, Felicia Frasure, Taylor Griffin,
HOSA State Competitors
Michael Hayslip, Christian Howard, Alexis Humble, Connor Jacobs, Christian Jamison, Silver Jenkins, Austin Jones, Ryan
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he HOSA State Competition was held at Tolles CTC in Plain City on March 14th. Our state competitors
were: Kaitlyn King, Job Seeking Skills, Public Health Competitors were: Juniors, Team 1, Justin Hobbs and
Kimberly Lester; Senior Team 1, Derek Howell and Deedrick Perkins, Junior Health Career Display: Team 1,
Katie Hughes and Silver Jenkins. Senior Health Career Display: Team 1, Christon Skaggs and Kim Twinam,
Team 2, Hailey Tolliver and Miranda McDonald, Team 3, Miranda Burchett and Courtney Davis. Health Education, Team 1, Mia Cremeans and Dezaray Little and Alisha Blankenship, Medical Reading. Congratulations to
all participants.
Pictured on the left, left to right: Katie Hughes, Kimberly Lester, and
Justin Hobbs at the HOSA State Conference.
BPA State Leadership Conference
Derek Brown
Our March Teacher of the Month was
Math instructor Derek Brown. Mr.
Brown received his Bachelor of
Science degree from Shawnee State
University in Natural Science and a
Master’s Degree from University of
Cincinnati in Education Leadership.
Mr. Brown has been employed with
the district since 2011.
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Below: Allie, Kayla,
and Mrs. Stewart
arriving in Los
Angeles. On the
left: Ally and Kayla
at the Anaheim
Convention Center.
All A Honor Roll
he BPA State Competition was held on March 12th and 13th
in Columbus. Megan Boatman placed in the top ten in
Administrative Research and Connor Jacobs also placed in the
top ten in Fundamentals of Web Design. Allie Thomas placed
first in Medical Office Procedures and Kayla Walters placed 2nd
in Legal Office Procedures. Allie and Kayla advanced to the
Nationals. The BPA National Leadership and Competitive
Events Conference was held in Anaheim, California on May 6th
through May 9th. See our front page for an update on the
National Contest. Congratulations students!
Pictured on
the left: left to
right are: Kayla
Walters, Megan
Boatman, Connor Jacobs, and
Allie Thomas.
Jones, John Journey, Leeanna Kinker, Jonna Kinney, Tanner Lambert, Amara Lattimore, Dezaray Little, Myrissa Martin,
Marcus McGlone, Steven McGraw, Hayleigh Messer, Gabriel Miller, Mason Montgomery, Brittany Pate, Franklin Penix,
Shayanne Pennington, Dylan Perry, Brooklyn Peterson, Austin Rawlins, Garrett Rawlins, Mackenzie Reed, Allison Rife,
Gabrielle Robinson, Cortney Scarberry, Zachary Semones, Cody Shepherd, Steven Stanley, Briana Sweet, Stephen Swords,
Brenten Tackett, Jacob Tackett, Alexandria Thomas, Tyler Thompson, Dillon Timberlake, Erika Wagner, Kayla Walters,
Dallas Ward, Bethany White, Preston Whitt, and Curtis Williams.
SCCTC National Honor Society
Scioto County Career Technical Center National Honor Society held their annual induction ceremony on May 1st. This year we awarded Jennifer Reynoso with this outstanding achievement.
Nathan Duke
Nathan Duke, Social Studies teacher,
was selected for the month of May. In
addition to his teaching responsibilities Mr. Duke also directs the district’s
intramural sports program and is our
disc jockey for prom. Mr. Duke has
been employed by the district since
2007.
To be eligible a student must have a lab grade of an
“A” for each grading period, a grade of “B-” or better in in all other classes, no disciplinary actions,
membership and participation in a school association, no more than three absences per semester and
be nominated by their career technical instructor.
Pictured above are Mr. Copley, Principal,
Jennifer Reynoso, this years honoree, and Ms.
Sarah Bell, National Honor Society advisor.
April
Sheila Horsley, Allied Health, Leanna
Kinker, Child Care, Dustin Collins,
Masonry, and Rachael Abrams, Dental
Assisting.
SKILLSUSA GOLF SCRAMBLE
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he SKILLSUSA GOLF SCRAMBLE was
held May 9th at 3:00 p.m. at The Elks
Country Club. The entry fee was $220 which
included a Scioto Ribber dinner, door prizes,
longest drive, closest to the pin and longest
putt prizes. 1st place will received $500 and
2nd place received $200 along with individual
plaques awarded to the 1st place team. There
was an optional Skins Game held as well as a
$10,000 hole-in-one prize.