The public is invited to attend the 54th annual Four County Career Center’s Building Trades Open House on May 19 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  During this past year, 100 high school students at the Career Center have assisted with the construction of the 84th new home as part of their career training. 

Curtis Miller, Carpentry instructor, and the senior Carpentry classes did the general construction of the home including exterior finish, interior, and drywall finish, for Phil Rupp.  It is located at 328 Miller Avenue in Archbold.

The Rupp home is a single story ranch with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, great room, kitchen, and a full basement along with a two car garage.  The outside of the home is covered in stone and vinyl siding .

Scott Williams, senior Electrical instructor, and his class did the low voltage, data communications, service and finish electrical wiring for the home.  Installation of the water supply, drainage, and inside plumbing was done by the senior Mechanical Systems & Piping class with instructor Steve Steingass.  The Interior Design students and their instructor, Lisa Hall, painted the interior walls and ceilings.

Students at the Career Center build one house each school year.  The home building project is part of the high school curriculum in the Construction Trades programs.

    Four County Career Center’s 55th annual Senior Recognition Day will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2024 starting at 9:00 a.m. at the school.  The ceremony will also be broadcast LIVE through the Career Center website at www.fourcounty.net starting at 8:40 a.m.

    Certificates marking the completion of their career training will be awarded to 445 seniors, scholarship award winners will be announced, and Outstanding Senior Awards will be presented during the ceremonies.

    Career Passports containing the student’s Resume, class competencies listing skills learned at the Career Center, student’s grades and attendance data, will be presented to each senior.  Career Passports are awarded to all Ohio Career Center program completers for the purpose of providing each student with a set of credentials that can be presented to an employer when seeking employment.

    Rick Bachman, Director of Career & Technical Education, is in charge of the ceremony.  Seven seniors will be assisting with the program - Jenae Kinsman (Archbold) Law Enforcement & Security Tactics, will be leading the Pledge of Allegiance with the assistance of the Military; Samuel Haley (Pettisville) Auto Collision Repair, Dakota Simonis (Fairview) Culinary Arts Management, and Audrey Honeck (Patrick Henry) Fire & Rescue, will be announcing student achievement activities.  Gabriella Rodriguez (Archbold) Cosmetology, Allie Nelson (Hicksville) Early Childhood Education, and Izack Badenhop (Patrick Henry) Business & Financial Services, were chosen as class speakers for the event.

Thirteen students from Four County Career Center placed in the top ten in the 2024 HOSA - Future Health Professionals State Conference which was held at the Glass City Center in Toledo and Brooklyn Fry and Sofia Rodriguez have qualified to compete in the HOSA International Leadership Conference with the theme “Dare to Create” in Houston, Texas.  These Career Center students will join other HOSA students from across the nation to participate in national-level skill competitions, workshops, and general sessions June 26-29, 2024.

Contest winners include (FRONT - LEFT TO RIGHT) Jazlyn Nelson (Evergreen) CPR/First Aid; Sophie Croninger (Wauseon) Medical Assisting; Lindsay Stumbo (Defiance) Personal Care; Sofia Rodriguez (Evergreen) Personal Care - will be competing at Nationals; Madison Kollar (Fairview) CPR/First Aid; Alivya Fry (Montpelier) Interviewing Skills; (BACK - LEFT TO RIGHT) Trista Bond (Hicksville) Phlebotomy; Dalani Woods (Liberty Center) Medical Assisting; Brooklyn Fry (Patrick Henry) Nursing Assisting - will be competing at Nationals; Justin Sierra (Pettisville) Home Health Aide; Olivia Sifuentes (Holgate) Healthy Living; and Halle Six (Bryan) Job Seeking Skills.  Absent from the photo is Piper Lacey (Defiance) Clinical Specialty.

Four County Career Center’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Early Childhood Education student, Allie Nelson (Hicksville) placed first in the Language and Literacy Development contest at the State FCCLA  Leadership Conference in Columbus. The FCCLA participants are challenged to complete a project in their area of career and technical training within a specified time period while being scored by a panel of judges.  All of the FCCLA students who competed did an outstanding job in their respective competitions.