|
For the fourth consecutive year, 100% of the students that sat for
the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam passed the test.
Congratulations to Mrs. Lauren Touma (instructor), as well as Mrs.
Katie Bowars and Mrs. Christi Wingate (clinical instructors), and to
all 38 students!
|
|
Eleven Early Childhood Care and
Education students have completed the Level 1 Illinois Child Care
Resource and Referral training materials and will be receiving their
Level ECCE credential.
Students who have earned the credential now have more employment
opportunities at licensed centers and preschools, as well as school
districts, get more funding by hiring people with the Level 1
credential. In addition, seniors with this credential are now
eligible to have up to 90% of their college tuition paid if they
start at the community college level.
|
|
Students in the BACC Computerized Architectural Design and Civil
Engineering classes are working on Bloomington’s West Market Street
corridor.
Most of the work has taken place in
the computer lab, using aerial photography as a reference.
The teams of students have been given the task of improving the
streetscapes as well as the task of coming up with a development
concept for the large acreage
across from two major retailers,
Walmart and Farm & Fleet.
|
|
Heartland Community College presented Sara Roper from
NCHS the Heartland Presidential Scholarship and Cory Phelps from BHS
the Shelly Weidenbenner Scholarship. |
|
All CISCO
students received their letters of completion for both semesters. |
|
Twelve
Automotive Technology students are continuing their studies in the
industry at various
post-secondary vocational/technical training centers. A former
Automotive Technology student
returned to BACC as a guest speaker for the
Automotive Class.
During
his presentation, he
informed the class of the
accomplishments that he has had, as a result of completing the BACC
Automotive
Tech program and that he was planning on continuing on to
post-secondary training.
Among
his accomplishments, he has built a diesel motor for competition and
has been asked to
build a tractor motor for a
Fall 09 competition.
|
|
Fifty-nine students from BACC competed at the 45th Annual Illinois
SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Springfield, IL.
bringing home 13 medals. The CSI team from the Criminal Justice
class finished 5th place in SkillsUSA Competition, this was the same
team that placed
18th in SkillsUSA last year.
Jennifer
Mudd, Ashley Bryan (3D Visualization), Sara Roper (Nursing)
and Shelby Fleming (Cosmetology) qualified for the SkillsUSA
National Competition in
Kansas City, MO.
Sara
Roper received 4th place in Nationals for Nursing.
|
|
97% of the Senior Employment Prep students will be continuing their education at a
community
college or a four-year university. 100%
of the second-year Employment Prep students
successfully completed dual credit through Heartland Community
College.
|
|
Twelve students from the Criminal Justice program will be continuing
their education in Criminal Justice at various colleges in the area.
|
|
The
Building Trades class completed a house in cooperation with Habitat
for Humanity on
Maple Street in Bloomington.
|
|
93
% of the Cosmetology Students are continuing their education at
various colleges in the Cosmetology field.
|
|
Over 2,000 8th
graders attended the 2nd Career and Technical Education Festival,
and over 400
community members attended the evening Community Open House, held at
the Interstate
Center.
Students
were exposed to career opportunities and business professionals in
all programs
through job shadowing experiences, guest speakers, and field trips.
|
|
Twenty-nine students were inducted into the BACC Technical Honor
Society.
|
|
Michael Ater
from the Digital Media Class obtained an Internship from CTB. Inc,
and plans to
attend ISU or SIU and major in
Graphic Arts and Advertising.
|
|
In
May, ninty-three students were recognized for various
accomplishments at the BACC Evening
of Recognition ceremony.
Dayton
Remmers, from NCWHS received a scholarship to continue
his education, in pursuit of a degree in Technology.
|
|
The National Rotary selected eight students to recognize for
citizenship, leadership
and scholarship.
Sara
Roper received a $750.00 scholarship from the Rotary.
|
|
A Culinary student had the support of his local community, as he was
able to purchase all of his needed
cooking supplies and uniform for a competition he qualified to
compete in at the state level in Commercial Baking.
He
was able to purchase these items from donations given to him after
an article in his local newspaper featured him as a student with a
goal of going on to culinary school and majoring in baking and
pastry.
While
he didn't place the the top three at the competition,
his attitude was not faltered and he is now currently enrolled
full-time in the culinary program
at Illinois Central College.
|
|
|
|
|
