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Mount Vernon, OH – The Knox County Career Center (KCCC) will host Open House &First Chance Application Night on Thursday, November 20th from 4:30-6:30 pm. This event will be open to the public. Business partners, alumni, and communitymembers, along with current students and their families, will be in attendance. Additionally,current sophomores and juniors from our associate schools, along with their …
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“KCCC’s Student Services Department Awarded RAMP Up Ohio Award”
Mount Vernon, OH – The Knox County Career Center’s (KCCC) Student ServicesDepartment was awarded the 2025 Ohio School Counselor Association (OSCA) RAMP Up OhioAward at the Ohio School Counselor Conference. KCCC was one of two schools to earn thisaward. Derek Fisher, HS Principal over Student Services, commented, “Congratulations to Mrs.Nowicki & Mrs. Bush (our school counselors) for being awarded the …
Read More »KCCC’s Landscape Management & Design Program Finishes in 3rd Place at OGIA’s at Ohio High School Landscape Olympics
Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center’s (KCCC) Landscape Design &Management program won 3rd place at the 10th Annual 2025 Ohio Green IndustryAssociation’s (OGIA) Ohio High School Landscape Olympics (OHLO), which was held at OhioState University Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster. KCCC’s Landscape Olympics is coming off a 2nd place finish in the OHLO in 2024 afterearning back-to-back 1st …
Read More »“KCCC’s FFA Ag Soils Team Finishes in First Place at District Event”
Mount Vernon, OH – KCCC’s FFA Ag Soils team finished in first place at the districtevent, which was held at a farm in Fairfield County. The Ag Soils team consisted of WestonBostic, Galen Ruprecht, Charley Beheler, Ethan Hurlow, and Jaxon Plumly. Bostic finished individually in 2nd place overall and Ruprecht finished in 3rd placeoverall. The Ag Soils team will compete …
Read More »“KCCC Adds Security Measures in Children’s Garden ”
Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center (KCCC) experienced vandalism thepast two summers in the Children’s Garden. These acts of vandalism prompted KCCC to pursuemore extensive security measures in order to keep the Children’s Garden open. KCCC appliedfor grants to receive funding for the security measures and received $7,000 from the KnoxCounty Foundation, and $2,500 from the Knox County …
Read More »“Four KCCC Students Earn On Track with HVAC Status”
Mount Vernon, OH- The Knox County Career Center HVAC program recognized fourstudents who earned “On Track with HVAC” status. Mason Flack, Clayton Vance, Josiah Colon,and Logan Miller all completed the necessary requirements to earn “On Track with HVAC”status. “On Track with HVAC” is a program generated by Brad Schmidt, HVAC instructor atKCCC, and the KCCC HVAC Advisory Committee. In order …
Read More »“Ten KCCC Students Earn Building Trades Elite Status”
Mount Vernon, OH- The Knox County Career Center Building Trades programrecognized ten students who earned the status of “Building Trades Elite.” “Building Trades Elite” (BT Elite) is a program generated by Colby Clippinger, formerKCCC Building Trades instructor, and the KCCC Building Trades Advisory Council that began in2019-2020. Joe Stallard, KCCC’s new Building Trades instructor, will continue the BT Eliteprogram. The …
Read More »“KCCC Students Excel at National Collegiate Landscape Competition in Colorado”
Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center (KCCC) students in LandscapeDesign & Management competed in the National Collegiate Landscape Competition at ColoradoState University that was held March 17-22. KCCC was 1 of 2 high schools that competed in theevent with over 50 schools and 700 competitors. Charley Beheler placed 21st in Compact Excavator. Hudson Henry placed 25th inCompact Track …
Read More »“KCCC Students Excel at SkillsUSA State Competition”
Mount Vernon, OH – The SkillsUSA State Competition was held in Columbus, Ohio onMarch 18th & 19th at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The SkillsUSA State Competition brings over 5,000 competitors, business and industrypartners, instructors, and vendors together in over 100 contests in all 16 Career Pathways toshowcase Career and Technical Education in Ohio. KCCC had 17 students who competed …
Read More »“KCCC’s Kennedy Auker Awarded National Scholarship”
Mount Vernon, OH – The National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundationannounced their annual national scholarships at the National Collegiate Landscape Competitionat Colorado State University. Kennedy Auker, a senior in Landscape Design & Management, was awarded the $1,000Stephen Hillenmeyer Landscape Services Scholarship. Auker said, “Receiving the Stephen Hillenmeyer Landscape Services Scholarship,presented by the National Association of Landscape Professionals, is an incredible …
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