We are very excited to announce the opening of our North Campus in Kenton, located at the former Eastcrest Elementary School. Read more about this exciting step for Ohio Hi-Point in this edition of the newsletter!

We also continue to expand college credit agreements with colleges and universities, which allow both our high-school and adult education students to earn credits while completing our career training programs.  Now more than ever, the cost-savings of this “jump start” on higher education is critical to moving students of all ages with limited resources on to the next step in their career pathways.

And, if that weren’t enough to celebrate, we’re very proud that one of our own—Frank Drain, Aviation Occupations teacher at our South Campus (Grimes Field in Urbana)—has been named the 2010 New Career and Technical Teacher of the Year. Read more about Frank's accomplishment in the newsletter!

Welcome to the first issue of the new Hi-Lites e-newsletter! Our goal is to keep you informed about the latest happenings at Ohio Hi-Point Career Center.

This month's Hi-Lites includes information about our new Kenton North campus, a big award for one our our instructors, a visit from State Senator Karen Gillmor, an Alumni & Friends fundraiser and College in the Classroom opportunities. Read on for more information.

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Less than one year after opening a branch campus in Urbana, Ohio Hi-Point Career Center signed a three-year lease agreement with Kenton City Schools to open a new North Campus location at the Eastcrest Elementary School site, located at 409 Madison Avenue.

"We are very excited to announce the opening of our North Campus in Kenton," offered Superintendent Kim Davis. "Our initial program offering at this site will be our Adult Education Practical Nursing Program.  This now completes our 'network of opportunity' for healthcare training with programs provided in Logan, Champaign, Union, and now Hardin Counties—bringing training close to home for busy adults seeking to gain competitive skills for one of the fastest growing sectors of the job market." Read More>>>

Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Aviation Occupations Satellite Instructor Frank Drain has been named the Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher by the Ohio Association of Career and Technical Education.  Drain, who is in his fourth year teaching the program, will officially receive the award during the Ohio ACTE Annual Conference held in Columbus in July. The Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher Award is given to an educator to recognize their significant contributions to programs and career-tech education, as well as being fairly new to the field.

“I was surprised, especially since I feel my peers are certainly more deserving than I am,” said Drain.  “Special thanks go to my teaching mentor Judy Fletcher [Marysville Satellite Teaching Professions Academy Instructor]. Also, Ohio Hi-Point's administration has shown a great deal of vision by offering this unique program to high school students.” Read More>>>

State Senator Karen Gillmor, representing the 26th District of Ohio, visited the campus of Ohio Hi-Point Career Center in Bellefontaine on April 12.  Gillmor toured the district led by Daniel McCully (Health Technology, Riverside) and Ashley Bisel (Business Administration Technology, Triad), both student ambassadors in the high school.

Senator Gillmor visited several labs, including Animal Management, Information Technology, Business Administration Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Architectural and Mechanical Design and Automotive Collision Technology, where she saw the new state-of-the-art paint booth students have the opportunity to learn within thanks to partial funding by the Dr. Earl Sloan Foundation. Students in Electronics Engineering Technology showcased a robotics project they were working on and demonstrated to her how it worked.  Senator Gillmor also learned more about the high school's college credit agreements in place with various colleges and universities, which allows students at Hi-Point to earn credit while in high school. Read More>>>

Ohio Hi-Point Career Center's Alumni and Friends Association is raising funds to benefit its new scholarship fund.  The organization is selling Ohio Hi-Point Career Center t-shirts, "hoodie" sweatshirts and polo shirts to raise money for high school and adult education scholarships.  The sale is underway and all orders must be turned in on or before May 1.

"As we continue to grow and expand our Association, we are focused on our core mission, which is to provide scholarships for students enrolled in Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s high school and adult education programs," said Perry Payne, president of the Association. Read More>>>

“This is a wonderful opportunity for students to experience college-level classes in a high school environment.  I'm so proud of all the students who take the steps necessary to advance their education,” said Donna Atkinson, who oversees the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Business Satellite programming hosted at Graham High School. “With the workforce being so competitive and job scarce, this is something that might give our students the edge over their competition and hopefully get them started on a path to life-long learning and a rewarding career.” Read More>>>