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What's Happening at the Warren County Career Center

November 22, 2024

WCCC Welcomes over 2,000 students for Sophomore Explore

Annual event brings students from around the county to see WCCC

On Thursday and Friday over 2,000 sophomore students from Little Miami, Kings, Franklin, Waynesville, Springboro, and Lebanon high schools visited the Warren County Career Center to learn about the options for career-technical education. Student ambassadors came to visit the sophomores at their home schools earlier this month and students picked programs that they wanted to see and learn more about. During the Sophomore Explore event the sophomores went to the labs they were interested in, on Main and Atrium campuses, and were able to meet current students, talk to instructors, and see some of what happens in the lab.

“WCCC is a special place,” said Main Campus Director Ron Corradini. “I love that we get to show so many students that there’s another option for them, a place that may be a better fit for them and what they want to do with their life.”

Sophomores visiting the culinary lab were able to roll dough balls for baking. When they visited the fire science lab they were able to try on gear, do a dummy drag, and learn forcible entry. In the pre-nursing labs, students were able to use a simulator to see if they could draw blood. Students who were unable to attend Sophomore Explore, want to explore more labs, or want to revisit labs with their parents are invited to our Open House on December 5th from 4:00-7:30 PM.

Applications Open Today for 2025-26 School Year

At 3:00 PM on Friday, November 22nd, applications for sophomores wishing to attend WCCC for their junior year will open. Students can visit apply.mywccc.org to submit their application. As in years past, students will be accepted based on a lottery and students are encouraged to apply by December 31st for the best chance of getting accepted into their first-choice program. Applying is not a guarantee of admission or attending WCCC, and decisions on acceptance will be communicated in January. For more information on the acceptance process or to apply, click HERE.

WCCC Board Member Named to All-Ohio School Board

Last week at the Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference, the vice president of the Warren County Career Center Board of Education, Bobbie Grice, was named to the All-Ohio School Board. As the most esteemed award from the OSBA, Bobbie was selected as the representative from the Southwest Region. She has been on our board of education for two decades as our representative from Little Miami Local Schools and we are thankful for her support of the Career Center and career-technical education.

“I’ve had the privilege of knowing and working with Bobbie for years and years, and there are few people who are as committed to doing what’s best for our kids than her,” said Career Center Superintendent Joel King. The Career Center Board of Education is a seven member board with one member from each of our partner schools and one additional member from one partner district that serves on a rotating basis in order to have an odd number of members.

Springboro Salsa War Crowns King

Mrs. Harris' Global Foods Class Competes

Global Foods students in the Satellite program at Springboro High School recently completed a Where in the World International project. Students were given a traditional recipe of a country and tasked with tracing the ingredients to determine if they were native or came to their country via the trade routes. Then students participated in a Salsa War where the 24 groups created a salsa recipe with one of their native ingredients. Springboro and WCCC staff judged the salsas in a taste test and the group which had the highest rating earned the title of Champion. The winning group made a mango salsa using ingredients native to the Pacific Islands. Congrats Connor Singleton, Marlena Volz, Elena Monzon, and Ava Wade!