This week, the OVCTC Ag Business program is spotlighting our CTC students who are actively involved in the Brown County Fair this week. Wyatt Manning, Avery Reynolds, and Landon Anderson. Wyatt will be exhibiting in an upcoming sheep showmanship class and a market and breeding class as well. Avery won grand champion prospect steer in the open cattle show and won the senior division in beef showmanship. Landon placed second in his market hog class, 5th in swine showmanship, and 3rd with his breeding gilt. Still a few days left and we look forward to a great performance from these three young men.
The OVCTC Construction Technology program has done a great job of building this 12 x 20 foot shed for a customer during the first 6 weeks of school!
The Adams County Ohio Valley School District will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 30th at 10:30am at the District Exceptional Education Building 1221 Lloyd Road, West Union. The purpose of the hearing is to gather public input on Federal ARP IDEA funding for the district.
The fall is a busy time for our OVCTC Ag Mechanics students. Whether it is participating in derby races, tractor pulls, quad races, driving a horse drawn wagon for the corn maze, etc… the CTC Motorsports Club is very busy!
Congratulations to OVCTC Welding Senior, AJ Frye, for being named West Union Football Homecoming King!
After a rain delay on Wednesday the Ohio Valley FFA was able to attend the Farm Science review this past Thursday. The students were surrounded with Agriculture.
The OVCTC CNC Machining program’s Lucas Roush took the skills he learned in lab to create a placard with his soccer & baseball number. This was programmed and cut out on the Haas VF3 CNC vertical milling center in the lab!
OVCTC Early Childhood Education students Kaylee Richmond and Alexis Palmer are shown working with preschool and kindergarten students on name recognition and letter identification skills. These small group activities help young students strengthen the foundational skills needed for reading and writing. Thanks to the staff at West Union Elementary for continuing to provide these wonderful opportunities for our ECE students.
Daulton Mcdonald, a senior in the Ag Mechanics program from Manchester High School, was recently profiled in The Defender! Check out the link below. Congratulations, Daulton!!!
https://www.peoplesdefender.com/2021/09/18/senior-profile-daulton-mcdonald-manchester-high-school/
The OVCTC was excited to see the Culinary Arts Program opening the Career Cafe multiple days this week serving students & staff!
The OVCTC hosted a representative from Icon Shears today. The motivational speaker and scissor guru visited our Cosmetology class to educate our students on how shears are made and the different types! The program loved having Sam - she’s a great motivational speaker! Icon Shears provides quality informative, yet fun educational classes and quality products at discounted prices.
The class included information on:
*Differences in metals
*Each component of the shears
*Blades: Serrated, Beveled, Semi Convex, and Full Convex
*Ergonomic design and comfort
*Different finishes, like Titanium
*How to select a shear
*Shear maintenance
The students received certificates of completion and also door prizes.
The Adams County Ohio Valley School District will hold their Regular Board of Education Meeting this evening Monday September 20, 2021, at the OVCTC beginning at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be also be streamed on the District’s YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/l8GyCm9eb_s
The OVCTC Culinary Arts Program was working hard this week to get all the potatoes ready for the Seaman Fall Festival!
The OVCTC Ag Mechanics students worked on torch activities this week.
The OVCTC is very proud of these Ag Mechanics students as they pass the first of many certifications. These students earned the “My Career Tech Shop Safety Certificate”.
Thank you to Crum Farms for demonstrating the use of drone technology to apply cover crop seed, fungicide, herbicide, etc…. for our Ag Business & Ag Mechanics students. Joseph & Kamden Crum are 2020 graduates and participated in the OVCTC Ag Business program!
Congratulations to our OVCTC members for the month of September! Terry Fletcher (Fuzz) Senior in Ag Mechanics, and Wyatt Manning, Junior in Ag Business.
These members are selected by the FFA Officer team for their involvement in FFA activities and school performance.
Congratulations to you both!
Thank you to the West Union Dairy Queen for providing Dilly Bars for all of our Beef BBQ volunteers / workers! With our tremendous community support, we were able to serve over 2800 meals!
Please join the OVCTC for the Jr. Fair Beef BBQ on Thursday, September 2nd. The students in the Ag. Mechanics, Ag. Business & Culinary Arts programs have worked hard this week to prepare for the event!
We are Hiring Substitutes in all areas. If you are interested please obtain an application from our district website. Mail to or hand deliver the application along with a copy of your transcripts or High School Diploma to 141 Lloyd Road, West Union, OH 45693.
