Theirs may not have been the conventional approach toward graduation, but earning a career technical certificate of completion provided greater depth to their education than a more traditional high school experience, student speakers asserted Wednesday during convocation at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center.
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Senior Liam Smith addresses his peers Wednesday during convocation at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. SLIDESHOW PHOTO: Students make their way down Campbell Hill Wednesday ahead of convocation at the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. (EXAMINER PHOTOS | NATE SMITH) |
“We chose a different path for high school than a lot of other students, but it was a path that allowed us to pursue a job, a career or maybe even something that we love,” said student speaker Liam Smith, a culinary arts student from Graham High School.
Liam went on to say that an Ohio Hi-Point education prepares students to meet the challenges they face after high school.
“Keep swimming through whatever life throws at you,” he said.
For another student speaker, the depth provided by career technical education reminded him of a popular animated movie series.
“I’ll begin today by quoting words from ‘Shrek,’” said Brett Rappold, an allied health and nursing student from Riverside High School. “Shrek said that ogres are like onions because onions have layers, and ogres have layers.
“Education should have layers, too, and that’s what Ohio Hi-Point offers us.”
Liam, Brett and two other student speakers, Alec Finch and Taylor Tinsley each thanked Hi-Point teachers and administrators for taking an active role in students’ education.
Each student speaker said they believe they now have a jumpstart on their post-high school plans because of the hands-on experience and insight they acquired while attending Hi-Point.
Hi-Point students earned career technical certificates of completion in one of a number of programs of study, including: Allied health and nursing; animal management technology; auto collision technology; auto services; auto technology; cosmetology; culinary arts; diesel technology; early childhood education; electronics engineering; multimedia marketing; outdoor careers; printing and graphic arts; structural construction; mechanical construction; and welding.
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