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Published March 05, 2009 10:31 am - With spring approaching, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School students and staff have been busy as bees. Each program is focusing on regional and state competitions, with seniors also working on completing courses for their upcoming graduation. Lab instructors have been preparing for makeup visitations for those students that could not attend 10th grade visitations earlier in the year. ACJVS hosts Skills USA regional competition Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School with LEANN SWIFT & HALEY ARTMAN Star Beacon JEFFERSON — With spring approaching, Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School students and staff have been busy as bees. Each program is focusing on regional and state competitions, with seniors also working on completing courses for their upcoming graduation. Lab instructors have been preparing for makeup visitations for those students that could not attend 10th grade visitations earlier in the year.
Students also have been studying hard for the Ohio Graduation Test that will be taken the week of March 16. Makeup tests will be administered the following week. “About 220 students still have to pass the OGTs,” said Brian Kimmel, OGT organizer. “The passage rate for the fall test was very good, and a lot of the kids were very close to passing but were off by just a few points.” Students who have already passed all portions of the test will be able to sleep in the week of the tests as they will not need to report to school until fourth period each day. This past weekend, more than 500 students from 14 different schools from eight counties attended the regional Skills USA competitions hosted this year by ACJVS. Skills USA is the largest vocational skills youth club in the country, and Ohio has the largest number of members. ACJVS staff members and student ambassadors helped by judging, coordinating, supervising students, tallying scores and showing visiting students to their competition sites. More than 27 competitions were held. “I feel this club has had a great deal to do with the professional growth of our students,” said Gilda McQuoid, ACJVS Skills USA coordinator. Early Child Care Education seniors have been busy working on a child abuse prevention course. This month, Cheryl Edwards and Karen Whittington came to the ACJVS to instruct students on the topic. The seniors were able to learn different aspects of child abuse from watching a Power Point presentation, and then they were split into groups to play a game. “They learned what to look for and where to report cases,” said Christina Sisk, Early Child Care Education instructor. “The class was very emotional,” said seniors Alicia Harmon, Amanda Gibson, Kelly Hemminger and Kayla Bunea. They agreed that it is very helpful to be able to be able to spot a possible case by knowing where to look for signs. Along with special programs like the above, early childhood students take part in the following classes: first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and communicable diseases. In their two-year program, ECE students learn to find educational activities, plan lessons and present them and create bulletin boards. Additionally, they work with preschool students three days per week. “My students enjoy working with kids. What they do is tough, and it can hit home but they enjoy it,” said Sisk. This week the second blood mobile drive of the year is being held. Mary Bettcher, Health Care Technologies instructor, said it is expected that at least 200 students will have contributed to the cause, including some 20 double donors. “I like the experience of helping with the blood drive even though I get sick watching, said Christina Moore, junior HCT student. “It’s a great experience and everyone who can should donate blood.” Students who do participate are being treated to a pizza party in the near future. Finally, speaking of parties, all ACJVS students with perfect attendance for the first semester are being treated this week to a luncheon with the principal, Jon Whipple. 
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