2015 Kankakee Area Career

Center Student Recognition Night

Welcome

Don Fay, KACC Director

Emcees

Bosa Goodale, Principal

AndDon FayDirector

Kankakee Area Career Center“Preparing Students for Tomorrow”

98% Student Attendance Increasing Enrollment Industry numbers Certifications Senior Portfolios Dual Credit SKILLS USA

Lincoln Technical Scholarships

First Place $12,000

Kenton RobinsonKankakee High

School

Second Place $10,000

Jacob Sauter, Beecher High

School

Third Place, $9,000

Tyler RobinsonCentral High

School

SkillsUSA Champions at Work

Advisors: Christopher Morse, Melinda Studer and Danielle Jacques 

KACC Champions at State Conference

SkillsUSA State Results

29 students attending from KACC 15 students with “Top Ten” Ranking 2 Gold, 5 Silver or 1 Bronze Medals 2 students have the opportunity to

continue on to the National Competition in June, 2015

SkillsUSA State Winners

Fifth Place • Nurse Assisting – Jessica Ackman – Beecher H.S.

SkillsUSA State Winners

Third Place

Nurse Assisting Taylor Manley – Herscher H.S.

Architectural Drafting Board Tyler Robison –

Central H.S.

SkillsUSA State Winners

Second Place Crime Scene

Investigation Team

Kiara Fields – Herscher H.S. Trey Potts – Central H.S. Alexus Walker – Watseka

H.S.

SkillsUSA State Winners

Second Place Nail Care● Courtney Friedericks – Manteno Model, Jade Dunn - Manteno

SkillsUSA State Winners

Second Place

Collision Repair Technology Jacob Sauter – Beecher High School

SkillsUSAFirst Place Finishes

Collision Repair TechnologyKenton Robinson, Kankakee H.S.

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SkillsUSAFirst Place Finishes

.Nurse AssistingTai-leigh Schlaich, Herscher H.S.

SkillsUSA – State Winners

SkillsUSA!

KCC Technical Scholarship

Presented by:Jeff Hammes

President, Peoples Bank of Kankakee Co. KCC Foundation Board Member

Kankakee Community College

KCC Technical Scholarship$1,000 Each

Miguel Quintino Kankakee High School Auto Technology

Yanely Beltran-Moreno St. Anne High School

Medical Terminology

Students of the Year by Course $50 Award

Presented by

KACC Instructors

Auto Technology Bob Strand and Assistant Greg Rorabaugh

Tyler Fortin

Herscher H.S.

Child Development/Preschool Jennifer Leighter-Yeates andAssistant Danielle Jacques

Jacqueline AndradeKankakee H.S.

Collision RepairChris Morse

Jacob SauterBeecher High School

Computer Technology Shawn Balling &Lucas Papineau

Michael Adduci

Beecher H.S.

Construction Technology Doug Enz & Jeff Umphrey

Justin SelveyMomence High School

CosmetologyGloria Alcantar, Melinda Studer &

Washania Jones

Mackenzie Schuler

Watseka High School

Drafting + 3D Design Steve Kelley

Felipe RamirezIroquois West High School

Fire/Rescue Edward Leeson

Austin CoyneHerscherHigh School

C.N.A. Training & Medical Terminology/Basic Health Skills

Kaye Lemenager, Judy Krause, Quteta Rodgers

Emily HornManteno

High School

Law Enforcement Don Barber and Assistant Josh Martin

Tiffanie Williamsen Beecher High School

Welding Mike Spanglerand Assistant Terry Erickson

Mitchell GeisterHerscher High School

KACC Learning Center Scholarships

InstructorsMichael DeBettaNancy Ryan

KACC Learning Center Scholarships $250 Each

Samantha Myers – Beecher H.S. Paige Prater – Donovan H.S. Ivan Zavala – Kankakee H.S.

Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarships

Presented to Law Enforcement students by Don Barber, Instructorand Josh Martin, Assistant.

Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarships $250 Each

Yasmin Andrade, Iroquois West H.S. The Justin Honeycutt Scholarship Bourbonnais Police Department Thadeus Smith, Central H.S. The Anthony Samfay Scholarship Kankakee City Police Department

Rachel Vandergiff, Manteno H.S. The Timothy Bukowski Scholarship Kankakee County Sheriff’s Dept.

Tiffanie Williamsen, Beecher H.S. The Wilfred Lewis Scholarship Bradley Police Department

4th Place $250 each

Spaulding/ Lawrence Memorial ScholarshipsJemiya Bates Child Dev./Preschool Kankakee H.S.

Alexis Moffitt Medical Terminology Beecher H.S.

3rd Place $500

Each

Spaulding/ Lawrence Memorial Scholarships

Emily Horn Manteno H.S.

Medical Terminology

Trey Potts Central H.S. Law Enforcement

2nd Place $750

Each

Spaulding/ Lawrence Memorial ScholarshipsKiara Fields Herscher H.S. Law Enforcement

Mitchell Geister Herscher H.S. Welding

1st Place $1000

Nicholas Adams Welding TechnologyHerscher/Homeschool

Spaulding/ Lawrence Memorial Scholarships

Third Place$ 350 Scholarship

Tiffanie Williamsen Law Enforcement

Beecher H.S.

AustinCoyne Fire & RescueHerscher H.S.

SECOND PLACE$ 700 Scholarship

Tyler FortinAuto Technology

Herscher High School

Student of the Year 2015

$ 1,200 Scholarship

to……..

KACC 2015Student of the

Year Mitchell GeisterWelding

Herscher H.S.

On behalf of the faculty and staff of the

Kankakee Area Career Center

Good Luck to all our seniors!Please stop by and see us next year and let us know how you’re doing!

KANKAKEE AREA CAREER CENTER

Preparing Students for Tomorrow