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The 1st Annual Courtney Kidd Scholarship Fund
The Courtney Kidd Scholarship Fund awards a scholarship top a college-bound high school senior at the Kankakee Area Career Center who plans on attending college to purse a degree in Early Childhood Education. A little background on Courtney: In her lifetime she underwent a total of 7 heart surgeries, a traumatic brain bleed and stroke at the age of 12, as well as a heart and liver transplant. In 2020, she passed away from live . . .
The Alice Argyelan Scholarship
The first annual Alice Argyelan Scholarship is now taking applications until April 15th, 2022. The primary purpose of the Kankakee Area Career Center (KACC) is to meet the advanced career and tehcnical education needs of the regional high school students. Frequently, the phrase, or mantra used is "Learn Then Earn." Learn then Earn is what each student who attends KACC is challenged to do. It is only when . . .
KACC Student Scholarship Program
Application Due Date April 22, 2022
19 Years of Scholarships! Kankakee Area Career Center continues to support KACC graduating students to continue their education and training beyond high school through its annual KACC Student Scholarship Program. Thanks to technology, students will continue to apply submitting their applications and electronic portfolio by emailing Ms. Gorecki at goreckia@kacc.org no later than April 22, . . .
Congratulations to 2022 National Technical Honor Society Students
The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is an educational non-profit that exists to honor, recognize, and empower students and teachers in Career & Technical Education. More than 4,500 schools and colleges are affiliated with the Society. Since its founding in 1984, NTHS has awarded over $2 million in scholarships to remarkable CTE students nationwide. NTHS works in partnership with other national . . .
Current Highlights
TeamKACC 2020 to Compete at SkillsUSA
Plan Prepare Execute
Skills USA ’s mission is “to empower members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American Citizens.” How nicely this fits with KACC’s motto: Preparing Students for Tomorrow! . . . read more
Engineering and Design
The Engineering and Design program at the Career Center is a two-year program offered to juniors and seniors. Even though this course is constructed around a two-year curriculum, sometimes students can only fit one year into . . . read more
Take a Minute Update - A Fresh Look
When we come across an informative and interesting article or video, we will post a link within this short article. Since this particular article will be updated as we come across fresh, well stated information, please visit our website and check in once in a while to access a link or two. . . . read more
Construction Technology
Course Description
Students in Construction Technology build and maintain structures ranging from rough scaffolds, residential electric and concrete forms to homes which require exact finish-work. They work with wood, metal, plastic and concrete. Using both hand and power tools, people in the construction trade erect wood frameworks for buildings, install window frames, apply exterior siding and . . . read more
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