Valley Hosts Employer Banquet; Scholarship Winners Announced

May 19, 2018 at 4:05 a.m.

By Staff Report-

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley High School Work Based Learning (WBL) administrators and students hosted the 2018 Employer Appreciation Banquet on May 10 at the Akron Community Center.

The WBL participants recognized the local employers for their dedication in playing an important role in the education of the students. The students had the opportunity to learn beyond the walls of the classroom and gained invaluable workforce ready skills to assist them in pursuing their college and/or career goals, according to a news release from Tippecanoe Valley School Corp.

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Business partners included Akron Elementary, Barnyard Primitives, Bourbon Veterinary Hospital, Cardinal Services, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Deardorff Veterinary Clinic, Fulton County Veterinary Clinic, Goodwill, Kerlin Bus Sales, KGP Logistics, Kosciusko Community Hospital, Mentone Elementary, Nest Furniture & Design, Pike Lumber, Shear Image Salon, Tecomet, Total Body Works Day Spa, TVHS Physical Education, TVHS Technology Department, TVMS Choir, TVMS Physical Education, Wee Care Children’s Ministry and Woodlawn Hospital.

The advisory council for the WBL is responsible for developing curriculum necessary for today’s students and to meet the needs of local businesses, the release states. The advisory council members included Josh Crabb, Lori Myers, Cody Johnston, Jim McFadden, Kenia Rosas, Jay Bell, Anne Cuahuizo, Aaron Zolman, Craig Durkes, Becky White, Gus Lukens, Todd Sandbakken and Megan Farver.

For the past several years, the business department has been able to provide scholarships for selected students who have shown outstanding achievement in the Cooperative Education programs. Darren Parker, TVHS business teacher, and Aaron Engbrecht, WBL coordinator and TVHS business teacher, determine the recipient’s qualifications based on a variety of factors such as GPA, class rank and financial need. However, they focus more closely the number of business classes taken during high school and the intent to pursue a business-related major in college.

The two scholarship recipients for 2018 are Tyler Craft and Makayla Sandbakken.

Craft earned six credits in the WBL program at the TVHS Technology Department and plans to attend Trine University to study software engineering.

Sandbakken earned four credits at Deardorff Veterinary Clinic and plans to attend Ivy Tech, then a four-year school to study veterinary medicine.

For more information on TVHS Work Based Learning Program, contact Engbrecht at 574-598-2100.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley High School Work Based Learning (WBL) administrators and students hosted the 2018 Employer Appreciation Banquet on May 10 at the Akron Community Center.

The WBL participants recognized the local employers for their dedication in playing an important role in the education of the students. The students had the opportunity to learn beyond the walls of the classroom and gained invaluable workforce ready skills to assist them in pursuing their college and/or career goals, according to a news release from Tippecanoe Valley School Corp.

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Business partners included Akron Elementary, Barnyard Primitives, Bourbon Veterinary Hospital, Cardinal Services, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Deardorff Veterinary Clinic, Fulton County Veterinary Clinic, Goodwill, Kerlin Bus Sales, KGP Logistics, Kosciusko Community Hospital, Mentone Elementary, Nest Furniture & Design, Pike Lumber, Shear Image Salon, Tecomet, Total Body Works Day Spa, TVHS Physical Education, TVHS Technology Department, TVMS Choir, TVMS Physical Education, Wee Care Children’s Ministry and Woodlawn Hospital.

The advisory council for the WBL is responsible for developing curriculum necessary for today’s students and to meet the needs of local businesses, the release states. The advisory council members included Josh Crabb, Lori Myers, Cody Johnston, Jim McFadden, Kenia Rosas, Jay Bell, Anne Cuahuizo, Aaron Zolman, Craig Durkes, Becky White, Gus Lukens, Todd Sandbakken and Megan Farver.

For the past several years, the business department has been able to provide scholarships for selected students who have shown outstanding achievement in the Cooperative Education programs. Darren Parker, TVHS business teacher, and Aaron Engbrecht, WBL coordinator and TVHS business teacher, determine the recipient’s qualifications based on a variety of factors such as GPA, class rank and financial need. However, they focus more closely the number of business classes taken during high school and the intent to pursue a business-related major in college.

The two scholarship recipients for 2018 are Tyler Craft and Makayla Sandbakken.

Craft earned six credits in the WBL program at the TVHS Technology Department and plans to attend Trine University to study software engineering.

Sandbakken earned four credits at Deardorff Veterinary Clinic and plans to attend Ivy Tech, then a four-year school to study veterinary medicine.

For more information on TVHS Work Based Learning Program, contact Engbrecht at 574-598-2100.
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