2015
Kankakee Area Career Center
Student Recognition Night
Welcome
Don Fay,
KACC Director
Emcees
Bosa
Goodale,
Principal
And
Don Fay
Director
Kankakee Area Career Center
“Preparing Students for Tomorrow”
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98% Student Attendance
Increasing Enrollment
Industry numbers
Certifications
Senior Portfolios
Dual Credit
SKILLS USA
Lincoln Technical
Scholarships
First Place
$12,000
Kenton Robinson
Kankakee High
School
Second Place
$10,000
Jacob Sauter,
Beecher High
School
Third Place,
$9,000
Tyler Robinson
Central High
School
SkillsUSA
Champions at Work
Advisors:
Christopher Morse,
Melinda Studer and
Danielle Jacques
KACC Champions at State
Conference
SkillsUSA State
Results
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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
SkillsUSA
First Place Finishes
Collision Repair Technology
Kenton Robinson, Kankakee H.S.
SkillsUSA
First Place Finishes
.Nurse Assisting
Tai-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
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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 and
Assistant Danielle Jacques
Jacqueline Andrade
Kankakee H.S.
Collision Repair
Chris Morse
Jacob Sauter
Beecher
High School
Computer Technology
Shawn Balling &
Lucas Papineau
Michael Adduci
Beecher H.S.
Construction Technology
Doug Enz & Jeff Umphrey
Justin Selvey
Momence
High School
Cosmetology
Gloria Alcantar, Melinda Studer &
Washania Jones
Mackenzie Schuler
Watseka
High School
Drafting + 3D Design
Steve Kelley
Felipe Ramirez
Iroquois West
High School
Fire/Rescue
Edward Leeson
Austin Coyne
Herscher
High School
C.N.A. Training & Medical
Terminology/Basic Health Skills
Kaye Lemenager, Judy Krause,
Quteta Rodgers
Emily Horn
Manteno
High School
Law Enforcement Don Barber
and Assistant Josh Martin
Tiffanie Williamsen
Beecher
High School
Welding Mike Spangler
and Assistant Terry Erickson
Mitchell Geister
Herscher High
School
KACC Learning Center
Scholarships
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Instructors
Michael DeBetta
Nancy Ryan
KACC Learning Center
Scholarships $250 Each
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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, Instructor
and 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
Spaulding/ Lawrence
Memorial Scholarships
Jemiya Bates
Child Dev./Preschool
Kankakee H.S.
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4th Place $250 each
Alexis Moffitt
Medical Terminology
Beecher H.S.
Spaulding/ Lawrence
Memorial Scholarships
Emily Horn
Manteno H.S.
Medical Terminology
Trey Potts
Central H.S.
Law
Enforcement
3rd Place
$500
Each
Spaulding/ Lawrence
Memorial Scholarships
Kiara Fields
Herscher H.S.
Law Enforcement
Mitchell Geister
Herscher H.S.
Welding
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2nd
Place
$750
Each
Spaulding/ Lawrence
Memorial Scholarships
1st Place $1000
Nicholas Adams
Welding Technology
Herscher/Homeschool
Third Place
$ 350 Scholarship
Austin
Coyne
Fire & Rescue
Herscher H.S.
Tiffanie
Williamsen
Law Enforcement
Beecher H.S.
SECOND PLACE
$ 700 Scholarship
Tyler Fortin
Auto Technology
Herscher High School
Student of the Year
2015
$ 1,200
Scholarship
to……..
KACC 2015
Student of the
Year
Mitchell
Geister
Welding
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