09-05-2025
VCSC holds Annual Construction Trades Student Recognition Banquet
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) —The Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) honored students in their construction pathway program during a lunch banquet on Monday.
The Annual Construction Trades Student Recognition Banquet started back in 1986, and since then, students in the Vigo County School Corporation have built homes for the community while earning college credits, all before graduating high school.
Technical Education Director for the school corporation, Doug Dillion, said this program exposes students to new and different experiences in the workforce.
'So programs like this expose kids to those different career opportunities that use their hands. A lot of people, they don't want to sit at a desk for the rest of their life and be what's called a pencil pusher. These kids, when they graduate, will be able to go out and pick something they really love, and they've got some skills with their hands, and they will be able to work in different environments. You know, every day is a different day,' said Dillion.
Jackson Page is a Junior at Terre Haute North High School and said the hands-on experience he has gained from the program is even helping him do better in school.
'Sitting in a classroom, I don't really pick up on knowledge that well, but learning hands-on has definitely helped me a lot with just having a better time at school and also learning what I need to… There is never a dull moment when your their working together. I mean, I got many stories I could tell about things that have happened in this class. I always go home with something new to tell them,' said Page.
Page said after graduation, he plans on doing five years in the Carpenters' Union, and then once he gets his Journeyman Card, he will attend Ivy Tech in the hope of getting a degree in construction management.
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