01-05-2025
Carthage Tech Center awards top honor to 100+ seniors
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Technical Center awards more than 100 seniors with its highest honor.
107 seniors, to be exact, earned their state-recognized career and technical education certificates during CTC's annual awards night.
As part of the honor, the students will wear a black cord on graduation night.
Students studying in 12 different careers earned a total of 526 industry-recognized credentials — and completed more than 14-thousand hours of work-based learning.
'It's a neat chance to highlight what they've done, because maybe they haven't excelled in your normal academic course work, but they found their passion in a career and technical education program, and it's a chance to kind of spotlight them and their accomplishment,' said Dr. Gage Tiller, CTC Director.
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'Honestly, it means a lot. This is what I've been looking forward to, honestly, probably since I actually started it, as well as just to kind of, helps me reflect back on the last 4 years and I feel like the tech center, and everything that's been in this building and the course, has really led me to this point, so it's real exciting,' said Maddix McCahon, CTC Computer Science Student of the Year.
'Means I accomplished all the things I wanted to do. I get to see all my friends and all the things they've accomplished with this. And, just, see our hard work be represented,' said Kailie Layman, CTC CNA Student of the Year.
Commencement for Carthage seniors will take place on Thursday, May 15.
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