Congratulations to students from Penta's on campus programs and its satellite programs at Swanton High School who earned top awards on January 17 at the Regional Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition.  As a result of receiving this recognition, 24 students now qualify for the Ohio BPA competition which will be held in March in Columbus.  Click HERE to see the list of students who received awards and qualify for the state contest.  BPA is a career-technical student organization for students enrolled in business and technology programs.  

     Congratulations to our students who competed on January 10 at The University of Toledo in the HOSA Regional Competition.  Students from the Medical Technologies Academy, Dental Assistant and Exercise Science & Sports Medicine programs competed with 40 students earning top awards.  Click HERE for a list of students who placed in the Top 4 and who will advance to the HOSA state competition in April.  Great job to our students and our instructors!

     As the new year begins, Penta Career Center’s Aspire program wants to remind area adults that it offers free GED preparation and other skill enhancement classes at 16 convenient locations in Lucas and Wood counties.  Aspire provides adult learners with instruction that focuses on reading, math, writing, language, science, and social studies to help them earn their high school equivalency/GED.  Classes also help students develop technology, workforce and career readiness skills.   

     Recently the Aspire administrative offices moved from the Penta Career Center main campus at 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg Township to Penta’s satellite campus located at 1205 Corporate Drive in Holland.   

    Penta Career Center has selected four former students as recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award.  The alumni will be recognized during a special evening banquet at Penta on November 14.  Each year the Penta Career Center Outstanding Alumni Award is bestowed upon individuals who have completed a career-technical training program at Penta and who are currently working in a successful career.   Since the award’s inception in 1993, 183 former high school or adult education students have been honored with the award.  

           

The 2024 issue of Perspectives, Penta Career Center's community newsletter, is now available.  Perspectives has an updated design and its been expanded to an 8-page format.  Click HERE to read all about the good things happening at Penta and in career-technical education.  To request a printed copy, please contact [email protected] and one will be mailed to you.  

  Congratulations to Penta students from Early Childhood Education, Culinary Arts and from the Family & Consumer Sciences programs at Anthony Wayne and Otsego who earned top awards at the 2024 FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Seattle, Washington. Fourteen students placed Top 10 in the nation in their competitions and an additional 10 students earned gold or silver awards. A special congratulations to first place award winners: Karter Rinker (Anthony Wayne Junior High) for the Entrepreneurship contest and Ashlynn Jacobs (Anthony Wayne High School) for the Digital Stories for Change contest. Thank you to our dedicated advisors - Jill Kao, Kay-Lynne Schaller, Janea Makowski, Amanda Valdez, and Dova Zak for preparing these students to be Success Ready!  Click HERE to see the entire list of national award winners!

     Registration is underway for Adult Education programs at Penta Career Center that will begin in August and September.  Fast and flexible program options are available in areas like skilled trades, healthcare and manufacturing.  Plus, Penta now offers Firefighter certification programs including: Volunteer Firefighter, Firefighter 1 and Firefighter 2.  Short-term programs are designed to prepare adults for in-demand careers in programs such as:  Auto Maintenance & Light Repair;  Construction Technologies;  Intro to HVAC;  Welding;  CNC Programming/Precision Machining; Dental Assisting; and Phlebotomy.  Penta also offers courses with flexible starting dates including Forklift Training and CDL with Trainco.