2020-2021 Four Cities Compact Catalog
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Why Students Should Consider Taking a Four Cities Compact Career Tech Course Our courses provide the OPPORTUNITY for high school students to: 1. Explore and experience a career field BEFORE spending time and money on college or further job training. 2. Participate in HANDS-ON LEARNING in a subject in which they have a true interest. 3. Gain real world WORK EXPERIENCE in their possible future career field. 4. Learn on MODERN STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT. 5. Earn valuable WORK QUALIFICATIONS, CREDENTIALS and COLLEGE CREDIT while still in high school. 6. Earn SCHOLARSHIP MONIES towards college or further job training. 7. NETWORK and establish positive relationships with Reasons potential employers. 8. Have a traditional high school experience AND possibly travel to and WORK WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. 9. Learn from CARING, PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS who have work experience in their career field. 10. Get a jump start on a future career and gain COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE over others seeking similar jobs. 2 www.fourcitiescompact.org Barberton High School 555 Barber Rd. Statement Barberton, OH 44203 Mission 330-753-1084 The Four Cities Compact is comprised of caring, dedicated professional educators Principal: Henry Muren whose mission is to help create and guide students toward exceptional future career Superintendent: Jeff Ramnytz opportunities. The Compact staff works in close collaboration with representatives from business and higher education to provide comprehensive education, training, Copley High School resources and support to students. Graduates from each Compact program will be 3807 Ridgewood Rd. prepared in every way to advance towards their career goals. Copley, OH 44321 For more information, visit: www.fourcitiescompact.org 330-664-4800 Principal: Eric Smith Superintendent: Brian Poe Norton High School 1 Panther Way Norton, OH 44203 330-825-7300 Principal: Ryan Shanor Superintendent: Dana Addis Wadsworth High School 625 Broad St. Wadsworth, OH 44281 330-335-1400 Principal: Steve Moore Superintendent: Andrew J. Hill, Ed.D. Four Cities Compact 524 Broad St. Wadsworth, OH 44281 330-335-1309 Helping Build Bright Futures is our Business! Director: Roger Wright Compact staff pictured above: (from left) Laura Kerstetter, Administrative Assistant to Email: the Director; Roger Wright, Director; Corinne Magensky, Compact Counselor; and Ryan [email protected] Whited, Job Training Counselor. Website: www.fourcitiescompact.org Cover photo: Glen Rutherford | Special thanks to Norton City Schools It is the policy of the Four Cities Compact to offer educational programs and activities without regard to race, color, natural origin, sex, or handicap, as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Sex Equality provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Act of 1984. Inquiries regarding compliance with these requirements may be directed to: Roger Wright, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator, c/o Four Cities Compact, 524 Broad Street, Wadsworth, Ohio 44281, Phone: (330) 335-1309; Joyce Walker, Director of Student Services, c/o Wadsworth City Schools, 524 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281, Phone: (330) 335-1319; or to: Director of Office of Civil Rights - Region IV, 55 Erieview Plaza, Room 222, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Phone: (216) 522-4970. CareerStudent Organizations Tech Four Cities Compact Program Business Professionals HOSA – Health Occupations Table of Contents of America Students of America Business Professionals of America HOSA (Health Occupations Advancement to is a youth club for students enrolled in Students of America) is an organization Nursing ................................. 5 business occupations. The club sponsors for students interested Animal Care & Science .......... 6 annual competitions which recognize in career opportunities achievement and high-level competen- within the health care Athletic Health Science cies. industry. HOSA provides & Wellness ........................... 7 This organization a unique program of Automotive Technologies ....... 8 provides the oppor- leadership development, tunity for the devel- motivation and recognition for students Business Management ............ 9 opment of leadership enrolled in a health science program. Carpentry ............................. 10 skills, personal and professional growth, National Technical Cosmetology ........................ 11 and career-related competencies. Honor Society Criminal Science DECA – Distributive Membership in Technology ......................... 12 Education Clubs of America National Technical DECA is an association of Marketing Honor Society is Culinary Arts ........................ 13 Education students from the United by invitation only. Engineering Design & States and other Students must be a Technology ......................... 14 countries. It junior or senior and is designed have a minimum 3.0 Fire Safety/EMT .................. 15 to promote career awareness and cumulative grade point average for the Machine Technology ............ 16 study, interpersonal skills and civic prior three consecutive grading periods. Marketing Management ....... 17 consciousness through competition, club Students are evaluated on scholarship, events, field trips and seminars that the skill, responsibility, citizenship, service, Masonry/Building Trades ..... 18 students attend. honesty and leadership. Students are Media Communications ....... 19 inducted each spring. FCCLA – Family, Career Network Systems & & Community Leaders SkillsUSA Cyber Security ................... 20 of America SkillsUSA is a Nursing Assistant Care ......... 21 Family, Career & state and national Community Leaders organization to Pharmaceutical Science of America is one of develop leadership and realistic career (NEW) ............................. 22 the largest career and technical student goals and to foster an understanding Programming, Design & organizations in the United States. It en- of the free enterprise system and Robotics .............................. 23 courages personal growth and leadership involvement in community service development in teens through family and activities. Welding ................................ 24 consumer services in the areas of personal Please Note: Additional organizations growth, family life, career and technical may be utilized as well with our Career preparation, and community involvement. Tech programs and students as appropriate. 4 Student Organizations HealthAdvancement & to ScienceNursing This two-year Career and Technical program prepares students to enter college to pursue a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Advancement to Nursing is held at Barberton High BHS School and Summa Barberton Hospital, with the Honors Anatomy and Physiology class taught at Barberton High School. Students will earn certification in State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA), certification of completion for Homemaker Service (HKS) and Caregiver Home Health Aid (CHHA)/Personal Care Aid (PCA), CPR, First Aid, Phlebotomy Certification and training to use a glucometer. The objective of this program is to provide a pathway directly from high school to a college four-year nursing program. Prerequisites include emphasis on high marks earned in Honors Biology at the sophomore level. College credit available – see page 27. Benefits, certifications and credentials: • Career exploration with assistance from HS instructor, and college and hospital mentors. • Potential to earn college credit while in high school. • Nursing mentor will be provided for each student through Akron Children’s Hospital Shadowing Program, Summa Barberton Hospital and Pleasant View Health Care Center. • Post-secondary education options and college scholarship during junior/senior year of high school; class load would be less during freshman year at college and would reduce cost. • Earn STNA certification that will allow employment during college. “The Nursing program ended up • Earn Homemaker Service and Caregiver Home Health Aid/Personal Care Aid Certificate of giving me more than I could ever wish Completion for in a high school program. It really • American Heart CPR and FA • NHA Phlebotomy certification does seem more like a college course • Earn 3 articulated college credits that apply to College of Nursing at The University of Akron with how much information it has • Earn 3 college credits through College Credit Plus option for Medical Terminology to offer, and it gave me a huge head What you will learn: start towards my goals as a healthcare • Fundamentals of nursing provider.” • Various fields of nursing (i.e., microbiology, mental health, surgery, labor and delivery, nutrition, pharmacology, critical care, etc.) Ryan Quiroz-Phongchalern • Medical terminology • Anatomy and physiology of human systems CHS Class ‘20 • Communication/technology skills • Professional and APA format writing Student, University of Akron What does it take? • Interest in working with people • Interest in medical field • Sense of caring and understanding • Desire to be a team player • Strong communication skills • Good judgment and ethics Employment opportunities: • Hospital • Long-term care facility • Home health agency • Other health care related fields Future educational opportunities: • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Student Club activities: • SkillsUSA • HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) 5 Agriculture/EnvironmentAnimal Care & Science CHS The Animal Care and Science program is designed for