Area High School Students Honored at CTE Signing Day
ECCA students announced their plan to pursue a career training program at Parkland this fall
Several area high school seniors earned recognition or declared their fall college choice during the first-ever Career and Technical Education Signing Day at Parkland College last week.
At the April 25th event in the Student Union, students earning dual credit through the Early College and Career Academy announced their intention to pursue a career training program at Parkland this fall, with the goal of entering certain career and technical education fields. Families were on hand to watch their students sign on to their chosen program at the event, organized to resemble signing days for athletic programs.
A joint effort of Education for Employment System #330 and Parkland College, the ECCA allows high school juniors and seniors to earn dual credit in eight different Parkland College program areas. Over 400 students have participated in the ECCA since its inception in the 2015-2016 school year. First- and second-year ECCA students from the following high schools received Signing Day recognition:
Earning Parkland’s Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair Certificate this spring:
Champaign Centennial: Parth Abani, Fernando Pascual, and Nelson Luyando
Champaign Central: Ivan Talbot and Andrew Musquez
Heritage: Dylan Dohme
Mahomet-Seymour: Wyatt Heimann
Tuscola: Peyton Hastings and Noah Woods
Tolono Unity: Ethan Warren and Nathan Gonzalez
Earning Parkland's Certified Nursing Assistant Certificate this spring:
Champaign Centennial: Addison Archer, Julia Davis, Ava Kneller, Nicole Martinez, and Nyesha Sullivan
Champaign Central: Jennifer Mata-Villa
Fisher: Makenzie Dow
Mahomet-Seymour: Trinity Reeves
Paxton Buckley Loda: Faith Johnson
Rantoul Township: Anna Smith, Janet Vazquez, and Yuleydi Vazquez-Valle
St. Joseph-Ogden: Heidi Novak and Abigail Dunham
Tolono Unity: Mikayla Brennan and Rianna Scroggins
Urbana: Asia Wallace
Villa Grove: Brianna Dale
Note: Completing the certificate program qualifies these students to take the Illinois Department of Public Health CNA licensing exam.
Continuing their Parkland College CTE programs in fall 2019:
Champaign Centennial: Zachary Olaivar and Javandre'a Johnson, Industrial Technology
Tolono Unity: Peyton Reed and Chayton Townsend, Automotive Technology
Urbana: Caitlyn Galla and Jeremy Machorro, Automotive Technology
Rantoul Township: Kendrick Newlin, Computer Science
Mahomet-Seymour: Hannah Kroll, Criminal Psychology
Monticello: Halle Hayes, Occupational Therapy Assisting
Paxton Buckley Loda: Brayden Geyer, Industrial Technology
Tuscola: Gabriella Gunther, Emergency Medical Services
More information on the Early College and Career Academy is available at parkland.edu/ecca.
[Images: ECCA Automotive and CNA students at CTE Signing Day.]