Ten Knox County Career Center students achieve Building Trades Elite status
Knox County Career Center students, from left, Preston Nyhart, Ethan Hull, Sylas Lamneck, Carson Penney, Porter Nyhart, Galen Ruprecht, Brianna Goodman, Truman Chester, Madysen Cochrun, and Gage Cook all earned BT Elite at the end of the conclusion of the fourth quarter last school year.
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The honor, awarded for excellence in attendance, academics, credentials and character, recognizes top-performing students in the Building Trades program with support from local industry sponsors.
The Knox County Career Center Building Trades program recognized 10 students who earned the status of Building Trades Elite.
Building Trades Elite is a program generated by Colby Clippinger, former KCCC Building Trades instructor, and the KCCC Building Trades Advisory Council that began in 2019-20. Joe Stallard, KCCC’s new Building Trades instructor, will continue the BT Elite program.
The program’s criteria centers around attendance, discipline, industry credentialing, and extracurricular activities. A point system is set up where students earn points for attendance, grades, industry credentialing, and extracurricular activities. Students can lose points for being tardy, absent, and for discipline issues. In order to earn BT Elite status, students must earn 250 points and must maintain 250 points or higher until graduation to keep the BT Elite status.
The BT Elite program is completely company-sponsored. Students who earn BT Elite status are awarded a hoodie and an interview shirt. The companies pay for the hoodies and interview shirts. The hoodie has the Building Trades Elite crest on the back along with the company sponsors. The student’s name and BT Elite are on the front of the hoodie. The interview shirt has BT Elite and the student’s name on the front.
Clippinger and Stallard commented, “We appreciate the companies who have partnered with us on the BT Elite program."
Students Preston Nyhart, Ethan Hull, Sylas Lamneck, Carson Penney, Porter Nyhart, Galen Ruprecht, Brianna Goodman, Truman Chester, Madysen Cochrun, and Gage Cook all earned BT Elite at the end of the conclusion of the fourth quarter last school year.
Seventy-two students from the Building Trades program have now earned BT Elite status since its inception.
Stallard added, “We look forward to continuing the BT Elite program here at KCCC. The BT Elite program gives students something to strive for each day. Our industry partners will continue to benefit from hiring a well-rounded and industry-prepared student.”
KCCC & the Building Trades program would like to thank the companies who sponsor BT Elite — J & B Acoustical, Ohio Contractors Association, ProTech Basement Solutions, LiUNA! Local 1216, Kokosing, Corna Kokosing, Brennstuhl Construction, Modern Builders, Gray Mechanical, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 735, Holmes Rental & Sales, Meade Roofing Services, Small’s Sand & Gravel, Ellis Brothers, Igel, Ruhlin, Knox Concrete, ACP, Mack Industries, and Rietschlin Construction.
