Buckeye Career Center names December Students of the Month

Buckeye Career Center has named its December Students of the Month. Two high school students were selected for demonstrating December’s core value of creativity, along with one Adult Education student.

The first high school honoree is level one cosmetology student Quynn Cecil, who attends BCC from Indian Valley. Cecil has cheered at Indian Valley for nine years and participated in track for three years. Outside of school, she attends St. John’s United Church of Christ and volunteers with the Tuscarawas County Humane Society. She was nominated by her cosmetology instructor, Morgan Roden.

“I am very impressed with her clever problem-solving skills, by finding new practical ways to finish her hands-on schoolwork and to navigate the hallways after a painful cheer injury,” Roden said.

Cecil hopes to obtain her cosmetology license and eventually own her own business. She is the daughter of Dana and Bryan Cecil.

The second high school recipient is level two student Tanner Johnston, a double-lab student enrolled in utility lineworker and electrical systems technology. He attends BCC from Carrollton, where he is a four-year member of the football team and served as team captain this year. Johnston works at Pizza Hut and GPS.

He was nominated by lab instructors Jim Pimpas and Josh Jump. “Tanner has great leadership, work ethic and desire to learn in and out of the classroom. He is always ready to jump in and help in any way possible,” they said.

After graduation, Johnston hopes to enter the workforce and become a journeyman lineman through a union or with an area power company. He is the son of Alesha and Marcus Johnston.

December’s Adult Education Student of the Month is Mason Blake of the utility lineworker program. A Wadsworth High School graduate, Blake is employed at Pine Valley Golf Course and the Wadsworth Communications Department. He also volunteers with Operation Christmas Child.

His instructor, Rich Tharp, nominated him for the honor. “Mason takes great pride in his preparation and demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to his academics and his lab field,” Tharp said.

Upon graduation, Blake hopes to be employed as a lineworker.

The students were recognized at the December Board of Education meeting.