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Several Canton High School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at the Northern Tier Career Center (NTCC) awards ceremony. The National Technical Honor Society honors, recognizes, and empowers students and teachers in Career and Technical Education. They honor the top achievements of Career and Technical students connecting education and industry to build a highly skilled workforce. The students inducted from Canton High School were Kyle Kapichok, Gage Pepper, Laci Niemczyk, Madison Weadock, Sarah Davy. Congratulations to these top CTE students.

NTCC honored several students with special awards in several shops. In Autobody Repair, the outstanding senior (afternoon classes) was Ethan Stiner. Dedication and commitment to the profession was given to Cory Kunzman. In Auto Mechanics the outstanding senior was William Colton. Outstanding junior in Building Construction was Jason Mahosky. In Diesel Mechanics the award for dedication and commitment to the profession was Kyle Kapichok. For the shop Pre-Nursing, Madison Weadock was awarded outstanding Co-Op afternoon student. In Machine Tool Technology, William Carpenter was awarded dedication and commitment to the profession. Laci Niemcyzk was awarded dedication and commitment to the profession in Pre-Nursing. Perfect attendance award went to Diesel student, Kyle Kapichok.

Many of the students earned industry certifications at the career center. Industry certifications are credentials that are recognized by business and industry at the local, state, or national level. They are a measure of competency and validate the knowledge base or skills that demonstrate mastery in that specific industry. Some of the industry certifications that were earned include certified safety inspector, nurse aide registry, AED essentials, CareerSafe OSHA 10, ServeSafe Manager, ServeSafe Allergen, ServeSafe Food Handler, NIMS Machining Level I, First Aid, and EPA 608 Certification – Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.

Besides industry certifications, students earned college credits through the Penn College NOW program. Students from Canton earned a total of approximately thirty-one dual enrollment college credits, those students are – Aiden Palmer, Kyle Kapichok, Dylan Collister, Brady Allen, Sarah Davy, Mackenzie Henson, Laci Niemczyk, Aliyah Schanbacher, and Madison Weadock.

There was a special award given to one morning and one afternoon student. This award was a special attendance award. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Phyllis (Elaine McNeal) Marks donated a vehicle for NTCC to give away to a student. The NTCC students have redone the vehicle in several shops. Autobody and Auto Mechanics detailed and went over the vehicle to make sure this vehicle was ready to go and is something for the recipient to get started in. NTCC chose from 36 students in the afternoon who were on the exemplary attendance list. These students had a 97% or better attendance rate. Mr. Gary Martell, NTCC director commented, “Attendance is important because it is an employable skill. We teach this and expect our students to be at school. We are training for industry and kids can’t learn if they aren’t in school because our students learn by doing.” The award of a car went to an Auto Body Co-Op student who made a special effort in his senior year to his commitment to attendance – Cory Kunzman.