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Craig Robinson Charges Up His Life

Craig Robinson Charges Up His Life
Craig Robinson will graduate from Central Huron Secondary School this year. In Craig’s grade twelve year he is completing a four credit Co-op placement with an electrical company. He hopes to get signed as an OYAP student and continue in an Electrical Apprenticeship after graduation.Craig lives on a farm...

Connor Wilhelm – Building Towards A Promising Future

Connor Wilhelm – Building Towards A Promising Future
Connor Wilhelm is a grade twelve student at Stratford Central. He attended Stratford Central Public School in grades seven and eight. Like many high school students, Connor completed the majority of his eighteen compulsory course requirements in his first two years of high school. In his senior grades, many...

Dillon Finkbeiner Actively Pursues His Future

Dillon Finkbeiner Actively Pursues His Future
Dillon Finkbeiner has enjoyed his four years at South Huron. He is a farm boy at heart as his family has lived and farmed here for many generations. Dillon has spent his time outside of class curling, playing baseball and running cross-country. Most of all, he enjoys working on cars and farm equipment....

Jesse Rudolph Credits School Culture

Jesse Rudolph Credits School Culture
Jesse has found many positive experiences in high school. He feels that the culture of Mitchell District High School allows everyone to know each other and just makes being at school a better place. Jesse’s favourite courses include English and practical classes like construction and transportation. He...

Aaron Gregory – Moving Towards His Career Goals

Aaron Gregory – Moving Towards His Career Goals
Aaron is a Grade 12 student at LDSS who is intending on becoming an Automotive Service Technician when he graduates in June, 2012. He has taken Grades 9 and 10 Technical courses and has focused his senior years on Transportation Technology, and is currently in the Grade 12 Automotive (TTJ 4C) class. Aaron is...

Kevin Hansen – Practical Experience An Asset

Kevin Hansen – Practical Experience An Asset
Kevin is a 5th year student at GDCI. While at GDCI he has played soccer and participated on the Track and Field team. In his spare time he works on a farm. Next year he is applying to the Electrical Technician program at Conestoga College. His ability to do well in math, physics and construction helped him...

David Harkes – A Drive To Succeed

David Harkes – A Drive To Succeed
David is a local guy, having lived in Wroxeter since early childhood. He went to Howick Public School then came to Madill, where his brother and sister both still attend. For him, attending school is all about acquiring the skills he needs for the next stage of his life. He didn’t get involved in...

Josh Kittmer Learns Valuable Life Lessons

Josh Kittmer Learns Valuable Life Lessons
A grade 11 automotive class with special friends will always be the best memory I have from high school. Mr. Brunton, the automotive teacher, also impacted my high school education. He would talk to us about being more mature and that we needed to be responsible for our actions. This taught me a lot and...

Allan King – Variety Provides Discovery

Allan King – Variety Provides Discovery
Allan’s favourite part of school has always been sports whether it be Soccer, Cross Country, Nordic Skiing, or Badminton. However, aside from gym class he also enjoyed participating in the Technological studies in classes like Manufacturing and Welding. But it wasn’t just the classes Allan enjoyed, he...

Curtis White – Two Trades Are Better Than One

Curtis White – Two Trades Are Better Than One
A Brussels boy born and bred, Curtis likes hunting, being outdoors and going to the gym. He also likes welding, a lot. Welding is something he has done on his own time for a long time now. He likes the challenge of welding, and of making something new. This interest should serve him well in his choice of...

Kelsie Brown – It’s in the details

Kelsie Brown – It’s in the details
Kelsie Brown came to LDSS from Howick Township Elementary School and is enrolled in the Specialist High Skills Major program. Kelsie has enjoyed her time in the woodworking shop and would like to one day own her own shop to design and build kitchen cabinets. She loves working on her own and enjoys the...

Dalton Becker – Keeping his options open

Dalton Becker – Keeping his options open
Dalton Becker will graduate this year from Central Huron Secondary School. After graduation he plans on entering an Apprenticeship in the electrical field. Dalton has kept the College route to his final job destination open as he may attend Conestoga College in the Electrical Technician Program before an...

Tawnie Sequin- Dual Credit instrumental in career path

Tawnie Sequin- Dual Credit instrumental in career path
Tawnie is from Thunder Bay Ontario and moved to GDCI in grade 11. This year she had the opportunity to participate in the dual credit program at Lambton College taking Hairstyling – Styling and Cutting Techniques. This program has been instrumental in helping her to make her career decision to be a...

The Choice is Yours

The Choice is Yours
It is important that young people find work that is rewarding, dignifying, and allows them to become valuable contributors to our communities. This search may lead directly to work, to an apprenticeship, to college or to university. Which pathway will you choose? A pathway is designed to lead a student to a...