Browse past news stories for Penta Career Center in Perrysburg, OH.

• Penta Career Center honors 7 as outstanding alumni (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:46:32 am
  BLADE STAFF Seven alumni of Penta Career Center were honored recently with the Outstanding Alumni Award, a distinction given annually to successful graduates of the vocational school. Since the award was created, 98 former Penta students have been named "outstanding alumni." The recent honorees are: •Stephen Hunter of Fremont, Ind., recently retired vice president for support services at the ...
• Penta honors outstanding alumni (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 03:26:57 pm
  This year's class of Penta Career Center outstanding alumni couldn't help but notice the new facilities their old school now occupies. Cara Ricci-Challen, a 1996 graduate from Oak Harbor who now works for a catering business in Perrysburg, said on receiving her award: "I wish I had these facilities. They're top notch." Ricci-Challen was one of seven alumni honored Wednesday by the trade and ...
• CTC plans superintendent search (Springfield News-Sun)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 11:11:26 pm
  SPRINGFIELD - In 11 years with the Springfield Clark Career Technology Center, outgoing superintendent Randy Richardson has helped to stabilize the school’s financial picture, upgrade the facilities and upgrade student programs.
• Voter Guide: Bond issue would provide one site for Millstream's students (The Findlay Courier)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:15:30 am
  Voter approval of Findlay City Schools' 4.3-mill bond issue would mean a new building and a single site for the Millstream Career Cooperative.
• Red Ribbon Week kicks off with awards (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 11:41:42 am
  By MARIE THOMAS/Sentinel Education Editor Scores of high school students in Wood County live alcohol- and drug-free lives, but 20 of them have been honored with “Footprints Worth Following” achievement awards. The awards were presented as part of the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week, which will start Oct. 26. Ceremonies were held Friday at the Wood County Educational Service Center. Students ...
• Architects, builders confronted, conquered multiple challenges (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 08:52:38 am
  By HOMER BRICKEY SPECIAL TO THE BLADE There are a lot of features in the new Lucas County Arena in downtown Toledo that hockey fans and concert-goers will like, and there’s a reason for that. A lot of planning went into the design, including coordinating interior design with the colors of professional teams that will play there — the Toledo Walleye hockey team and the Toledo Bullfrogs arena ...
• Calm before the storms (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 11:38:45 am
  A woman waits under the overhang of a building at Penta Career Center in Perrysburg Township as clouds gather. A storm system will bring some showers and thunderstorms through the area Saturday as highs reach the low 70s.
• Students from area high schools to compete in DECA Fall Frenzy (Port Clinton News Herald)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:34:49 pm
  Students from eight area high schools will showcase their knowledge and skills in marketing, merchandising, management and entrepreneurship as they compete in the DECA Fall Frenzy as part of a collaborative effort between Owens Community College and Penta Career Center.
• Students learn more than a trade when building house (NBC 24 Toledo)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 06:10:41 pm
  In a new subdivision on the edge of Perrysburg, there are several new homes under construction, but one of them is being built by busloads of teenagers.
• Speech to students gets spotty reception in Toledo area (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 08:47:55 am
  By JANET ROMAKER BLADE STAFF WRITER If President Obama told 15-year-old Andy Geiermann to drop out of school, the Toledo teen would do just that. "I would stay home and wake up every day at noon," said the Cardinal Stritch High School sophomore Tuesday, shortly after he and his Spanish II classmates listened to the President's speech about the importance of education. But, Andy said, President ...
• Schools deal with hype around speech (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 03:08:54 pm
  The hype surrounding President Barack Obama’s address to students nationwide today did little to change the daily routine at schools around Wood County. In many cases, local high schools had neither the plans — nor the technology — to show the address. But Perrysburg School District gave a limited number of teachers the option to show Obama’s address, which was at noon via Web broadcast ...
• Dominick-Johnson wedding (The Canton Repository)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 11:25:37 pm
  Loading multimedia... Michele Dominick of and Justin Johnson both of Perrysburg were married Aug. 2 at St. Rose Catholic Church by Father John Miller.
• Owens has record enrollment for Summer classes (NBC 24 Toledo)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 01:53:18 pm
  Nearly 8,600 students have signed up for Summer classes
• Image input sought from Perrysburg Township residents (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 01:46:27 pm
  Perrysburg Township residents are being asked to sit back and picture themselves enjoying a cup of coffee in the year 2020. What images would they see around them that would be most pleasing? That question and others will be posed to residents who take part in a series of three communitywide visioning sessions that are the first step toward the creation of a master plan for the township. The ...
• Owens sets names for new campus (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 02:12:22 pm
  Owens Community College looked to its past to come up with names to carry the college into the future. As work...
• Penta honors senior class (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 11:47:00 am
  High school seniors from 16 area school districts who will be completing career-technical programs at Penta Career Center will be...
• House built by Penta students is open to the public (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 12:39:43 pm
  PERRYSBURG - During this past school year, 145 high school students at Penta Career Center have been constructing a 2,600-square-foot...
• Seniors, favorite teachers honored (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on May 7, 2009 at 02:54:33 pm
  A senior so bright his chemistry and physics teachers agree he could teach their classes for them. A shy, awkward...
• Ex-chemist helped pave the way for Penta school (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 01:35:43 pm
  J. Ellsworth Shamp, 94, a former Lake Local school board member whose push paved the way for the opening of Penta County Vocational High School, died Monday in Otterbein Portage Valley Retirement Community, where he lived since 2006. He had been in declining health since he broke a hip in February, 2008, his son Don said. In the late 1950s, Mr. Shamp was asked to fill the term of a board member ...
• Penta students earn awards at FCCLA event (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 11:24:59 am
  PERRYSBURG ­- Students at Penta Career Center recently earned top awards during the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America...
• Penta students earn awards at SkillsUSA event (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on April 11, 2009 at 12:51:04 pm
  High school students enrolled in career-technical programs at Penta Career Center recently earned top awards at the Regional SkillsUSA Competition...
• On the Town: Art and soul (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on March 30, 2009 at 10:10:30 am
  A creative and talented community of artists is right here in T-town. Those in the know ventured out to many events highlighting our local talents. Perhaps they rubbed elbows with the creative types or even purchased a work or two for their own art galleries. Mix it UP THE FADED elegance of the historic Secor Building downtown Toledo was the site of the Mix UP, an event presented by the Arts ...
• Owens adopts campus plan (The Toledo Blade)
  posted on March 16, 2009 at 09:33:17 am
  Within months, Owens Community College will have a new collegiate feel. The college has finalized a master plan to incorporate the former Penta Career Center into Owens' Perrysburg Township campus. The road between the two campuses will be removed, parking will be shifted to the outside edges, and a mall green area will be added to the center of campus. And Owens is hoping for federal stimulus ...
• Owens has big plans for campus renovations (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
  posted on March 6, 2009 at 04:45:15 pm
  PERRYSBURG - When the dust settles from an aggressive construction and renovation plan, Owens Community College will have a pedestrian-friendly...