"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." -Anne Frank

Winter Break at the Tech Campus begins Friday, December 16, at 3:00 p.m.
Cosmetology students will be released at 3:00 p.m. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 3. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Good luck to all of you on your final exams! Study hard!

The Photographic Design program is collecting new sleepers or pajamas for all size children (infant – youth size 14/16) living at “A Safe Place”, an organization that provides shelter for victims, and children, of domestic violence. Articles will be collected through December 12. Students can drop off items in the Photographic Design room 163. Thank you for your donations!

The Tech Campus recruitment season continues next week with presentations held at Zion-Benton HS on Monday, Dec. 12, Stevenson HS, Wednesday,
Dec. 14 and Grant HS, Thursday, Dec. 15. Student ambassadors from these schools that are interesting in helping please see Ms. Martin and contact your member school contact for permission.

Please help those less fortunate this holiday season and donate a new toy to the Toys for Tots drive hosted by the Tech Campus. Toys will be collected through December 16. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated! The drop off box will be in the front office.

The Cosmetology program is asking for everyone to collect aluminum pop tops for the Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Memorial Hospital. Pop tops can be dropped off in the front office and placed in the marked container. Collected pop tabs are recycled, generating much-needed funds to support the House and the nearly 1,900 families served each year. Your pop top donations are greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to those SkillsUSA members that attended the Regional Competition this past Friday!

A HUGE thanks to the Medical Assisting students for all their efforts in collecting over 35 boxes of non-perishable items for the Warren Township Food Bank! You are all to be commended for your donations! Many families in the surrounding communities will benefit from your efforts!

The Photographic Design program is collecting new sleepers or pajamas for all size children (infant – youth size 14/16) living at “A Safe Place”, an organization that provides shelter for victims, and children, of domestic violence. Articles will be collected through December 12. Students can drop off items in the Photographic Design room 163. Thank you for your donations!

The Tech Campus recruitment season continues next week with presentations held at Zion-Benton HS on Monday, Dec. 12, Stevenson HS, Wednesday,
Dec. 14 and Grant HS, Thursday, Dec. 15. Student ambassadors from these schools that are interesting in helping please see Ms. Martin and contact your member school contact for permission.

Please help those less fortunate this holiday season and donate a new toy to the Toys for Tots drive hosted by the Tech Campus. Toys will be collected through December 16. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated! The drop off box will be in the front office.

SkillsUSA members attending the Regional Competition this Friday are reminded to be at the Tech Campus for our 7:30 a.m. departure to the Tech Center of DuPage. All forms and fees are due today. Good Luck!

On October 13, 2011, forty Tech Campus Criminal Justice students accepted an invitation by the Illinois National Guard to compete in their Law Enforcement Challenge. This was our first time competing in this yearly competition among Criminal Justice programs from across Northern Illinois. This competition measures performance in fitness, as well as room search / clearing, and hostage rescue scenarios which are components of our Introduction to policing curriculum. Our students availed themselves proudly and competently, earning fourth place out of nine teams.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." -Mark Twain

"The principal goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things,
not simply of repeating what other generations have done – people who are creative, inventive, and discoverers." -Jean Piaget, Swiss developmental psychologist