1. Students are instilled with the importance of post-secondary training. More than 4,500 CTE students in the area are given Sinclair tours yearly, where they learn about the degree and certificate programs available in their career programs of choice. The daunting admissions process is also explained and simplified for students, which is imperative to many, particularly those who are first-generation college attendees.
2. CTE students are able to graduate from college faster than many of their peers due to the Sinclair dual- enrollment credits earned while in high school. These transcripted credits, which can be used at Sinclair or transferred to other colleges, put students on the fast track to graduation by allowing them to begin their mandatory coursework in high school. The students in the Centerville-Kettering-Oakwood Career Tech Compactâs class of 2015 earned more than 3,000 semester hours of college credit, and this number swells to more than 13,500 semester hours for all CTE students in the area.
3. College affordability is still a huge obstacle for many students and the $3,000 Sinclair scholarship available to CTE students helps to overcome this hurdle. Earned by meeting GPA and other academic requirements, 369 students in the Centerville-Kettering-Oakwood class of 2015 were among the more than 3,000 CTE students to earn the award across the Miami Valley.
The CTE-Sinclair relationship is an amazing benefit to area students that should serve as a model of partnership for the betterment of students. It is a powerful union that has benefitted thousands of students across our area and, for the sake of my three young children and the scores of others in our area, one that I hope will continue to grow and flourish into the future.
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