Welcome to the Whiteside Area Career Center
The Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC) is one of about sixty regional vocational systems in Illinois. The systems were organized in 1986-87 to coordinate and provide regional career and technical programming among its member, collect and report data to the Illinois State Board of Education, act as the flow-through of federal and state resources, and market career and technology education throughout its region.
WACC is governed by a Board of Control comprised of the superintendents from each member school district. At present, sixteen local public school districts and three private schools are members of this cooperative joint agreement.
Career and technical programming is provided at member high schools or at the Whiteside Area Career Center. Occupational clusters include agricultural occupations, business and related occupations, family and consumer sciences, health occupations and industrial/technical occupations.
Our Mission:
WACC Educates Effectively, so
Students Learn Successfully, to
Live Productively
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Latest WACC News
Congratulations to the WACC Students of the Year!
Allison Furr
Newman
Allied Health
Anthony Martinez
Sterling
Auto Service – Schafer
Nathan Day
Sterling
Auto Service- Conkling
Adam Blair
Eastland
Computer Technology
Zachry Everett
Sterling
Criminal Justice
Alexandria Settles
Newman High School
Health Occupations
Andrew Zajicek
Fulton
Welding & Manufacturing Technology
Brandon Knott, Fulton
Building Trades
Food Service, Digital Media Arts, and Early Childhood Education students of the year will be announced soon.
The winners of the 2013 WACC Scholarships have been announced. Devon Hulsey, Morrison High School, is the first recipient of the Harry D. Ulferts “Outstanding” Scholarship. Michael Balk, Fulton High School, won the Keith Schrader Memorial Scholarship. Kaitlyn Miller, Dixon, … Continue reading →
The WACC Building Trades class was featured in a front page story in the Sterling Daily Gazette and the Dixon Telegraph.
http://www.saukvalley.com/2013/04/16/close-to-home/abb53ab/
Congratulations to WACC’s April Students of the Month.
The following students have been named Student of the Month for March:
Midwest Technical Institute in Moline, Illinois hosted a welding competition for northern Illinois and eastern Iowa high school students on Friday April 5th. A total of fifty-eight students from schools in the Quad Cities and surrounding communities participated, including thirteen … Continue reading →
Reminder: WACC Scholarship applications are due this Friday, March 22nd.
Click on the student tab to find the applications.
Good luck, seniors!
If you have ever wanted to become a Certified Nurse Aide, now is the time. The Whiteside Area Career Center will be offering an adult CNA class June 10 – July 25, 2013. The $800 tuition fee must be paid … Continue reading →
