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Columbus North C4 student Kelden Wright, left, learns how to lay bricks from George Barber at the Bruns-Gutzwiller booth during a tour with industry professionals April 11, 2019, at Taylor Bros. Construction in Columbus.
Columbus — C4 Columbus Area Career Connection will host an open house to introduce its programs and courses to potential students and their families on Wednesday, Jan. 26th from 5 to 8 p.m.
It will be held at the C4 facilities at Columbus North High School. Visitors should enter at door 15, closest to 25th Street.
If Bartholomew Consolidated Schools have a two-hour delay that day, the open house will go on as scheduled. If school is canceled that day, the snow date is Feb. 2.
C4 classes encompass a wide variety of fields including nursing, cosmetology, welding, precision machining, criminal justice, engineering, graphic arts, electronics, and education, among many others. Emphasis is placed on hands-on learning which prepares students for higher education and the workforce. College credits can be earned in many of the classes.
Students who will be in high school next school year, freshmen through seniors, are encouraged to come to the open house to meet teachers and experience hands-on activities.
“The Open House is an opportunity for potential students and their parents to learn about what C4 classes can offer them,” said C4 director Gene Hack. “Visitors will talk with instructors and current students, and see the classrooms and labs. There will also be representatives from colleges and businesses who will explain how C4 prepares students for careers after high school.”
C4 students will be available for tours of the facilities at North, taking visitors to classrooms and labs such as Culinary Arts, Auto Technology, Early Childhood Education, Engineering, and Automation and Robotics. Displays from classes such as Criminal Justice, Dental Careers, and Cosmetology will showcase classes held at Columbus East and McDowell Education Center.
C4 Columbus Area Career Connection provides career and technical education to students from Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, and Decatur counties, as well as Edinburgh students. For more information, visit www.bcscschools.org/c4 or call 812-376-4240.
