![Ellie Ratliff](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_b239140d-3483-42eb-8bee-f97d3e97f8aa.jpg)
December 7, 2022
Ellie Ratliff, a senior in Health Science at Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, has been named a semi-finalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of five in O...
![Student Council members sold cookie-grams this week as one of its fundraisers.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_042330c2-9ed0-44c6-b501-14b1cad96cc8.jpg)
November 30, 2022
Thanks to Student Council, Pickaway and Ross County residents will get to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at a Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center fundraiser.
Pan...
![TJ Fulgham, a senior in Precision Welding, receives his laptop from Ben Buchwalter.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_cb3a799e-9db1-4bcf-a42d-240988b17c69.jpg)
November 16, 2022
Thanks to a $266,000 grant through the Emergency Connectivity Fund, every student at Pickaway-Ross will be getting a Chromebook to use at school and home.
The career center’s I...
![Darren Plessinger receives the 2022Most Influential Staff Member award from Katie Hewitt, the 2021 recipient.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_ba76f92d-bb1f-4dd7-853b-110f27770876.jpg)
November 3, 2022
When Darren Plessinger retires in May, he will take with him 17 years of memories at Pickaway-Ross, friendships and the knowledge that students appreciated his method of teaching....
October 26, 2022
Students in Rex Cockrell’s Law & Public Safety program will get to expand their hands-on learning opportunities exponentially thanks to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office.
O...
![From left, Allen Koker, Zahne Lilly, Jeremiah Hamlin and Carrie Fife](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_54a14052-71a9-48a1-8b73-d24f77b6f745.jpg)
October 19, 2022
An opportunity to raise awareness to the opportunities in local manufacturing careers let Adult Education and Secondary Education work with Pickaway WORKS for Pickaway Manufacturi...
![A Law & Public Safety student delivers a baton strike to a pad during a training exercise.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_d6ebafc5-b6ca-415e-8939-5bf8699cdeeb.jpg)
October 12, 2022
On a chilly fall day last week, 15 cadets in Rex Cockrell’s Law & Public Safety program lined up to take part in a chemical Macing training exercise.
One by one, each junior wa...
![Amy Poorman (left) and Britany Greenwalt staff a table at College & Career Night.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_6b8ff530-25a4-4d85-8cb9-f163b02324a2.jpg)
October 5, 2022
Pickaway-Ross Adult Education was among dozens of post-secondary institutions visiting with high school juniors and seniors last week at the Pickaway County College & Career Night...
![Atomic Credit Union’s Andy Eisnaugle interviews junior Riley Burns.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_990d6b72-583f-4887-896c-055f9df45827.jpg)
September 28, 2022
Pickaway-Ross’ branch office of the Atomic Credit Union will begin service for account holders this Friday after student interviews and training took place recently.
Ten stude...
September 21, 2022
Carter Leiterman is taking advantage of every educational opportunity he can get.
A junior in C.J. Davis’ Cybersecurity & Networking program, Carter is taking his academic clas...
![Unioto logo](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_249dcae0-6423-44dd-9e80-dcde39778517.jpg)
September 12, 2022
Unioto High School’s Marching Band steamrolled the competition, winning Pickaway-Ross’ 2022 Battle of the Bands Friday, Sept. 9.
The win marks Unioto’s fourth in event history ...
![FFA logo](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_8136662f-3425-4993-9d8c-bbba19af9afa.jpeg)
September 7, 2022
This month, five members of the Zane Trace FFA chapter, a satellite program of Pickaway-Ross, will have the opportunity to compete at the highest level with their agriscienc...
![Amy Groff speaks with students during Career-Tech Kickoff who are in her Commercial Food Careers program.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_bfe149d4-b9fc-45d3-83b0-47c837a34ce6.jpg)
August 31, 2022
Some exciting changes are coming to Pickaway-Ross this year.
One is in the Commercial Food Careers program. Longtime Chillicothe High School Family & Consumer Scie...
![Powerline students climb poles during class.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_b6c36927-2f12-48d1-8688-edc6c7b09893.jpg)
July 13, 2022
The need for qualified, certificated workers continues to grow across the state. It is a theme that is woven within every story told about adult and career-technical educatio...
![From left: Taylor Arndt, Anna Betts and Elizabeth Kisner](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_4464972c-722d-4b19-bfb8-d429eb31a2b8.jpg)
July 6, 2022
Three seniors will get a boost paying college tuition thanks to scholarships from the Pickaway-Ross Teachers Association. Taylor Arndt (from left), Anna Betts and Elizabet...
![Jeremy Messer, left, Nate Wilson and Laura Chuma of TOSOH](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_587cfc05-0e7c-4020-bce1-3da7e5199d8c.jpg)
June 24, 2022
More than a decade ago, a Pickaway-Ross student in Brent Ebert’s
Machining & Manufacturing program started working at TOSOH the day
after he graduated high school. Today, Ke...
![Engineering seniors spend last two weeks in lab retrofitting bike for teen](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_26e72728-c067-4328-aef9-2d5b2144bf62.jpg)
June 24, 2022
There is no shortage of community-service minded students at Pickaway-Ross.
When a teacher asked two students in the Engineering program if they
could adapt a b...
![Tommy Collier, center, was nominated for Ross County Outstanding Educator Award by Superintendent Jonathan Davis, left. Scott Graham with the Community Foundation presented the award.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_b8d21146-5cfb-47aa-80c2-1f4b446840fd.jpg)
June 24, 2022
The 2021-22 school year ended in recognition and celebration last
week when longtime teacher Tommy Collier was named an Outstanding
Educator by the Chillicothe-Ross Co...
![Anna Betts earns highest honor at career center](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_12fa290b-2571-4182-9a03-2ec060cf0383.jpg)
June 24, 2022
Anna Betts excelled throughout her two years at Pickaway-Ross so it
was not a surprise when she was selected as the career center's Student
of the Year. Nominated by st...
![Students in Mr. Pentecost and Mr. Johnston's Radio Mentoring group visited the VOA museum](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/pickaway-ross_ctc_ar/article/image/large_7f87b734-56aa-45ec-a22e-8ea81d2e5247.jpg)
June 24, 2022
Pickaway-Ross’ Radio Mentoring group, with teachers Dave Pentecost
and Mark Johnston, went to the Voice of America (VOA) museum in West
Chester, near Cincinnati, last mo...