Oorah

Oorah is a battle cry common in the United States Marine Corps since the mid-20th century. It is most commonly used to respond to a verbal greeting or as an expression of enthusiasm. Well when I think of one of our fine young students here at Vantage, I can't help but say "Oorah" when referring to his outstanding accomplishments.

Austin Weyrauch is from Ft. Jennings high school and a senior in our Precision Machine program. He is currently carrying a 4.0 Grade Point Average for the two years he has been at Vantage. Austin has not missed a single day this year and only two days last year. Austin is one of those fine young men that you can ask him to do anything for you and he will immediately respond with a resounding yes. He never backs off from any work and he gives 100% at everything he does.

 All the above accomplishments, though outstanding, are not the real reason that I write this blog about Austin. The real reason is that last weekend Austin became an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, and he did that by accomplishing all the needed merit badges (21) that are required and also completing his Eagle Scout project. Speaking with Austin, I found out that for his Eagle Scout project, he re-created all the Stations of the Cross outside St. Barbara Catholic church in Cloverdale. Austin worked with his grandfather on this project and spent over 40 hours working to complete this project. The stations were made out of cedar and basically they were replacing the ones that were destroyed during a past tornado that went through town on November 18, 2013.

When you think of all the time that was put into this project and keeping up a 4.0 GPA, it really shows the type of person Austin is. You wont find Austin playing video games in his spare time because there usually isn't any spare time. However, the story doesn't end there. Austin also works at Federal Mogul here in Van Wert. Because of Austin's high grades and perfect attendance, he is allowed to leave for work after he finishes his academic classes around noon each day, and he works until 7:00 pm. Oh, there is one more thing...Austin is going into the Marine Corp after graduation and has been doing his conditioning and physical training with the corp on weekends so that he can go directly into basic training. Now that deserves an "Oorah". Congratulations Austin on all your accomplishments and thanks for choosing Vantage Career Center for your final two years of high school.