National Technical Honor Society 2019-2020

On Tuesday evening, October 1st, Vantage Career Center held our annual National Technical Honor Society banquet and induction ceremony. The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is a way to honor student achievement and leadership in career and technical education, promote educational excellence, award scholarships and enhance career opportunities for the NTHS membership.

To become an NTHS member, a student must first be carrying a 3.5 GPA or above, have 95% attendance for their Junior and Senior years, no discipline problems in both years and have passed all of their End of Course Exams. If the student meets the above mentioned criteria, then they must write an essay stating why they feel they belong in the NTHS, have three teacher recommendations, submit a resume and complete their application. Once all of this is turned in, a committee of teachers and staff meet to discuss each candidate and determine which students best represent the National Technical Honor Society.

As a member of the National Technical Honor Society, each member has met the seven character attributes, and at the induction ceremony, vowed to continue these attributes. They are: Skill, Honesty, Service, Responsibility, Leadership, Citizenship and Scholarship.

I am so proud of these students because they have made so many great choices in their lives. They not only have been successful here at Vantage and their home school, but I know they will be successful in their future college or work careers. If you happen to see these students in the hallway, in your classes, or in the community, please congratulate them on a great high school career and a great honor in being selected for the National Technical Honor Society. This is a very small percentage of our student body, but they truly are the best of the best.


These are the NTHS members for 2019-2020:

Reagan Akom (Paulding), Kaleb Allenbaugh (Lincolnview), Emily Barricklow (Crestview), Rachael Beair (Parkway), Rachel Breese (Parkway), Virginia Brotherwood (Jefferson), Preston Browning (Parkway- not shown), Michael Burgei (Ottoville), Desteni Contreraz (Van Wert), Jasmine Contreraz (Van Wert), Corbin Cox (Parkway - not shown), Alayna Cripe (Van Wert), Kasey Denman (Lincolnview), Megan Garrity (Paulding), Nolan German (Ottoville - not shown), Zoe Gile (Van Wert), Rieley Hanneman (Kalida), Mya Isbell (Van Wert), Kaitlynn Keller (Continental), Shiann Kraft (Lincolnview), Bridget Martin (Jefferson), Evan Meyers (Ottoville), Jacksyn Nichols (Ft. Jennings), Alexandria Parks (Van Wert), Kane Plescher (Jefferson), Gannon Prowant (Continental), Wyatt Richardson (Crestview), Miah Rue (Paulding), Joel Schneider (Paulding), Trevor Siefker (Kalida), Spencer Smith (Van Wert), Hannah Springer (Van Wert), Gunnar Stemen (St. John), Violet Taylor (Parkway), Kaitlyn Titus (Antwerp), Kaylie Tressler (Paulding), Sabastian Umfleet (Jefferson), Leia Verhoff (Kalida), Samantha Wagner (Paulding), Emily Wentland (Antwerp), Libby Wenzlick (Wayne Trace), Elisabeth Wolf (Antwerp)