Category: K-12 Relations

Approximately 1,400 8th grade students from 12 different schools were at Western Technical College’s La Crosse campus on Thursday, Dec. 19 as part of a Career Day. The event was broken into a morning and afternoon session with three sections each. All sections began at the Lunda Center, where students toured Western facilities and heard […]

Western Technical College celebrated Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin with two special events on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Western’s Business and Industry Services hosted a manufacturing luncheon from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The event highlighted partnerships between local school districts and businesses, as well as showcased various student projects from the area. Tours of Western’s Integrated Technology Center […]

A new report from Western Technical College’s K-12 Relations department showed Transcripted Credit saved local students roughly $1.6 million throughout 2018-19, a jump of nearly $600,000 from the year prior. The latest report showed the amount of unduplicated students served from Transcripted Credit rose from 2,357 in 2017-18, to 3,369 in 2018-19. In total, area […]

Western Technical College hosted its inaugural transportation summer camp, NITRO X, for students on July 15-19. The camp was intended for students entering grades 7-9 and interested in remote control cars and trucks. Students worked on building and modifying a remote-controlled vehicle throughout the week. On Friday, July 19, students competed in a race with […]

Students from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater La Crosse and the Good Fight Community Center participated in a Bionics Activity Day on Tuesday, July 9. During the event, students constructed Bionics4Education kits, building various machines that mimic animal functions, including a swimming fish, an elephant trunk, and a chameleon tongue. In the afternoon, […]

High school students from Arcadia, Blair-Taylor, Independence, and Osseo-Fairchild completed the first EMT academy held at Western Technical College’s Independence location earlier this month. Upon successful completion of the program, students earned the Emergency Medical Technician – Basic technical diploma. The following students completed the academy: Arcadia High School: Jaylen Glenzinski, Charlie Halvorsen, Brooke Pronschinske […]

Several Holmen High School seniors know a thing or two about college already, even though none of them have even graduated high school. Depending on the course at Holmen, any one of them could be learning how to write a business plan, learning accounting principles, or organizing a school function. Whatever it is, they feel […]

Western Technical College celebrated October as Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin with two special events on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Western’s Business and Industry Services hosted a manufacturing luncheon from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. that day. The event highlighted partnerships between local school districts and businesses, as well as showcased various student projects from the area. Tours of […]

High school juniors and seniors were invited to learn more about Western Technical College’s public safety programs at “Heroes are Made Here,” an open house event on Thursday, Sept. 27 . at the Sparta Public Safety and Training Center. The event allowed those interested a chance to learn more about the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), […]