Porter County Career Center
Valpo schools report on 21st century goals
VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso schools have come a long way in the past year, but a lot more needs to be done to define and prepare for what education will be like in the century ahead.
Portage schools to look at alternative energy uses
PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools could be looking to the sun or the wind to provide some of its power in the future.
Porter County Career Center partners with NIPSCO to showcase solar panel project
VALPARAISO | On January 16, the Porter County Career Center unveiled their new solar panel project. The project was a partnership with Nipsco, and was completed by the high school students in the Electronic and Modern Machining classes.
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EDITORIAL: High school graduates must be more ready
At the root of discussions on education reform is the nearly universal concern about the outcome: Will students emerge from high school ready for college or careers? A new Northwest Indiana initiative addresses that issue.
Kids upgrading wind turbine
Dillon Bishop, a senior at Chesterton High School, works with Harrison Draves, a Washington Township senior, to disconnect a solar panel at the Porter County Career Center.
Kids upgrading wind turbine
Harrison Draves, a senior at Washington Township Middle/High School, tests the wind turbine atop the Porter County Career Center.
Kids upgrading wind turbine
Dillon Bishop, a senior at Chesterton High School, works with Harrison Draves, a senior at Washington Township Middle/High School, to hook up a power source to a robotic arm that will rotate with the sun to keep solar batteries charged.
Portage High School student to receive statewide recognition
PORTAGE | Portage High School senior Justin Suggs will be presented a Career and Technical Student Award of Excellence today at the Indiana Statehouse.
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