Career Center

Modern Manufacturing Program Receives $75,000.00 Vehicle from Mercedes

Left to right Steve Kelley, Instructor, Debra Wiggins, career tech counselor, Maurice Ingle, Bevill State, Cailyx Larson, assistant principal

By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

LADOW- Wednesday, December 15, 2021, was a very exciting day for the Pickens County College and Career Center in Carrollton, Alabama. The career center received a new 2021 Mercedes Benz GLE 450 Coupe for the Modern Manufacturing Program. The $75,000.00 vehicle was donated to the career center by the Mercedes Company in Vance, Alabama. Mercedes has donated fifteen cars to schools recently which equals about $700,000.00 in donations.

 

Robotics Club Forms for its Inaugural Year at Career Center

The Pickens County College and Career Center’s Robotics Club posed with their entry to Bevill State Community College’s BEST Robotics competition. (Photo was taken on Halloween day.) Front Row, from left: Collin Vang, GHS; Tori Pulliam, PCHS; Briana Harris, PCHS; Trishyla Means, PCHS; Jessica Phipps, GHS; Talaija Smith, AHS; Castella Sherrod, AHS; and Glenn Draper, PCHS. Back row, from left: Judson Stanfill, PA; Benjamin Stephens, GHS; and Wesley Junkins, GHS.

This year’s topic was Saving the Sea Turtles and Clean our Oceans.