Connect. Discover. Explore. Learn. These action verbs exemplify students who attend the Whiteside Area Career Center.
Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC) will host their annual Open House from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., on Monday, November 10, 2014. The location is 1608 Fifth Avenue, Sterling, IL.
What is the function of WACC? Career and technical programs for high schoolers are provided at the Whiteside Area Career Center. A variety of occupational clusters are offered.
- Allied Health
- Auto Tech
- Building Trades
- Computer Aided Drafting
- Computer Repair and Networking
- Criminal Justice
- Digital Media Arts
- Early Childhood Education
- Food Service Occupations
- Health Occupations–CNA
- Machining Trades
- Welding Fabrication.
WACC is one of 61 regional vocational systems in Illinois. Systems were organized in 1986-87 to coordinate and provide regional career and technical programming among its members, collect and report data to the Illinois State Board of Education, act as the flow-through of Federal and State resources, and market career and technology education throughout its region.
It is governed by a Board of Control composed of the Superintendents from each member district. At present, 17 local school districts are members of this cooperative joint agreement.
For information about courses at the WACC, please email Cece Duncan at cduncan@wacc.cc, or call 815-626-5810 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.