nd

2 Annual
Car Cruise and
Open House
Saturday April 25th, 2015
Collinsville Area Vocational Center
2201 S. Morrison, Collinsville IL
1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Concessions, Face Painting, Dash Plaques, Key Chains, Blood
Pressure Checks, Traffic Direction, and CAVC Tours provided
by various CAVC Programs. Music and Karaoke provided by
Derek Keith of WIL 92.3.

Collinsville Area Vocational Center

Where education and the work world meet
Program Offerings
Auto Body Repair

Automotive Repair

Building Trades
Child and Day Care
Services

Health Occupations
Criminal Justice

Electronics

Emergency Health
Occupations

Food services

PLTW Engineering

Precision Machining

Web Page Design

Welding

Our brand new, state of the art, paint booth includes not only a down draft prep
area but also advanced bake features. Students have the opportunity to learn
concepts ranging from basic dent removal to structural repair, frame straightening,
electrical repair, and full vehicle painting. Come meet our instructor Alan Welch.
This program covers all 9 areas associated with NATEF certification. Our ASE certified instructor, Aaron
Schuster, designs activities for students to learn concepts initially in a classroom setting before moving
to our full service shop area including five lifts, an extensive tool collection and advanced computer
diagnostic equipment. Upon departure, our students can address problems at every end of the
technological spectrum.
The return of the Building Trades program last year has proved to be the return of
one of the crown jewels of CAVC. Since 1973 Building Trades has built quality
homes throughout Collinsville. Take a drive down Wilson, Junghas, Highland, High
School or Keeneland Streets to see some of our work.
The CAVC Preschool (formerly PUPS) has been in operation for many years. In this environment, high
school students learn not only developmental milestones for children of a variety of ages, but also
learn to develop lessons and actually teach and care for three and four year old children. Our teachers
Shawn Geppert and Akiya Perry do an outstanding job of caring for our kids both young and old.
With an enrollment of over 50 students, Sherry Modeer is diligently preparing students to earn
certification as a C.N.A. By combining classroom instruction with real on-the-job experience at
Rosewood Nursing Home, these students will be taking care of our loved ones immediately after
graduation!
This program is the first step in preparing future Police as well as Lawyers and Judges. Students
investigate all aspects of the legal system. In addition to physical training, students get the opportunity
to learn police techniques and crime scene investigation skills! Marcia Bedard, the Law Enforcement
instructor has built this program into one that will prepare our students for a life protecting and
serving our community.
Kathy Hankins, our Electronics instructor, is in charge of one of our most rigorous
programs. Students will learn to perform complete electrical analysis of complex dc
and ac circuits consisting of resistors, capacitors, and inductors connected in
various series, parallel, and series-parallel configurations.
This course introduces students to an extensive study of anatomy, physiology, and medical
terminology. Also included is the study of first responder, first aid skills and training for emergency
careers. Students who qualify may take the First Responder exam at the end of the school year. The
Illinois Department of Public Health approves this as a First Responder course.
Food Service, taught by William Craft, provides students the opportunity to run a
full service kitchen while learning all of the aspects of food safety and sanitation.
The Food Service kitchen serves lunch to CAVC students every Friday! While
exploring a variety of food types ranging from Breakfast to Chinese, students are
exposed to the wide and amazing world of food and food service.
Project Lead the Way, one of the primer engineering programs in the country, was brought to
Collinsville High School in 2012 with the intent to prepare students for the Science Technology
Engineering and Math related careers. Starting last year, this program was available as a vocational
course. The first two hour long courses, Introduction to Engineering Design and Principles of
Engineering are already up and running thanks to the dedication of instructor Cindy Bednara with
Aerospace Engineering making its debut this year.
As one of the most needed career fields today, the Precision Machining course, taught by Justin
Cann, is preparing students for the high paying field of Machining. With some of the newest and most
advanced CNC mills and lathes, our students leave CAVC miles ahead of any other high school
program. This course has laid the foundation for multiple top three state champions as well as a
national champion at SKILLS USA.
Technology and the Internet are one of the most widely used resources across the
world. In Graphic and Web Page Design, our students learn how to design, develop,
and market resources on the web. Students explore a variety of programs including
HTML, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver just to name a few.
Mark Anderson has designed this course as a learning experience designed to provide the student with
job entry-level welding skills. The majority of the time will be spent on hands-on training to stick arc
welding, oxyacetylene welding, TIG welding, MIG welding, oxyacetylene cutting, arc air cutting, and
plasma arc cutting on mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum in all positions. Safety, print reading, and
employability skills, as well as, related information will be learned.