Automotive career launches with internship and Tech Center credentials

All three share how the skills they learned as KCTC students help them now direct 11th and 12th graders enrolled in a program that prepares the next generation of bakers, butchers, sous chefs and chocolatiers.

Omar Rodriguez, a 2026 graduate of Lee High School and the West Michigan Construction Institute's Electrical pathway (a Kent ISD CTE program), turned a work-based learning experience at CS Erickson into a full-time career as an electrical apprentice.

With the new school year about to get underway, we asked students enjoying Maranda’s Park Party Recess at Endeavor Elementary in Kentwood to share their dreams and how education may help them achieve their goals.

Hands-on experience as an IT intern for Kent Career Tech Center is helping 12^th grade student Grady Albin gain industry-specific skills to empower him achieve future goals in cybersecurity

When a gymnasium fills up with nearly 200 middle school girls from many area districts, the energy in the room is electric. Maranda of WOOD TV brought together this group for her annual Beautiful U, an event aimed at inspiring and empowering girls and encouraging them to dream big.