Pioneer April Student of the Month excels in law

Monday evening, Dalton Deel was the highlight of the May, 2022 Board of Education meeting. Dalton is enrolled in the Homeland Security program. He is a senior from Madison High School and is the son of Kassie and Nick Jacobus. Dalton is doing Early Job Placement at the Morrow County Sheriff’s Department and after graduation plans to go attend the Police Academy and pursue a career in law enforcement. Deel has also earned the Quality Performance Award and the Work Ethic Award at Pioneer. Dell explained to the board what a correction officer does on a daily basis, such as care, custody, feeding, and helping the inmates to understand the rules. Sheriff Hinton, of Morrow County told the board he is very happy with Seniors who are interested in law enforcement coming to the Sheriff’s Department and working to help the students decide about their future and getting an on- job education about jails and inmates. Commander Winbigler, instructor at Pioneer also was at the board meeting and praised the opportunity for the students to experience the law class and moving on to work at the Sheriff’s Department. Deel stated the students learn a lot about different situations that happen at the Sheriff’s Office. One that came to his mind was when an inmate set off the fire alarm.

The other April Student of the month was Olivia Smith (Willard), who is enrolled in the Early Childhood program. She is a Junior. She works part time after school in the Pioneer child care and has already been hired at a Willard daycare for Early Job Placement her senior year. After graduation, Olivia plans to further her education at Ashland University. Her parents are Alice and John Smith from Willard.

Five students from Mr. Yohe’s Drone Technologies course recently passed their remote pilot exam and are now certified Drone Pilots! The students are: Wyatt Allen, a Junior in Engine Design (Lucas), Calixta Baker, a Senior in Industrial Electrical (Lexington), Collin Dingus, a Junior in IT Support (Crestview), Luke Donahue,

a Senior in Engine Design (Shelby), and Christopher Kent, a Senior in Carpentry (Plymouth).

Lindi Meisse and the Early Childhood Education Lab placed 1st in the FACTS Grant for promoting traffic safety to families, students and the community. They earned GOLD in several competitions at the State FCCLA Conference. They received $2,500 to go toward their program.

Shelby Knipp, a Pioneer Performing Arts student from Crestline High School, opened the 2022 State FCCLA Conference in Columbus by singing our National Anthem.