Area Career Center

What’s recently happened? Students from the Hammond Area Career Center (ACC) competed at Regionals for SkillsUSA this past weekend. The ACC students were sent all over the Region to compete in different competitions. Students went anywhere from...

It’s not everyday that you get to sit down with a cancer survivor, a military veteran, a change-maker in the community, or a thriving high school student and get a look into what it’s like to live in their shoes. By sitting down with the members...

What’s recently happened? Hammond Area Career Center (ACC) students are at the downswing of the semester. Students are prepping for internships, expanding on projects, and busy working hard for the last week of school. Fundraising for the...

What’s recently happened? The Dental Assisting class is a two year program that offers six high school credits. In this class students are prepared for a career in dental assisting from day one. Students learn a variety of skills such as patient...

What’s happened: At Area Career Center (ACC), the emergency medical technician (EMT) class taught by Ryan Cogdill kicked off the last stretch of the semester to help students learn new, life-saving techniques. The EMT class is a second-year class...

Area first responders enjoyed camaraderie, food and friendly competition in the annual Battle of the Medics, held at Franciscan Health Hammond, Dyer and Munster in celebration of EMS week May 20-24. Personnel from Hammond Fire Department, Calumet...

Here at GreatNews.Life, an online news agency that publishes exclusively positive news throughout the Region, we aspire to mold and inspire budding journalists in high school through the #1StudentNWI program. In fact, we’re the only area media...

Munster High School athletic trainer, Mary Spina, recently received the Professional Excellence in Athletic Training award (formerly the Athletic Trainer of the Year) from the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association. This award is given to one athletic...

#1Teacher Spotlight: Dan Taube At HAPA, a major influence on many of the performers' lives is the Director of Theatre and Acting teacher, Dan Taube. Prior to working at Morton, Taube attended numerous institutions. He received a BFA in Acting from...

Some 120 School City of Hammond high school seniors will announce their fall college plans at the Hammond Education Foundation’s (HEF) second annual Blueprint College Signing Day event, Thursday, May 3. The ceremony will be held from noon to 1 p.m....