WHITESIDE AREA CAREER CENTER (WACC)
The Whiteside Area Career Center is a regional vocational center currently located in Sterling, Illinois. Career and technical programming is offered to program members, such as Forreston. Occupational clusters include agricultural occupations, business and related occupations, family and consumer sciences, health occupations and industrial/technical occupations. Students who enroll in this program are transported to WACC during the school day and partake in WACC classes in lieu of FHS campus courses. The following information is subject to change in relation to the rules, regulations, and program requirements.
To be eligible to attend WACC students must submit a formal application for each year they wish to attend. The application submitted to the School Advisor must include a statement of goals, career objective, course outline toward graduation requirements and a parent or guardian signature. Student attendance, overall grades, GPA, discipline, and student statement will be used to determine eligibility for limited WACC spaces available. In addition, students wishing to return to WACC for a second year must have earned at least a B- in their WACC course at the end of the third quarter. To earn dual credit through Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC), students will have to pass the required admissions test.
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