Branch Area Career Center

Branch Area Career Center is a public school offering Career and Technical Training for High School students in Coldwater Michigan the county seat of Branch County. It is an extension of Bronson, Coldwater, and Quincy High Schools offering programs not offered in traditional schools. The facility has been running continuously since it was dedicated in 1974, helping thousands of students graduate with a head start in their field of study.[1]

Facility

The school is housed in a 77,600-square-foot (7,210 m2) building on Morse Street in Coldwater Michigan. It was built at a cost of 2.8 million dollars or $30 per square foot. A county wide millage was approved by voters in 1971 to pay for the original facility and operating costs every year after.[2]

Courses offered
  • Business Administration and Technology
  • Culinary and Hospitality Management
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Auto/Diesel Technology
  • Building Trades
  • Collision Repair
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Electrical Technologies
  • Precision Machining
  • Welding Engineering Technologies
  • Health Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Early Education
  • Teacher Training
  • Natural Resources and Agri-Science Technologies

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Participating High Schools
  • Bronson High School
  • Coldwater High School
  • Quincy High School
  • Pansophia Academy
  • Union City
  • Colon
  • CASL Academy

Organizations

Students at the Branch Area Career Center belong to several organizations based on their course study. Each organization offers competitions and activities these competitions happen on several different levels including local, regional, state and national. These organizations include:

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References
  1. June 7, 2010. Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Coldwater Daily Reporter March 28, 1974 Dedication Issue page 2.

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