OKAW Area Vocational Center

Vandalia,Illinois

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OKAW Area Vocational Center offers an education for the high schools in the area to provide the necessary resources for high school junior and senior students to learn a vocational trade and enrolls about 250 students. The participating schools utilizing the resources provided by OKAW Area Vocational Center are: Altamont, Brownstown, Greenville, Hillsboro, Mulberry Grove, New Approach, Pana, Patoka, Ramsey, Sandoval, South Central, St. Elmo, and Vandalia.

These students attend a half-day session at their home school for core classes and are then bussed to OKAW area Vocational Center for two-and-a-half hour sessions, running from 9:00 - 11:24 a.m. and 12:06 - 2:42 p.m. Some schools choose to send OKAW students for only one session, while other participating schools choose the option of both morning and afternoon sessions.

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OKAW prepares students to enter a number of trades immediately after high school, or to enroll in a technical training program with relevant experience already under their belt, OKAW also collaborates with the local colleges that are in the attending home school region to receive dual credit; dual credit is only given to the students in the OKAW programs that are certified as a dual credit class through that college. 

Facts About Us:

  • The mission of OKAW Area Vocational Center is to empower students to better their lives.

  • We provide students real-world experience through extensive hands-on learning.

  • Each program offered at OKAW incorporates the following ten traits:

  • Attendance, Character, Teamwork, Appearance,

  • Productivity, Organizational Skills,

  • Communication, Cooperation, and Respect.

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