OSTC-SW News
![Group of students who placed first at OCCRA competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637001184/oaklandk12mius/av6i7lqfopeu4rfqxzrs/OSTC_OCCRA_Team1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637001184/oaklandk12mius/av6i7lqfopeu4rfqxzrs/OSTC_OCCRA_Team1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637001184/oaklandk12mius/av6i7lqfopeu4rfqxzrs/OSTC_OCCRA_Team1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1637001184/oaklandk12mius/av6i7lqfopeu4rfqxzrs/OSTC_OCCRA_Team1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637001184/oaklandk12mius/av6i7lqfopeu4rfqxzrs/OSTC_OCCRA_Team1.jpg","width":1600}])
OSTC students participating in the Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association (OCCRA) competition on Oct. 23 won First Place. Team 7553, OSTC Sweetbots topped15 competing high school teams to place first in the competition held at Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills.
![Former student holding newborn baby.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637000784/oaklandk12mius/sfhwy4hmegaiajenffss/KelseyKolin.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637000784/oaklandk12mius/sfhwy4hmegaiajenffss/KelseyKolin.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637000784/oaklandk12mius/sfhwy4hmegaiajenffss/KelseyKolin.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1637000784/oaklandk12mius/sfhwy4hmegaiajenffss/KelseyKolin.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637000784/oaklandk12mius/sfhwy4hmegaiajenffss/KelseyKolin.jpg","width":1600}])
Kelsey Kolin began working toward her long-term goal of becoming a nurse while in her freshman year at Walled Lake Central High School (WLC). In 2012, she decided to embark on a journey that most students in high school would not consider. With a strong commitment to health and wellness, she pursued the OSTC-SW Culinary Arts program.
![Welcome to our two new Oakland Schools Technical Campus Deans]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633435592/oaklandk12mius/cxpxpfd8nekxaye2okzj/NewDeans.jpg","width":1920}])
This past summer, Oakland Schools welcomed two new deans to our Oakland Schools Technical Campuses community. Meet Christopher Vraniak, dean of Oakland Schools Technical Campus Southwest (OSTC-SW) and David Wyatt, dean of Oakland Schools Technical Campus Northwest (OSTC-NW).
![Student using a drill in maching class.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1622126566/oaklandk12mius/wzqpsr6olhtiuxaorovy/RyanSW_Machining.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1622126566/oaklandk12mius/wzqpsr6olhtiuxaorovy/RyanSW_Machining.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1622126566/oaklandk12mius/wzqpsr6olhtiuxaorovy/RyanSW_Machining.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1622126566/oaklandk12mius/wzqpsr6olhtiuxaorovy/RyanSW_Machining.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1622126566/oaklandk12mius/wzqpsr6olhtiuxaorovy/RyanSW_Machining.jpg","width":1600}])
Congratulations to OSTC-Southwest Machining student Ryan Kosmowski, from Novi High School, who recently won first place at the first-ever Virtual Machining Competition at Ferris State University.