On October 4, team members from Microsoft, Walsh Construction, and Kiewit Corporation participated in the second annual Teens in Trades Day at J.I Case High School. Teens in Trades Day is organized by Professional Women in Trades, a Black woman-led organization, to create awareness of the ben...
“For far too long, parents and students have been told the only path to succeed in life is by going to university, which is simply not true," said McNaughton. The program will allow young workers to apply for their Ontario Secondary School Diploma after receiving their Certificate of Appr...
Trades training centre for high school and post-secondary students wilIan Graham
Marco Mendoza of Laborers Local 60 Union in Hawthorne shows students how to fuse plastic pipes. More than 750 local high students recently got an up-close look at trade-career opportunities in the region at the annual Hudson Valley Construction Career Day, located in Suff...
The students in Ron Bascombe’s classes don’t mind getting their hands dirty. The West Ferris Secondary School teacher heads the Specialist High Skills Major program (SHSM) in manufacturing/mining, which was approved in September, 2012. “My job is to get as many kids out...
“If students want to be an electrician, for instance, and they have been with the program and show they have employability skills, there is a good chance I can get them a co-op. Companies have said they like my kids because they are already filtered. I have taken the b...
Students can choose from the seven trade programs, including carpentry, automotive technician, electrical, hairdressing, horticulture, plumbing, and professional cook training. Enrolled students will receive dual credits – for high school and first-year post-secondary school. The program will allow ...
He said the students are what kept him here. "Twenty-seven years ago when I came here, there was nothing here, not even electronics," he said in a nostalgic moment. "The high-level people we train here are now training younger generations. They are working in the state-of-the-art ...
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The Del Oro High School girls' softball team is taking on a challenge most teens would find impossible: giving up their smartphones for an entire month.