Students from 20 high school skilled trades programs will lead a variety of community impact projects designed to address a local need or problem. Their teachers, all winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, will guide them through the projects with the goal of challenging and empowering students to make … Continued
Andrice Tucker, a winner of the 2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, has found a new way to put his skilled trades students’ knowledge to the test. In his C9 Engine Bootcamp, high school automotive students at Central Nine Career Center mentor eighth graders from their local middle school through an … Continued
In the fall of 2022, we started a new national webinar series. Our first three webinars featured presentations by past winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. We have one webinar remaining in the series line-up: Transform Your Skilled Trades Classroom into a Business Tuesday, April 25, 2023 6 p.m. … Continued
In the past year, there has been strong momentum building around efforts to provide new hands-on opportunities for public high school students to learn about the skilled trades. With the United States facing a daunting shortage of skilled trades workers, it seems there is growing interest in rapidly expanding our ability to train the next … Continued
On June 4, nearly 150 scouts participated in a welding and metal works merit badge event at the Sikeston Career and Technology Center (SCTC) in Sikeston, MO. “We know that exposing a student at a young age to a career field can spark interest and have lasting effects on the child,” said Brent Trankler, the … Continued
School pride, individual student support, and a blend of academic curriculum with career focused, project-based learning are just a few things Harbor Freight Tools for Schools team members Scott Springer and Bob Kilmer found on a visit to Gulfport High School. The school is home to three winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools … Continued