Students get paid while participating in unique program that helps prepare them for supply chain jobs of the future San Pedro, CA (July 12, 2024)—With sparks flying at a series of workstations, dozens of Harbor area teens demonstrated new skills in welding and construction thanks to their participation in an innovative skilled trades summer program … Continued
There are now more than 130 skilled trades teachers across the United States who have won the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. Prizewinners in the News is a roundup of recent news stories featuring prizewinning teachers. The Welder Teacher Profile: Prizewinner Brent Tuttle This month The Welder featured a story … Continued
No one knows the true difference an excellent teacher can make better than their students. In honor of National Welding Month, we reached out to a few welding graduates of Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence winners to see where the skills their teachers imparted have taken them in their careers, and … Continued
More than 60 young women in Kentucky and Southern Indiana competed in the second annual Future Women of Welding Competition in Louisville, Kentucky. David McCoy, a 2023 winner of the Harbor Freight Tool for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence®, organized the event. Held in January, the competition is for high school students and was attended … 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