Middle years students from Red River Valley and Border Land school divisions have been exploring various trades over the past couple of weeks. The two divisions received a grant from Apprenticeship Manitoba to host 16 middle years students at four trades camps.
Andy Reimer, high school apprenticeship program teacher for the Red River Technical Vocational Area (RRTVA), said students in middle years are at a point in their life where they're going to start making some important decisions about what they want to do in school, and beyond. These camps are designed to help kids decide whether the technical vocational route is a good fit for them. It also gives students a good awareness of the opportunities the school divisions have for them.
For each trades camp, Reimer said students participating go to one of the schools involved in the RRTVA. He said for example, on November 5th, students from Rosenort and Morris went to Morris school and spent half a day exploring the auto body program and the other half in the welding program. "They would have had hands-on experiences," noted Reimer. "So in the auto body shop they would have had a chance to make some dents, pull dents, and fix dents with different machinery, and they would have had a chance to see what it would be like to work with that teacher."
Reimer said interest has been excellent. "We've had way more students than we can actually accommodate. We'd love to accommodate all of them, obviously."
The third of the four trades camp will take place tomorrow, November 19th at Altona's W.C. Miller Collegiate, where students will experience the Sustainable Energy and Electrical programs.
The last camp will will held November 26 at GVC TEC in Winkler. Students from RRVSD and BLSD will experience the Heavy Duty Diesel and Horticulture/Landscaping Programs.
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