Rainbow District School Board hosts Technological Skills Competition
Rainbow District School Board will host its sixth annual Technological Skills Competition at Cambrian College on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Over 100 secondary school students will test their skills in ten events – carpentry (team), welding, precision machining, auto-CADD, Rube Goldberg, video editing, baking, photography, auto-service technology and cabinet making, as well as small-powered equipment. Students will vie for an opportunity to compete in the provincial Skills Competition in Waterloo this May. The small-powered equipment event will take place on March 26th at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School.
As part of the competition, 200 Grade 8 students will visit Cambrian College to learn more about the trades. Students will complete a series of hands-on workshops geared to technology including rocket launchers, sailboat competitions, fun with chemistry, energy systems and GPS in mining.
“Students need to begin thinking about careers at an early age,” says Sofia Gallagher, Rainbow District School Board’s Program Co-ordinator for Specialist High Skills Major programs. “Linking classroom instruction with real life experiences is a key component of our destination-based curriculum. The Technological Skills Competition brings learning to life in a fun and creative way.”
The trades and technology departments at Cambrian College are providing the location for the various events and have prepared the written and practical tests for the day in collaboration with Rainbow secondary school teachers for the secondary competitors. They are also providing judges. Two of the events will be held at Lasalle Secondary School. Rainbow District School Board teachers are also involved in developing the scopes for some of the competitions.
Participants will have an opportunity to go home with some wonderful prizes thanks to the support of community businesses and organizations including the Sudbury & Manitoulin Partnerships Board and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP), among others. A plaque will be presented to the winning school in each category.
The awards ceremony will begin at 2:30 pm in the Cambrian College Student Centre. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend.
Rainbow District School Board salutes the many staff members who have worked in partnership with the community to organize the Technological Skills Competition:
Rob Smith - Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School
Christopher Dinnes – Lively District Secondary School (Co-Chair)
Denis Dormer – Chelmsford Valley District Composite School
Darren Foy – Rainbow District School Board
Sofia Gallagher – Rainbow District School Board
Sharon Orlak - Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Ted Smith – Lively District Secondary School
Peter Vigna - Lasalle Secondary School
Angie Hunda - Lasalle Secondary School (Co-Chair)
Mike Cole - Lockerby Composite School
Giancarlo Chiarot - Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School
Technology Skills Competition
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Agenda for the day
| 8:30 am to 9 am 9:00 am to 9:30 am Auto-Service Technology Baking Carpentry Precision Machining Welding Cabinet making TV/Video Production Photography Rube Goldberg AutoCADD Small Powered Equipment |
Registration Orientation Rm 1700 Rm 1240 Rm 1722 Rm 1712 Rm 1738 Rm 1721 Rm 2637 Rm 2637 Lasalle Lasalle Lo-Ellen Park (on March 26, 2010) |
Trades Building Trades Building Trades Building Trades Building Trades Building |
9:30 am to 11:30 am Competition time for all competitors
9:00 am to 11:00 am Competition time for precision machining competitors
11:00 am Lunch for precision machining competitors (room 1707)
11:30 am Lunch for trades competitors (room 1707)
Lunch for all others (Koski Centre)
11:30 am to 1:30 pm Precision machining resume competition
Noon to 1:30 pm Trades competitors resume competition
Noon to 2:15 pm All other competitors resume competition
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Awards Ceremony (Student Centre)
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Media Contact:
Sofia Gallagher, Curriculum Co-ordinator for Specialist High Skills Major Programs
Rainbow District School Board, (705) 523-3308 ext. 8203