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March 2: Rainbow District School Board hosts Technological Skills Competition
Rainbow District School Board will host its eleventh annual Technological Skills Competition at Cambrian College on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Over 120 secondary school students will test their skills in events such as carpentry, welding, TV/video editing, photography, auto-service technology, 2D character animation, cabinet making and small-powered equipment. Students will vie for an opportunity to compete in the provincial Skills Competition in Waterloo this May.
As part of the competition, some 220 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 on a number of topics including rocket launchers, sail design competitions, solar systems kits, breaking concrete and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
“It’s important that students begin thinking about careers at an early age,” says Leo Leclair, Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Program Co-ordinator for Rainbow District School Board. “Linking classroom instruction with real life experiences in a postsecondary environment is a key component of our destination-based curriculum. The Technological Skills Competition brings learning to life in a fun, creative and challenging way.”
The trades and technology departments at Cambrian College are providing the location for the various events and have helped to prepare the practical tests for the day in collaboration with teachers from participating secondary schools. They are also providing judges.
Participants will have an opportunity to go home with a variety of fantastic prizes thanks to the support of community businesses and organizations including the Sudbury & Manitoulin Workforce Planning Board, Northeastern Ontario Construction Association (NOCA) and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP), among many others.
The awards ceremony will begin at 2:15 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 and Giancarlo Chiarot | Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School |
| Christopher Dinnes and Tim Walker | Lively District Secondary School |
| Lise Vezina-Guilbault | Chelmsford Valley District Composite School |
| Darren Foy | Algonquin Road Public School |
| Henry Girard | Espanola High School |
| Sharon Orlak | Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) |
| Anne Quesnel and Chris Sheppard | Sudbury Secondary School |
| Peter Vigna | Lasalle Secondary School |
| Mike Cole, Patrick Campeau and Eric Laberge | Lockerby Composite School |
| Bernie Gervais, Dylan Callens | Confederation Secondary School |
| Stephen Robinson | Manitoulin Secondary School |
Annual Skills Competition
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Agenda
8:30 am to 9:00 am
Registration for all trades competitions will take place in the main entrance of Cambrian College’s Trades Building.
Competitions are in the following locations:
| Auto-Service Technology | Room 1700 | Trades Building |
| Carpentry | Room 1722 | Trades Building |
| Home Building | Room 1722 | Trades Building |
| Welding | Room 1738 | Trades Building |
| Cabinet Making | Room 1721 | Trades Building |
| Small Powered Equipment | Room 1737 | Trades Building |
Registration for all other competitions will take place in the main entrance of Cambrian College’s Student Centre.
Competitions are in the following locations:
| TV/Video Production | Room 2640 |
| Photography | Room 1640 |
| 2D Character Animation | Room 1631 |
| AutoCAD | Room 4135 |
| Miniature Straw Rockets | Gym B (elementary competition) |
| Sail Design | Gym A (elementary competition) |
| Skills Relay | Student Centre (elementary competition) |
| 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Competitions begin for all competitors |
| 11:30 am to 12:15 pm | Lunch for trades competitors in the Student Centre |
| 12:15 pm to 2:15 pm | Competitors resume competition |
| 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm | Grade 8 Awards Ceremony (Student Centre) |
| 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm | Secondary School Awards Ceremony (Student Centre) |
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Media Contact:
Leo Leclair, Co-ordinator, Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Programs
Rainbow District School Board, 705.523.3308, ext. 8203.