Learning through doing: the 2012 Regional Technological Skills Competitions
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
March 21, 2012
GUELPH, Ontario — Students from Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic District School Board secondary schools are participating in the 2012 Regional Technological Skills Competitions between March 21 and March 30 at various sites around the district.
More than 150 students from the two school boards have entered 26 different competitions in areas as diverse as baking to precision machining, hairstyling to cabinetmaking. The program is coordinated though the boards’ Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, (OYAP) which prepares students for further education and careers in the skilled trades.
While there are competitions in 23 different areas, there are at least 6 other events such as Robotics – Team of 4 and Electrical Wiring where only one school chooses to enter. These teams do not have to compete in the Regional Skills but go on directly to the provincial competitions.
The award ceremony for the Regional Competitions is being held on Friday March 30 at the E. L. Fox Auditorium at John F. Ross CVI, Meyer Drive, Guelph at 3:00 p.m.
The Ontario Technological Skills Competitions, where winning students from Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic schools will compete with more than 1,800 elementary, secondary and post-secondary students from across the province will be held April 30 through May 2 at RIM Park in Waterloo.
“We would like to thank our community partners for hosting many of these events and for providing judges to evaluate student projects,” said OYAP Coordinator Sue McPhedran.
The media is welcome to attend the events.
For more information: Sue McPhedran, OYAP Coordinator 519-766-9140 or [email protected].
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