CALABASAS, CA — Fifty-two skilled trades teachers and teaching teams from across the country and their high schools were named today as semifinalists for the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools 2018 Prize for Teaching Excellence and are in the running for a share of $1 million in total cash awards. The semifinalists hail from 27 […]
Woodworking teachers of current and prospective WCA EDUcation institutions took time out from the hustle and bustle of the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta to meet and greet at the WCA’s booth. They included, Robert Lindsay, recently retired from Trenton High School of Trenton, MI; Jeff Seavolt, Maple Valley Jr. & Sr. High School of Vermontville, MI; Daniel […]
Proceeds from winning bids on sports collectables and other valuable merchandise will support the WCA’s woodworking workforce development activities. ATLANTA – A batting helmet signed by new Hall of Fame inductee Chipper Jones and a microphone autographed by Grammy Award vocalist Taylor Swift are among the many and diverse collectables that will be auctioned […]
Medalists for the 2018 SkillsUSA Cabinetmaking competition hailed from high schools and colleges located in six states. The winners were announced June 29 at the Awards Ceremony of SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, KY. More than 6,500 career and technical education students joined in the excitement of hands-on competition in 102 different trade, […]
The Woodwork Career Alliance of North America is pleased to welcome nine new EDUcation™ member schools and two new INDustry™ Sponsors. Thank you for your membership and support! EDUcation™ Members Gateway High School, Aurora, CO Green County ATC, Greensburg, KY Hands On Deck Inc., Green Bay, WI Ignacio School District 11-JT, Ignacio, CO Kent Transition […]
The Manufacturing Industry Learning Lab, aka the MiLL, opened with great fanfare last fall in Colorado Springs, CO. Billed as a national training center for the woodworking industry, the MiLL features more than $3 million worth of equipment operating under power in a 46,600-square-foot building. The facility offers woodworking instruction to students by day and […]
Among the woodworking students at Westosha Central High School of Salem, WI, who received their WCA Sawblade certificates were these five who showed up on the last day of the 2017-18 school year: Joseph La Jorge, left, Kyle Blume, Chris Sdralis, Jacob Hardesty and Lance Christopherson. The students earned their Sawblade certificates by mastering basic […]
Ethan Harrison, a 2018 graduate of Blackfoot High School of Blackfoot, ID, will represent the United States in the biennial WorldSkills cabinetmaking competition Aug. 22-27, 2019 in Kazan, Russia. Harrison earned the honor by winning a head-to-head competition at SkillsUSA last month in Louisville, KY. Runner-up, Hunter Thompson, a 2016 graduate of Cedar Ridge High […]
Joe Davis, woodworking instructor at the Dale Jackson Career Center, of Lewisville, TX, received the 2018 Educator of the Year Award from the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association. Davis is an accredited skills evaluator of the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America; his program is a founding WCA EDUcation member. High school students who take […]
Competition will put real-world woodworkers to the test in a virtual reality world. Nellysford, VA – Woodworkers attending the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta, can compete for prizes and bragging rights by entering the WCA Bandsaw Skills Challenge. The competition will be held all four days of the show, Aug. 22-25, at the Woodwork Career […]