WCA News & Events
Welcome New Members & Sponsors!
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 MiLL: A Model to Help Bridge the Woodworking Industry’s Skills Gap
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 […]
Westosha Central High Students Earn Sawblade Certificates
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 […]