Personnel from the Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center (CWCTC) visited all five of Penn-Trafford’s elementary schools to meet with 5th-graders during March and April. The ‘roadshow’ was developed to make students aware of the different opportunities that CWCTC can offer when they reach high school, such as welding, power lines, athletic training, robotics, and safety services.
After a presentation by CWCTC staff and Penn-Trafford High School students who are enrolled at CWCTC, the 5th-graders rotated through various interactive stations where they could try out a variety of activities such as painting a car using virtual reality, driving a skid steer using a simulator, powerline climbing, trying on protective services gear, and trying the cosmetology equipment.
Harrison Park 5th-graders Lilliana Tommasino and Elliott Punturi engaged in hands-on learning about the CWCTC’s cosmetology program
Harrison Park students Charles Spreyne and Abel Busbey watch Alana Hutchison use a virtual reality program to simulate painting cars while Penn-Trafford High School/CWCTC student, Nathan Lasitis, supervised the station
CWCTC students Keaton Supancic (Penn-Trafford) and Bear Frye (Greensburg Salem) help Harrison Park student, Liliana Stikkel, try out some of the powerline equipment
Penn-Trafford/CWCTC Protective Services student Hayden Inman helps Harrison Park student, Delaney Flebotte, gear up in the fire fighting equipment
McCullough student Connor Stewart imagines becoming a future firefighter
McCullough student Joshua Watson checks out the inside of the heart in 3D while using a zspace computer
Drakari List tries his hand at driving with a skid steer simulation