| PHS to host technical career fair Friday |
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| Written by Brian McCauley | |||
| Wednesday, 18 November 2009 08:00 | |||
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On Friday, Paola High School parents and students can get information about a number of technical careers. The school is hosting a technical career fair from 1 to 3 p.m., and representatives from 10 technical schools will be on site with information. PHS guidance counselor Debbie Baldwin said she’d like to see as many juniors, seniors and their parents attend as possible. “The parents who attended last year were able to garner much information about financial aide, housing, etc. besides the nuts and bolts of the curriculum area their student wants to pursue,” Baldwin wrote in an e-mail. “Because of last year’s fair, we have a student at Beloit and two attending Tulsa Welding. Parents have shared this all happened through the information this day provided. We often get AG students to Fort Scott, Coffeyville, Pittsburg State and K-State, so helping to educate beyond these institutions can only help with the economic struggles going on as well.” The schools scheduled to be in attendance are: North Central Kansas Technical College — Beloit, Kan. (Agricultural Equipment Technology, Automotive Collision/Repair, Automotive Technology, Bricklaying, Building Construction, Carpentry and Cabinet Making, Diesel Technology, Plumbing/heating and AC) Tulsa Welding School — Tulsa, Okla. Missouri Welding Institute – Nevada, Mo. Fort Scott Community College – Fort Scott (Agriculture, Construction Trades, Heating and Air, Truck Driving) Johnson County Community College – Overland Park (Automotive Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, Drafting Technology, Electronic Technology, Electrical Technology, HVAC Technology, Metal Fabrication/Welding Technology and Pre-Engineering) Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville and Columbus, Kan. locations (Tech Campus offers: Automotive Service, Collision repair, Welding, Vocational Agriculture) Pittsburg State University – Pittsburg, Kan. (College of Tech to include: Automotive Technology, Engineering Technology, Construction Mgt. & Construction Engineering Technologies, Graphics and Imaging Technologies, and Technology and Workforce Learning) Universal Technical Institute – Main Campus – Avondale, Ariz. – also eight other campus locations (Transportation Technician Training to include: Automotive, Diesel, Collision Repair, Motorcycle and Marine Industries) Linn State Technical College – Linn, Mo. (Automation and Robotics Technology, Automotive Collision, Automotive Technology, Aviation Maintenance, Commercial Turf and Grounds management, Construction and Civil Technology, Design Drafting, Electric Power Generation Technology, Electrical Distributions Systems, Electronics Engineering, HVC, Heavy Equipment, Industrial Electricity, Machine Tool Technology) Flint Hills Technical College — Emporia.
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