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Making the classroom a memorable experience: Industrial technology teachers bring innovation into their classrooms
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FREEDOM — Work on a white Jeep has been going on for a few years.
A lot of hands have touched it. The Jeep has become part of the high school experience for Freedom High School students.
That's the way Freedom High School automotive and collision instructor Jay Abitz intended it to be.
“The point of this is to go through all of the experience of building a car from the ground up,” he said. “Our students do absolutely everything from top to bottom, bumper to bumper.” The key word for Abitz is “experience.”..
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Building the future of cyber security workforce: School program introduces students to computer science opportunities
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SUAMICO — Chad Behnke wants his students to know there’s more to computer science than just programming.
He teaches at Bay Port High School near Green Bay.
“Just having a general understanding of how software is made and the different hardware components they encounter on a daily basis,” Behnke said. ”Everything from a smart phone to an internet connected refrigerator.”...
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Ground broken on new center at Starr museum in New London
WLUK
NEW LONDON -- Construction is underway for a "Training and Resource Center" at the "Bart and Cherry Starr Museum."
On Friday, the wife of the late Packers quarterback attended a groundbreaking ceremony in New London with Rawhide Youth Services for the building hope capital campaign.
"It's been the best thing that ever happened to Bart and me here, to be apart of something we can give back, to a wonderful stay and community and to boys that need our help so much. Thank you so much for being so supportive," said Cherry Starr, Bart's wife..
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Bart Starr's ongoing legacy continues in Green Bay: Walnut Street Bridge renamed in his honor
NBC26
GREEN BAY — Bart Starr's on-going legacy lives on in Green Bay.
After long anticipation, the Walnut Street Bridge was finally renamed this Saturday to the Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.
A dedication ceremony took place Saturday morning at the Cherry Street landing, where they dedicated the plaque seen below...
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Special Event
Manufacturing First coming to Green Bay Oct. 27
NEW MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE
GREEN BAY -- The Manufacturing First Expo & Conference, the state’s largest manufacturing conference, is slated for Oct. 27 at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. The annual event provides Wisconsin manufacturers with hands-on opportunities to grow their business along with opportunities to network, showcase industry advances, highlight successes and announce their latest developments.
This year’s event, taking place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature a keynote presentation from Dr. Rick Rigsby, president and CEO of Rigsby Communications and the author of “Lessons of a Third Grade Dropout,” a best-selling book. He is also known for a speech he gave on hope in 2017, which became an internet sensation viewed by more than 300 million people worldwide. Rigsby’s audiences include Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, service organizations and professional sports organizations, including the PGA and NFL...
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