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The Central Educational Center is taking
registration through June 7 for the “2008 Yes!” middle school
summer camp - a summer manufacturing technology program offered
June 23-27 for rising 7th, 8th and 9th graders (this year’s
middle schoolers).
CEC’s first-ever summer manufacturing camp will feature hands-on
training in drafting, robotics and welding. Activities include
instruction, lectures from industry and business guests, as well
as hands-on technology projects.
The cost is $200 per student, and the class will also include
two field trips, daily guest speakers at lunch, student copies
of Pro Desktop and SolidWorks drafting software for every
student, a starter robotics for students to take home and build,
t-shirts, a sports backpack and other perks. The classes include
lunch and morning and afternoon snacks for students.
The summer class is designed to introduce middle school students
to highly skilled techniques of modern manufacturing. The class
is taught by CEC pre-engineering and robotics instructor Scott
Brown and West Central Technical College instructor Jeremy
Jenkins.
Classes last from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. over the five-day camp,
and are held at CEC’s Newnan campus. 32 slots in all are
available, and will be filled on a first-come, first-served
basis.
To register, parents can visit camp director Brown’s CEC webpage
at www.gacec.com/Staff/browns and follow the links to the 2008
Yes! Summer Camp. An email link to the, course calendar link,
and a summer camp registration form link can be found on the
page.
Parents are urged to submit the form via email, or they can come
by the CEC between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday and fill out a form to secure a class spot. The $200
registration fee must be paid by the first day of class.
The class is underwritten by a $5,000 grant from the Nuts and
Bolts and Thingamajig Foundation, a national organization that
fosters local programs to introduce young people to the skills
“that will help create the next generation of artisans,
inventors, engineers, repairmen and skilled workers.” The
Yokogawa Corporation, Newnan Advanced Chiropractic, Southern
educational Systems and Learning Lab are also major sponsors of
the CEC camp.
The Central Educational Center – located on Martin Luther King
Drive in Newnan – can be reached at 678-423-2000. |
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