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HELENA WINS FALL UPDATE
The goal of Helena WINS is to build a robust
using Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, rubber bands,
and ingenuity! Over 300 students participated.
Helena College STEAM Month, October:
Throughout the month,
Helena College organized a variety of activities to help
the community explore
careers in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. One of the events – the Welding Rodeo held on October
5 – paired high school and college welding students in
a competition to design and create works of art. Celebrity judge Dave Turin, star of Discovery Channel’s Gold
Rush television show, scored the submissions. The winning school, Capital High, received a Miller welder for their efforts.
Kelly Cresswell
available right here in Helena. The event will be held at the Helena College Airport Campus.
• REACH (Research and Explore Awesome Careers in Healthcare), March 18: The purpose of REACH is to provide Montana high school students a chance to learn about careers within the healthcare field
by offering an opportunity to explore and experience various healthcare careers. REACH is held throughout Montana, and this will be the first REACH event in Helena. Many thanks to Carroll College and the Helena WINS healthcare sector for bringing this opportunity to area students.
• Montana Youth Apprenticeship Partnership: Helena WINS and Billings Works are collaborating on
a grant-funded project to design and implement youth apprenticeships in Helena and Billings, in the information
needs survey distributed by the Montana Chamber of Commerce in October. Helena WINS will receive the results for our area, in lieu of conducting our own survey this year. Results should be available soon.
Throughout the fall, volunteer Helena WINS committee members have led great projects designed
to help area students explore career opportunities:
• Carroll College Career Fair, September 18: College students participated in a well-organized career fair, sponsored by Carroll College.
• Manufacturing Day, October 4: Led by Boeing, volunteers visited 5th grade classrooms throughout Helena and taught students how to build their very own robotic arms
Like retailers putting out holiday merchandise right after Labor Day, we’re hard at work on several Helena WINS-related activities coming up this spring:
• Manufacturing Career Night, January 28: Building on last year’s successful event, this year’s career night will be open to area middle and high school students, and their parents, to learn about careers in manufacturing that are
talent pipeline for the Helena area that is responsive to employers’ current and emerging workforce needs. We appreciate all the employers who responded to the workforce
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Kids attending Building Helena from the Ground Up.
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