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North High Senior Appreciates Workforce Experience Gained from

Youth Apprenticeship Program

I have learned to upkeep
and run preventive main-
tenance on machines to
ensure that they continue
to run smoothly. It has
been fun getting on-the-
job training while getting
paid.
What other classes
are you taking?
I am taking AP Cal-
culus, AP Physics, and
Myth and Legends.
What activities are
you involved in (clubs,
organizations, sports)?
I’m involved with
the Red Raider Robotics
team here in Sheboygan.
I am also an eagle Scout.
What is your favor-
ite thing about your Red
Sheboygan Area School District What project are you most proud of? Raider Manufacturing
Brendan Severns, a senior at North High I am most proud of my eagle Scout experience?
School, has been participating in the Youth project because it culminated all my years The program allows
Apprenticeship Program this school year at of scouting and everything I have learned. new people to learn real-
MGF, a national cheese supplier. He values Communicating, engineering, and leadership world skills that they can
the knowledge and experience he has gained were all pivotal skills in helping complete the apply to their lives after
from working at a local company while still in project. It showed what I could do and accom- high school. They get to
high school. plish when I set my mind to it. test and see if they want
Learn more about Brendan and his Have you taken advantage of any on-site to go into the manufactur-
ing process later in life,
experience: work experience opportunities? and even if they don’t
I am currently employed at MGF as a
What Tech Ed classes are you currently maintenance employee through the Youth go into a manufacturing
taking, or have you taken in your high school Apprenticeship Program. I have learned what field, those skills will help
career? it is like to be in an actual workforce. I have them in their daily lives to
I have taken Introduction to engineering gotten to see how much the industrial parts solve problems
and Design, Principles of engineering, Digital cost and the amount of work that goes into Why should a
Electronics, Capstone Engineering, Intro to keeping machines running. I also have gotten student participate in the
CAD and STEM, Power Mechanics, Explor- to see how maintenance workers’ jobs could Red Raider Manufactur-
ing Robotics, and Automation. be made easier along with the machine user. ing program?
They get great
hands-on experience that
FabLab Stoughton Open House can prepare them for the
real world or college. No
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choose, the program will The Sheboygan Area School District has
ratory for research and invention, connecting Unlocking Imagination help them with problem-solving and thinking seen increasing numbers of students taking
learners, educators, technologists, researchers, outside the box. advantage of Youth Apprenticeships, where they
makers, and innovators across the world. Math teacher Chris Wiemer explains that What are your future plans?
having access to this “prototyping facility” has can earn high school credit and spend part of
A Vision realized made imagination the only limiting factor. He I have received the SPeF Minnie Riess their school day working and earning money
FabLab Stoughton was originally con- emphasizes that kids excel at imagining, making Detling Memorial Scholarship for $50,000 while gaining employment skills for the future!
ceived as a three-year experiment to provide the lab's work all the more exciting. and will be attending a university for Mechan- Thank you to our many local employers
experiential learning opportunities for high Contact: Mike Connor ical engineering in the fall. and RRM partners who provide these learning
school students using digital technology, email: mike.connor@stoughton.k12.wi.us and earning opportunities for our high school
including 3D printers, laser cutter/engravers, Website: fablabstoughton.org students.
and computer numerically controlled (CNC)
machinery. Co-founder Mike Connor expressed
his astonishment, saying, “This has gone way
above and beyond my wildest dreams.” stoughton.k12.wi.us sheboygan.k12.wi.us