By Amanda Harrison
A technical center in Cadillac is one of four Michigan schools to receive the 2012 Excellence in Practice Award for Career and College Readiness Initiatives.
Jill Baker-Cooley is the counselor at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center. She said her school invites elementary schools around the area to spend time in their non traditional classrooms.
She said students learn scientific concepts at their home classroom. And when they come to the technical center they're able to apply what they've learned.
"We bring 4th graders in and they learn how to solder a circuit that has to be put together properly and soldered properly in order for the device to work. And it's called a chirp chirp and it's kinda like a fire alarm type circuitry and if the students do it properly when you attach a nine volt battery it'll chirp a very annoying sound."
Baker-Cooley said the program helps expose children to different career paths at a young age.
A technical center in Cadillac is one of four Michigan schools to receive the 2012 Excellence in Practice Award for Career and College Readiness Initiatives.
Jill Baker-Cooley is the counselor at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center. She said her school invites elementary schools around the area to spend time in their non traditional classrooms.
She said students learn scientific concepts at their home classroom. And when they come to the technical center they're able to apply what they've learned.
"We bring 4th graders in and they learn how to solder a circuit that has to be put together properly and soldered properly in order for the device to work. And it's called a chirp chirp and it's kinda like a fire alarm type circuitry and if the students do it properly when you attach a nine volt battery it'll chirp a very annoying sound."
Baker-Cooley said the program helps expose children to different career paths at a young age.