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Release From J'Town HS "Powered by Ford Academy"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Allison Martin
Jennifer Brislin
Daniel Kemp
502.485.3551 (office)
Jeffersontown High School Launches Solar Car Challenge
Project-based learning initiative kicks off Friday with visit from UK solar car
team
September 7, 2016 – This school year Jeffersontown High School students will
design and build solar go-karts as part of a new Solar Car Challenge
highlighting the value of real-world, project-based learning. To help kick-off
this new project-based learning initiative, members of the University of
Kentucky Solar Car Team will visit Jeffersontown High at 8:30 a.m. on Friday to
speak with the students and display their solar race car.
“At Jeffersontown High School and across JCPS, we know that the abilities to
create, innovate and solve challenging problems are all critical skills for our
students to develop and learn, because we know how essential those skills are in
today’s workforce,” said Don Reid, Jeffersontown High School assistant
principal and Solar Car Challenge project coordinator. “Our Solar Car
Challenge is another dynamic strategy we’re using at Jeffersontown High
to provide the deeper learning necessary to ensure our students graduate
prepared, empowered and inspired to reach their full potential.”
Jeffersontown High School is one of the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS)
District’s 5-Star professional career theme schools for engineering
(manufacturing and construction), where students may earn an industry
certification while earning a high school diploma.
Students at Jeffersontown High invest time developing marketable skills in
high-demand areas such as computer-aided design (CAD), advanced manufacturing,
industrial maintenance technology (IMT), machine tool technology, engineering
and welding.
Through a partnership with Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL), the Ford
Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP), the Solar Solutions company and the City of
Jeffersontown, all Jeffersontown High School sophomores, juniors and seniors
will have a specific role while working in teams to build three solar go-karts
this school year.
For example, engineering students will serve as project managers; students
studying computer-aided design will create prints for the go-karts; advanced
manufacturing and IMT students will install the solar panels; machine tool
technology and welding students will complete the fabrication; and English, math
and science students will help with technical writing, ratios and energy
computations.
Additionally, freshmen students will build solar car models on their own to help
guide their interest in one of the many career programs offered at Jeffersontown
High.
“This project-based learning initiative gives all of our students the
opportunity to complete a challenging project as a team, while harnessing
technology and utilizing 21st century skills they’re learning both inside and
outside of the classroom that will help guide them to good-paying jobs in the
future,” said Jason Stepp, a Jeffersontown High School teacher and Solar Car
Challenge coordinator.
In April, students will display their finished go-karts and compete in time
trials during a special race-day celebration.
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Release From J'Town HS "Powered by Ford Academy"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Allison Martin
Jennifer Brislin
Daniel Kemp
502.485.3551 (office)
Jeffersontown High School Launches Solar Car Challenge
Project-based learning initiative kicks off Friday with visit from UK solar car
team
September 7, 2016 – This school year Jeffersontown High School students will
design and build solar go-karts as part of a new Solar Car Challenge
highlighting the value of real-world, project-based learning. To help kick-off
this new project-based learning initiative, members of the University of
Kentucky Solar Car Team will visit Jeffersontown High at 8:30 a.m. on Friday to
speak with the students and display their solar race car.
“At Jeffersontown High School and across JCPS, we know that the abilities to
create, innovate and solve challenging problems are all critical skills for our
students to develop and learn, because we know how essential those skills are in
today’s workforce,” said Don Reid, Jeffersontown High School assistant
principal and Solar Car Challenge project coordinator. “Our Solar Car
Challenge is another dynamic strategy we’re using at Jeffersontown High
to provide the deeper learning necessary to ensure our students graduate
prepared, empowered and inspired to reach their full potential.”
Jeffersontown High School is one of the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS)
District’s 5-Star professional career theme schools for engineering
(manufacturing and construction), where students may earn an industry
certification while earning a high school diploma.
Students at Jeffersontown High invest time developing marketable skills in
high-demand areas such as computer-aided design (CAD), advanced manufacturing,
industrial maintenance technology (IMT), machine tool technology, engineering
and welding.
Through a partnership with Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL), the Ford
Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP), the Solar Solutions company and the City of
Jeffersontown, all Jeffersontown High School sophomores, juniors and seniors
will have a specific role while working in teams to build three solar go-karts
this school year.
For example, engineering students will serve as project managers; students
studying computer-aided design will create prints for the go-karts; advanced
manufacturing and IMT students will install the solar panels; machine tool
technology and welding students will complete the fabrication; and English, math
and science students will help with technical writing, ratios and energy
computations.
Additionally, freshmen students will build solar car models on their own to help
guide their interest in one of the many career programs offered at Jeffersontown
High.
“This project-based learning initiative gives all of our students the
opportunity to complete a challenging project as a team, while harnessing
technology and utilizing 21st century skills they’re learning both inside and
outside of the classroom that will help guide them to good-paying jobs in the
future,” said Jason Stepp, a Jeffersontown High School teacher and Solar Car
Challenge coordinator.
In April, students will display their finished go-karts and compete in time
trials during a special race-day celebration.
Link to the post:
uawlap.org/louisville-assembly-plant/release-from-jtown-hs-powered-by-ford-academy.php
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