The Northwest Contest of What’s So Cool About Manufacturing (WSCM) for middle schools in Erie and Crawford Counties is off and running. WSCM is a student video contest with the goal to create awareness within the schools and the community about cool manufacturing careers through the eyes of 7th and
Participating Schools and their Feature Manufacturers include:
Blessed Sacrament School (
Cochranton Jr/Sr High School (Channellock)
Conneaut Lake Middle School (Pennco Tool & Die)
Corry Area Middle School (Corry Manufacturing Company)
Erie First Christian Academy (Essentra)
Fairview Middle School (Beaumont Technologies)
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School (LORD Corporation)
Harbor Creek Junior High School (
Iroquois Jr/Sr High School (McInnes Rolled Rings)
JS Wilson Middle School (Finish Thompson)
Maplewood Jr/Sr High School (
Meadville Area Middle School (Acutec Precision Aerospace)
North East Middle School (Electric Materials Company)
RB Wiley Charter School (Onex, Inc.)
Rice Avenue Middle School (American Turned Products)
Saegertown Jr/Sr High School (Greenleaf Corporation)
Union City Area Middle School (All-American Hose)
Wattsburg Area Middle School (Rehrig Pacific Company)
Wilson Middle School (Modern Industries)
Westlake Middle School (Micro Mold & Plastikos)
For some background, during the last school year across Pennsylvania, there were 12 contests with 174 middle school teams paired with 174 manufacturers and generated over 600,000 online votes to select
Northwest Industrial Resource Center (NWIRC) is producing the program again this year, along with support of numerous community partners and program sponsors, including: Erie Community Foundation, WQLN, Career Street, NWPA Job Connect, Crawford County K-12 Career Education Alliance, NWPA-NTMA, Erie County Technical School, Precision Manufacturing Institute, Crawford County Career & Technical Center, Haines Printing, Edinboro University, Northwest Bank, and McGill Power Bell & Associates.
The community is encouraged to follow the journey of these student teams on
Facebook and Twitter (@WSCMNW) and be ready to vote for the favorite video on
March 11-13, 2019 at www.WhatsSoCool.org.
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