middle school outreach

K-5 and Middle School Students on Careers in Construction

0 October 25, 2013  Careers in Construction, The Skills Gap

During Build Your Future’s (BYF) Careers in Construction Month, BYF, CARBO Ceramics, Robins & Morton and the Jenkins County School System in Georgia joined forces to plan various construction-related activities throughout the month to engage students in elementary school, middle school and high school. Those activities included an art contest for students in kindergarten through 5th grade […]

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Middle School Students Get a Head Start on Craft Training

0 May 29, 2013  On The Job

If construction craft trainees get to learn while they work, why not younger potential skilled workers, as well? As part of the 2011 Spirit of Construction Foundation’s Construction Club, a group of 18 Cincinnati-area middle school students got a taste of what it takes to be skilled construction craftsmen, all while building something that would […]

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