VENANGO CO., Pa., (EYT) — School may not be in session, but teams from local schools are still waiting to see how their videos perform in a competition promoting manufacturing.
(Photo: The Cranberry Area High School “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” team: Damien Moyer, Tanner Beach, Jonah Dean, Brady Engles, Audrey Frazier, and Gabrielle Vogan. Photo provided by team coach Julianna McKissick)
You can help them by voting for your favorite video online.
“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” contests draw entries from across Pennsylvania.
Teams comprised of students and teacher coaches receive camera equipment, software, and professional guidance as they learn to script, record, and edit their video stories.
The contest’s objective is to change students’ perceptions about manufacturing careers.
A team of eighth-grade students at Cranberry Junior/Senior High School produced a two-and-a-half-minute video on Specialty Fabrication and Powder Coating, or SFPC, in Franklin. The company provides specialty fabrication parts nationwide.
Much of the video takes place in the company’s showroom, Prime Fitness, located in Franklin. It features exercise equipment manufactured by SFPC.
“Watching this video will help show what manufacturing actually is and the many different types of manufacturing,” student Gabi Vogan explained. “You will see a couple of people who will be describing their jobs and how they got into their field.”
Science teacher and team coach Julianna McKissick said the team of eighth-grade students compiled the video working during a study period and after school.
In addition to the video component, students created a marketing plan to draw attention to their final product.
“Once the video was done, they needed to have a plan for people to see it online,” McKissick said.