National Manufacturing Day - October 4th

7th graders from the Design and Modeling engineering class toured the Newberry Samsung Manufacturing Facility on National Manufacturing Day, October 4th. Samsung facility employees over 800 people, 90% are local to Newberry. Students also heard from Jay Timmons, President and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers about the importance of a variety of skills to the manufacturing industry as well as the different jobs they could one day have at a company such as Samsung. He emphasized the skills from the Profile of a SC Graduate such as collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving, as well as personal responsibility skills such as work ethnic, communication skills, and knowing how to learn. All of these skills are part of the Project Lead the Way curriculum that the students participate in at school.https://news.samsung.com/us/salute-to-american-manufacturing-might/