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RISE gives eighth-graders hands-on experiences
Bulloch County, area schools participate in event at Georgia Southern
Hannah Avery, an eighth-grader at Langston Chapel Middle is shown getting a high-five from Nori Chung after she put together the cells of the battery for an electric vehicle correctly. Chung was at the event with HLBMA, which is an electric vehicle battery manufacturing company that is a joint venture between the Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution. The HLBMA plant is part of the Hyundai Metaplant site campus in Ellabell.
- photo by Jason Martin
More than 700 students from Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Effingham and north Bryan counties attended the RISE 8th Grade Experience West event held Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Nessmith-Lane Center on the Georgia Southern University campus.
The Experience gave students a chance to participate in hands-on activities, speak with industry professionals and explore interactive exhibits that showcase careers in manufacturing, logistics, assembly and other high-demand industries.
Thirty-two companies from around the region participated in the event.
Langston Chapel Middle eighth grader Tristan Tillman puts everything he has into throwing a softball at a pane of glass as part of a demonstration from Cardinal Glass showing how the glass is unbreakable, Cardinal operates a glass fabrication plant in Statesboro’s Gateway Industrial Park.
- photo by Jason Martin
Jim Everett, a training specialist with Daniel Defense demonstrates to an 8th-grade class how the company uses raw material in the production of some of its products at its manufacturing plant in Ellabell.
- photo by Jason Martin
Bert Batchelor, an eighth-grader at Southeast Bulloch Middle, tries on a pair of electrical gloves at the Canoochee EMC demonstration table.
- photo by Jason Martin
Carolyn Green, a supervisor in the Training Services part of Goodwill Industries, shows Zachary Richardson, an eighth-grader at Southeast Bulloch Middle, how to work the controllers for some virtual reality glasses.
- photo by Jason Martin
William James Middle eighth-grader Olivia Mijares, in blue shirt wearing goggles, and classmate Brandis Davis flip electrical switches electrical demonstration table under the supervision of electrical systems instructor Patrick Kessler from Ogeechee Technical College.
- photo by Jason Martin
