Eureka High Wood Shop and Drafting students got a fantastic tour at Crestmark Architectural Millworks in Arcata. Students learned about the company and got to see the entire process of how cabinets are made on a large scale. Students learned about the bidding process, engineering, and the fabrication of mass-produced custom cabinets made at the Crestmark facility. Many thanks to the knowledgeable staff at Crestmark for sparking inspiration in the...

In an effort to maximize awareness of the wonderful contributions the Trades Academy is making to the schools of Humboldt County, Jack and the HCOE Communications Center have been busy at work making media content to share. Earlier in February, Jack was featured on our local radio station, KINS 106.3, on the Community Comment program. You can listen to his 3 and a half minute segment here. The media whizzes in the Communication Center at HCOE have been busily putting together career videos to share as well. Following the schedule of Trades Focuses (found here), they are creating works...

The Trades Academy Truck and Mobile Lab floated it’s way to South Fork High School on a rainy February day. Students got to visit the Mobile Lab and learn about the various Trades in Humboldt County, and Career Education offered at College Of the Redwoods. It was a very eventful...

Jim Ritter, with Career Frontiers and Arcata High School hosted a panel of three industry partners to help introduce careers in Alternative Energy. Special thanks to our panelists: Nate McKeever of McKeever Energy & Electric, Thalia Queen off Schatz Energy Research Center, and Mike Avcollie of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, without whom we would not have these thriving programs and...