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This
year’s Greenville High School Automotive Technology team (l-r)
Andrea Arthur, Trevor Bates and Trevor DeScheppes, presents its
SkillsUSA entry, Life Beyond the Brake Pedal, to Greenville Kiwanis
members.
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GHS Auto Tech team
unveils ABS project to Kiwanis
Greenville High School’s award-winning Automotive Technology team
recently presented this year’s SkillsUSA entry to Greenville Kiwanis.
Entitled “Life Beyond the Brake Pedal,” it is a detailed presentation
on the ABS brake system, which has been used in some vehicles since the
1990s, but would soon be required in all makes and models.
The team noted it was technology designed to keep the public safer by
helping to prevent skidding when braking in slippery road conditions.
Team members were Trevor Bates, Trevor DeScheppes and Andrea Arthur.
GHS teams have garnered an impressive record of eight national gold
medals and one bronze over a 10-year period.
“When community members think about education they probably think of
the pictures often shown of students bullying someone, or the idea that
they are unmotivated and hard to manage,” said GHS Principal Chris
Mortensen.
“This is not the case,” he added, noting that only a handful of
students have discipline issues. A good example is the Auto Tech
program under Travis Nicholas and Jim Anderson. The projects are
created by the class, and the presentations then performed for the
community and in competition.
The Kiwanis presentation historically is the program’s first
presentation outside of the classroom.
Nicholas said the program is known as “project-based learning” and is
engaging, rigorous and inquiry-based. It involves all Auto Tech
students for the bulk of the school year.
“Student’s math, science, English and Auto Tech skills are all combined
in the work that goes into completing the project,” he said. “It is
very much a team effort. The three presenters have the privilege of
representing the program to present the project during SkillsUSA state
competition on April 29-30.”
Both Mortensen and Nicholas noted the program’s record of medals at
National Competition, with Mortensen adding that the students are
gearing up to bring home another gold medal from national competition
this summer.
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