Oak Ridge students 'Dream it. Do it.' best

The Oak Ridger
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Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge took the top prize in the seventh annual “Dream it. Do it.” competition for students' video describing Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. in Clinton.

Jefferson Middle School’s team received first place for their video about Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc.
Jefferson Middle School’s team received first place for their video about Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc.

"Dream It. Do It.” pairs Anderson County middle school students with local industries, according to a news release from Consolidated Nuclear Security, which sponsors the competition along with the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce. The students produce videos describing the businesses, then the videos are judged to determine the winners of the competition. The goal of the program is to introduce students to careers in manufacturing and help develop the future workforce.

For their video, Jefferson Middle students received a $1,000 donation from CNS to fund classroom resources. Their video featured a race to highlight the car-parts manufacturer.

Clinton Middle School’s video describing Magna received second place in the "Dream it. Do it." competition.
Clinton Middle School’s video describing Magna received second place in the "Dream it. Do it." competition.

The Clinton Middle School team placed second and earned a $750 donation with their detective-themed video describing Magna in Clinton.

Lake City Middle School took home third place and a $500 donation for their video highlighting SL Tennessee in Clinton. The video, which featured a student pulled over for a bad taillight, also won the People’s Choice Award, receiving the largest percentage of more than 2,500 online votes cast by the public.

“Many students are not aware of the opportunities in manufacturing,” said Kristin Waldschlager, CNS educational outreach specialist, stated in the release. “Y-12 needs highly skilled workers to support our national security missions. We hope by piquing their interest early, these students will become part of our future workforce.”

Lake City Middle School, which worked with SL Tennessee, earned third place and the People’s Choice Award.
Lake City Middle School, which worked with SL Tennessee, earned third place and the People’s Choice Award.

“With Y-12 and these other manufacturers, there are some terrific job opportunities for those entering the workforce,” said Anderson County Chamber President, Rick Meredith. “We appreciate the companies’ efforts to excite students about those local opportunities.”

In addition to Aisin, Magna, and SL Tennessee, local manufacturers Protomet, Techner PM, and Clayton Homes participated in the competition with Norris, Norwood, and Robertsville middle schools.

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