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Industrial Technology
The Industrial Technology Education program offers valuable learning experiences for all students. The classes are designed to provide students learning experiences that will give them knowledge of industry, occupations, life skills, and applications of basic skills. The entry level classes are exploratory in nature. Emphasis is on cooperative effort, career opportunities, safe and efficient work habits, quality work, and good stewardship of the environment. Students will develop an appreciation for diversity and the contribution of each person through collaborative effort. This is a good foundation for further education, training, or entry into the work force.
Students may choose a wide variety of classes or focus on one of the following career clusters::
1. Architecture and Construction
2. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
3. Manufacturing
4. Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Any class in Industrial Technology Education can be used to meet the Applied Art Graduation Requirement, Applied Physics meets the Science Graduation Requirement.
The following courses may be used to meet Technology Graduatijon Requirements:
CAD Technical Design
CAD Engineering
CAD Architecture
Advanced CAD Architecture/Engineering
Digital Electronics
Foundations of Industrial Technology
MISSION STATEMENT
Industrial Technology prepares individuals through hands on experiences to comprehend information and make contributions to a society influenced by technology.
In The News
$5.4M in Software given to LPS
Design Data, a local computer software company, has donated $5.4 million in software to Lincoln Public Schools to help educate future structural designers and engineers. The 168 software licenses, which retail for $30,000 per work station, will be used in the industrial technology labs of the city's six high schools. The district designed curriculum with the help of Design Data and all six high schools started using the software this fall.
The HBAL Home and Garden Show Design Contest
The Home and Garden show will be in February again this year. Student work will be displayed for all the visitors of the show. Manzitto Brothers construction was the program sponsor last year. They provide tours of a lot, and a site plan of a lot the students could use for their design work. Jon Heithold is the HBAL design contest district contact person. High School students from all over Lincoln will be competing in this design contest.
The HBAL National Home Builders Show in Orlando Florida
Bob Freese and Rus Hitz attended the National Home Builders Show in Orlando last year. The Lincoln Home Builders have been an excellent partner in providing this excellent training opportunity for two LPS instructors. The instructors attended work shops on the latest and most affective advancements in construction and they visited with the innovators of the industry. This is also the largest assembly of material and tool vendors in the construction industry.
Residential Construction Partners
Neighborworks Lincoln and The Lincoln Housing Authority have been and continue to be partners with LPS in the construction of 2 student built homes. The provide an excellent relationship that allows students the opportunity to explore the residential construction industry first hand. Students are put into a realistic construction setting and allowed the time to develop their skills in residential construction.