There are now more than 130 skilled trades teachers across the United States who have won the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. Prizewinners in the News is a roundup of recent news stories featuring prizewinning teachers. The Welder Teacher Profile: Prizewinner Brent Tuttle This month The Welder featured a story … Continued
In the past year, there has been strong momentum building around efforts to provide new hands-on opportunities for public high school students to learn about the skilled trades. With the United States facing a daunting shortage of skilled trades workers, it seems there is growing interest in rapidly expanding our ability to train the next … Continued
This year was Harbor Freight Tools for School’s fifth year partnering with SkillsUSA’s National Leadership & Skills Conference (NLSC). The annual event features thousands of SkillsUSA chapter members who qualified for the national championships by winning state and regional skilled trades competitions. High school students make up 75 percent of the students competing at NLSC. … Continued
SkillsUSA National Conference Scholarships and General Support Leesburg, Va. — More than 500 students from across the United States will receive scholarships to attend a national career skills event online thanks to a grant from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools. The $115,000 grant will support SkillsUSA in their general operations and will provide scholarships for … Continued
Leesburg, Va. — Seventeen high schools from across the country will each receive grants of up to $2,500 from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools to strengthen their local SkillsUSA chapters. The grants, totaling $40,000, will support students learning construction trades, transportation and manufacturing. Designed to strengthen chapters established within the past three years, the Harbor … Continued
Assistance for Students to Demonstrate Their Skills LEESBURG, Va.—Harbor Freight Tools for Schools has awarded $50,000 in scholarships to 38 high school students from across the country to help cover travel expenses for SkillsUSA students to compete in the SkillsUSA Championships in Louisville, Ky. The scholarships are part of a $115,000 grant from Harbor Freight … Continued
Leesburg, Va., Dec. 12, 2018 — A dozen high schools from across the nation will each receive grants of up to $5,000 from Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, strengthening their local SkillsUSA chapters in their work to support skilled trades students. The grants support SkillsUSA chapters established within the past three years that serve students … Continued