Video: Camp Amps Up Students’ Love for Learning

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MAYHEW, Miss. (WCBI) – It’s never too early to pick your career, and some pre-teen’s in the Golden Triangle are well on their way to a successful future.

Kids at Camp AMP at EMCC are using fun, hands on learning to shape their career path.

The smile on their faces proves they’re having fun, but Camp AMP is more than games.

These kids are learning skills that will translate into the work world.

They pitched ideas for new inventions, learned how to weld and even got a chance to operate one of these.

“My favorite part was learning 3d printing and how you can do different things that will help,” says Kristian Stanley.

Learning is what sparks these kids’ interest in the camp, making plans for their future at a young age.

“I’m planning for the future so I can go ahead and know stuff before it happens,” says Travis Lockett.

“I’ve always wanted to be a mechanical engineer, so manufacturing is part of engineering do I thought that would be cool,” says Elijah Bell.

The campers also learned how to manage money, become entrepreneurs and took tours of local manufactures.

“It’s fun to make things, to invent and build and I thought it’s just cool,” says Nicholas Ross.

and while they learn about all the pieces of manufacturing jobs, they’re building themselves a brighter future.

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Industry experts say the skills those campers are learning could nail them a high paying job in our area.

Long time welding instructor at EMCC Gary Gammill says manufacturing jobs are a huge part of our local economy and provide many opportunities for kids to get good jobs in our area.

He says many of those local jobs have above average pay scales.

” The Golden Triangle are is becoming a meca in manufacturing with all of the companies that are here and the companies that have recently located here. With the trades and manufacturing we have here the students have that opportunity to good those good jobs at a good pay wage,” says Gammill.

He says his spring graduates had 100% job placement.