Saturday, December 22, 2012
Eight Mitchell Middle School students competed—and one team took top honors—at the challenge, held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Eight students from Mitchell Middle School’s Technology Education classes competed in the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Challenge at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). Each team, made up of two boys and two girls, was shown an engineering problem that had to be solved using fluid power applications during the first of two daylong workshops on the MSOE campus on November 9, 2012. They were led by their Technology Education teacher Keith Kohlmann, and School Counselor Kate Mascarette. The students were given four weeks to develop and build a working prototype of a hydraulic powered machine that could lift a block of wood and precisely place it within the confines of an arc radiating away from the starting point. The …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
"The students had four weeks to develop and build a working prototype of a hydraulic material handling machine using sticks of wood, syringes and flexible tubing."
Eight students from Mitchell Middle School’s Technology Education class, Gateway to Technology, were chosen to compete in the National Fluid Power (NFPA) Challenge competition at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). They were led by their Technology Education teacher Keith Kohlmann and school counselor Kate Mascarette. Each team, made up of two boys and two girls, was shown an engineering problem that had to be solved using fluid power applications during the first of two daylong workshops at the MSOE campus on November 11. The students had four weeks to develop and build a working prototype of a hydraulic material handling machine using sticks of wood, syringes and flexible tubing. Machines were required to lift a block of wood and …
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wisconsin's budget battle is over. The law goes into effect on Friday. And for one couple, who teach in the Racine Unified School District, their budget crises starts now.
Starting Friday, Racine Unified teachers Keith Kohlmann and his wife, Nancy Gibson, will collectively earn $14,000 less in pay and benefits per year. In addition, their health insurance deductible will skyrocket from $2,000 to $8,000 before the district’s self-funded insurance plan will start paying at 80 percent. And with Gibson having survived cancer last year, she made a point to get needed tests done before the hike. “Keith was relieved. Not just because my tests came back negative for cancer, but he let out this sigh and that’s when he told me that after July 1 we essentially wouldn’t have insurance, instead we’ll have this high deductible plan,” Gibson said. How The Budget Cuts Trickled Down Gov. Scott Walker (R) Wisconsin signed the…
Kristie Formolo
9:21 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Congratulations to all the students for working hard and taking part in this! Also, congratulations to Mr. Kohlmann and Mrs. Mascarette. Our son was in this Tech Ed class in Middle School and our daughter attended the Engineering Camp in Madison. These are great programs and both Kohlmann and Mascarette have inspired hundreds of kids! more ›