During a recent STEM Forum held at the Classic Center in Athens, the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Trade Five initiative presented 17 Georgia Middle and High Schools with Trade Five Grant Awards. Trade Five is the state’s skilled trade awareness initiative, designed to promote career opportunities that exists within five key skilled trade industries- logistics, telecommunication, energy, construction and manufacturing.

“Availability creates opportunity, opportunity creates access, and access creates exposure,” said Dr. Eboni Chillis, CTAE Director Clayton County Schools. “As a Trade Five Grant recipient, our students and teachers are better equipped with the means to create purposeful experiences that lead the talent pipeline for skilled trades.”

The Trade Five Grant and Scholarship program was designed to support the rise of skilled trade education in Georgia and offers students exposure to key skilled trade industries. Trade Five Grant and Scholarship applications are available online at GeorgiaTradeFive.com. The deadline to apply for the next round of funding is December 15, 2017.

Congratulations to the following Georgia schools for being named Trade Five Grant Award Recipients:

1. Langston Hughes High School-Fulton County

2. Berkmar High School-Gwinnett County

3. Lovejoy Middle School-Clayton County

4. Portal Middle High School -Bulloch County

5. Crisp County High School – Crisp County

6. Osborne High School – Cobb County

7. Mundys Mill High School–Clayton County

8. Statesboro High School-Bulloch County

9. Dacula High School-Gwinnett County

10. Mary Persons High School-Monroe County

11. Charles H. Drew–Clayton County

12. Cherokee High School-Cherokee County

13. Alton C. Crews Middle School-Gwinnett County

14. Elkins Point Middle School-Fulton County

15. Fulton Schools College and Career Academy–Fulton County

16. Freedom Middle School-Cherokee County

17. Newton College & Career Academy-Newton County

From the Georgia Departement of Economic Development