2024 VIDEOS
HUGE NEWS!
At the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Best of PA Awards, the Chestnut Ridge After 3 team won the STATEWIDE Viewers Choice Award for their video about Creative Composites Group in Alum Bank. The team’s video received the most votes among more than 100 videos in this year’s contest! Look at those happy faces! Congratulations!
Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners:
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Outstanding Overall Program – Tussey Mountain Middle School’s After 3 Program students for their video about Mayville Engineering Company (Bedford, PA)
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Outstanding Career Pathways – Claysburg-Kimmel High School students for their video about Corle Building Systems (Imler, PA)
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Outstanding Educational Value – Bedford Area Middle School’s After 3 Program students for their video about Kennametal (Bedford, PA)
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Viewers Choice Award – Chestnut Ridge High School’s After 3 Program students for their video about Creative Composites Group (Alum Bank, PA)
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Outstanding Outreach – Forbes Road High School students for their video about JLG Industries (McConnellsburg, PA)
Read more about our awards (link to full release).
PARTNERS
Schools
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Bedford Area Middle School
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Chestnut Ridge High School
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Claysburg-Kimmel High School
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Everett Area Middle School
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Forbes Road High School
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Hope for Hyndman Charter School
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Northern Bedford County Middle School
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Southern Fulton County Jr./Sr. High School
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Tussey Mountain Middle School
Manufacturing
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Kennametal, Bedford
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Creative Composites Group, Alum Bank
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Corle Building Systems, Imler
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BC Stone, Everett
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JLG Industries, McConnellsburg
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Bedford Technical Products, Manns Choice
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MLD Manufacturing, Bedford
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Mellott Company, Warfordsburg
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Mayville Engineering Company, Bedford
ABOUT
The Contests
The annual What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® video contests excite students to explore cool manufacturing careers and produce profiles of companies throughout Pennsylvania. Judges in each regional contest bestow awards and each contest features an online vote for its Viewers Choice Award.
OUR GALLERY
Southern Alleghenies
THE COOL SIDE OF MANUFACTURING
The teams of students and teacher coaches receive
Camera equipment
Software
Professional guidance
OUR TEAM MEMBER
Our Contest Coordinator
CONTEST MANAGER
Bedford County 21st Century Community Learning Center Consortium
814.624.4810
Lyn Skillington
CONTEST
Sponsors
A partnership among Bedford County Development Association, Bedford County Technical Center (BCTC), and the Bedford County 21st Century Community Learning Center Consortium helped to launch the program in 2023. Its success lured additional schools and new manufacturers to participate in 2024.
Create a video project
Learn a valuable skill
Win Awards
Explore manufacturing careers
