{"id":21825,"date":"2025-06-15T01:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-high-school-students-explore-skill-trades-at-colorado-summer-institute\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:09:10","slug":"dolores-high-school-students-explore-skill-trades-at-colorado-summer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-high-school-students-explore-skill-trades-at-colorado-summer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores High School students explore skill trades at Colorado Summer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ffb59c2d-863a-548f-9f98-e272e1fdb812&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1336\" alt=\"Twelve students from Dolores High School attended the Behind the Drywall Summer Institute at the end of May. (Rylee Kiddoo\/Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Twelve students from Dolores High School attended the Behind the Drywall Summer Institute at the end of May. (Rylee Kiddoo\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Twelve students from Dolores High School participated in the Behind the Drywall Summer Institute, a program that was held May 27-30 at Pueblo Community College Southwest\u2019s Mancos Campus.<\/p>\n<p>This program, which was organized by the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative, introduced students to careers in plumbing, electrical work, HVAC, welding and heavy equipment operation.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=80642aff-5c36-5e8a-ba80-3f3fb3e3240a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1781\" height=\"1336\" alt=\"The program was held by the Southwest Education Collaborative. (Rylee Kiddoo\/Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The program was held by the Southwest Education Collaborative. (Rylee Kiddoo\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The four-day program included workshops, demonstrations and field trips, providing practical experience in high-demand trades. Students engaged in activities such as wiring light switches, operating heavy equipment simulators and using power tools to build games like cornhole and yard Jenga using power tools.<\/p>\n<p>Students also explored welding techniques and collaborated on plumbing challenges, designing and testing PVC piping systems for leaks.<\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery:5ef21425-e043-4fcd-b9ba-6a3b0766f5de --><\/p>\n<p>Guest lectures and career panels featuring industry professionals also offered insights into trade careers and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The institute provided food, tools and transportation to participating students. The initiative highlights a commitment to preparing students for rewarding careers in the skilled trades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>students took part in the program at the end of May <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44,155,28,29,691],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-21825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-pueblo-community-college-southwest-campus"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77475,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825\/revisions\/77475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21825"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=21825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}