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Honda donates car after class trip

“This tremendous donation will bring an awareness to our students about post-secondary opportunities which include employment, apprenticeships, college and university pathways
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Students at Northern Secondary celebrate the donation of a new 2018 Civic Si from Honda of Canada Manufacturing. Supplied.

Here's a class trip that paid off in a big way.

The trip for Northern Secondary School students resulted in a donation from Honda of Canada Manufacturing that will benefit students for years to come. 

Their 2018 Honda Civic Si and two 4-cylinder turbocharged engine transmission assemblies will allow for learning opportunities that align with the current automotive manufacturing job market, 21st Century Learning and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.

In November, Grades 11 and 12 students in Kevin Baker’s Technological Design course visited the Honda of Canada manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ontario to learn about robotics, the manufacturing process, and careers in the automotive industry.

“This tremendous donation will bring an awareness to our students about post-secondary opportunities which include employment, apprenticeships, college and university pathways," said Northern principal Laurent Paquette. "It is a great experience for the students who took part in the trip to be able to see a transition of the vehicle being built in the assembly plant and having the final product back in their school,” 

The news release adds that. "The Near North District School Board is extremely grateful to Honda of Canada Manufacturing for their generous donation as well as Lafond Towing and Recovery Limited in Sturgeon Falls."