St. Michael’s Catholic School gets new CNC machine

From Left to right: Mary Helen Van Loon, Chair of the Huron-Perth Catholic DSB; Michelle Henning, Vice President of Answer Precision Technologies Inc. and CTMA Rep.; Tonya Sabatos, Rapid Gear; Dave Lewis, Past Chair, Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE); Carolyn Bell, Principal, St. Michael CSS; Mark Flanagan, OYAP Lead, Huron-Perth CDSB; Karen Tigani, Director of Education, Huron-Perth CDSB; Dean Tretowsky, Deputy Warden of Perth County; Matthew Rae, MPP, Perth-Wellington; Mayor Martin Ritsma, City of Stratford; and Gaby Parejo, Huron Manufacturers Association. (Source: Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board)

St. Michael’s Catholic Secondary School in Stratford has been donated a new CNC machine.

The machine was donated by the Canadian Tooling and Machining Association (CTMA), the Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE), and partially funded through the province’s Skills Development Fund.

A CNC machine, or a Computer Numerical Control machine, is used in manufacturing, allowing a computer to control precise cuts on various materials.

An official ribbon cutting was done on Wednesday.