Oct. 11—With the help of a donation of Yaskawa manufacturing robots from Subaru of Indiana Automobiles, there will be a new course offering for the region. The partnership, which is made up of the Delphi Community School Corporation and Indian Trails Career Co-op, will be launching the new robotics and advanced manufacturing class in Delphi. The course work is part of a Next Level Pathways curriculum that will be established to serve the 6-county region.

Indian Trails Career Cooperative provides administrative and logistical support to the 11 schools, which include Benton Central, Carroll, Delphi, Frontier, North Newton, North White, Rensselaer Central, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes, and West Central.

"We are excited about the donations for the Robotics and Adv. Manufacturing career pathways," said James Stradling, director of Indian Trails. "While Delphi will be the host school for the program, if there are seats available, other schools in the coop may start sending students to Delphi for the program."

Indian Trails works to help schools to prepare students for a variety of careers; entry level right after high school, technical training or post-secondary education.

With the help of grants, Delphi Community High School will have the use of several Mitsubishi trainers that will help students with programming skills that are used in today's advanced manufacturing fields.

Additionally, students will be working on electrical, hydraulics, and pneumatics learning skills trainers. They will have the opportunity to learn among other areas, as well.

"I am excited to incorporate manufacturing into our curriculum," said Ann-Marie Circle, Delphi Community High School superintendent. "Through our manufacturing program at Delphi Community School Corporation, students will have the opportunities to learn about the field of manufacturing, learn skills to prepare them for jobs, and walk out of our school corporation prepared to transition into current manufacturing jobs in the community."

Other funding partners include the Carroll County Community Foundation and the Carroll County Redevelopment Commission. Once fully built, the class will offer a host of training opportunities to include coding, computer diagnostics, programing, and maintenance troubleshooting, as well as future curriculum implementation in Megatronics and micro-electronics.