Prize-winning business idea from Rapelje students brings drone exhibition to town | Local News
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Three students from Rapelje High School, from left, Matthew Brubaker, Lily Herzog and Kylee Bryant won a prize for innovative ideas from the Montana Chamber Foundation. The prize was sponsored by RDO Equipment and included an exhibition of drone flight and data analysis to improve agriculture, construction and energy industry operations. Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was the keynote speaker for an awards ceremony, and students were able to experience operating drones and heavy equipment Monday afternoon.
Students line up for a chance to operate a track hoe in Rapelje after three students from Rapelje High School won a prize for innovative ideas from the Montana Chamber Foundation. The prize was sponsored by RDO Equipment and included an exhibition of drone flight and data analysis to improve agriculture, construction and energy industry operations. Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was the keynote speaker for an awards ceremony and students were able to experience operating drones and heavy equipment Monday afternoon.
Rapelje teacher Jacki Keating helps students with a trading game activity after three of her students won a prize for innovative ideas from the Montana Chamber Foundation. The prize was sponsored by RDO Equipment and included an exhibition of drone flight and data analysis to improve agriculture, construction and energy industry operations. Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was the keynote speaker for an awards ceremony and students were able to experience operating drones and heavy equipment Monday afternoon.
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was the keynote speaker for an awards ceremony as three students from Rapelje High School won a prize for innovative ideas from the Montana Chamber Foundation. The prize was sponsored by RDO Equipment and included an exhibition of drone flight and data analysis to improve agriculture, construction and energy industry operations. After indoor activities, students were able to experience operating drones and heavy equipment Monday afternoon.
Students and community members took in a drone exhibition in Rapelje on Monday after three students won a Montana Chamber of Commerce Chamber Foundation business pitch competition.
The competition, called “The Prospects” awarded prizes over 10 categories, including a special prize category on drones and data which was won by Rapelje High School students Lily Herzog, Kylee Bryant and Matthew Brubaker for their “Pipeline Tech” submission.
All three are students of Rapelje business teacher Jacki Keating.
RDO Equipment Company sponsored the drone category, and the company put on a drone flight and data analysis exhibition in Rapelje, with an emphasis on how drone technology can be integrated with heavy machinery in the agriculture, construction and energy industries.
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen also attended and spoke at the Monday event.
“Our goal for the Drone and Data Exhibition was to demonstrate how business and education can partner on work-based learning opportunities that develop in demand workforce readiness skills; and support the career technical education (CTE) that our students need for success in the information age,” Matthew Olson, the director of network development for the Montana Chamber of Commerce, said by email.
Award winners for The Prospects were announced in March. The competition awarded $35,000 in cash, $15,000 in scholarships and financial aid and $2,000 in Microsoft technology prizes. The Montana Chamber Foundation partnered with the entrepreneur education nonprofit Youth Entrepreneurs for the competition.
