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Penticton Secondary School’s first annual BC Careers Week held its fifth annual SD67 Women in Trades Bootcamp, with a record turnout.

Young women from Penticton and Summerland high schools took the opportunity to learn more about the trades on Friday, with an event to give students the chance to learn new tool skills and projects in carpentry, welding and electrical.

A total of 47 females from grades 8-12 from all three high schools came to participate.

PSS teachers Brian Allanson, Kevin Bond and Devin Burroughs lead special workshops.

“This Bootcamp has grown significantly since the first event in 2019 with 11 students,” said Trevor Knowlton, SD67 District Career Coordinator.

“The SD67 Careers Dept also has a number of female students at Okanagan College taking their apprenticeships as a result of this Bootcamp event. The success of this event over the years has been due to the support of PSS shop teachers.”