Vex robotic program. Photo courtesy Wausau School District.

CTech Manufacturing and the James D. Greenheck Foundation Inc. recently donated to the Wausau School District Growing Great Minds (G2M) after-school vex robotics program at both Horace Mann and John Muir middle schools, the Wausau School District said in a news release. The program helps students design, build and program robotics with the goal of entering competitive robotics events.

CTech Manufacturing has been a major supporter of Wausau School District STEM and Technical Education programs helping create grade 6-12 pathways in STEM education and robotics. CTech also hires youth apprenticeship students in STEM, manufacturing and engineering, and facilitates field trips for manufacturing and engineering classes.