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May 31, 2025
Nonprofit program aims to teach high school students trade skills. Heavy Metal Summer Experience director Angie Simon discusses Gen Z’s rising interest in trade jobs on ‘Fox News Live.’
May 22, 2025
Angie Simon, president and co-founder of the Heavy Metal Summer Experience, joins the Gary and Shannon Podcast to discuss introducing youth to careers in the trades.
May 22, 2025
"High school students are skipping college and learning trades instead, earning as much as $70,000 after graduation."
May 21, 2025
HMSE Co-founder Angie Simon discussed college versus the trades as options for today's students on CNN with Audie Cornish.
May 10, 2025
"Has the Pendulum Finally Swung from College Degrees to Skilled Trades? Michael Smerconish discusses careers in the trades with HMSE Co-founder Angie Simon."
May 7, 2025
"The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers." This article includes comments from HMSE Executive Director Angie Simon as well as 18-year-old Jenny Cantrill, whose HMSE camp experience last summer ended with her accepting a position with her host camp.
July 10, 2025
Heavy Metal camp helps attract, train future electricians.
July 9, 2025
A nationally spotlighted summer program is in the Quad Cities this week for the first time — and it’s opening doors to high-paying career paths for local high schoolers.
July 9, 2025
A national summer camp aimed at teaching trade skills to students held its first-ever program in the Quad Cities this week, offering local teens hands-on electrical training through the Heavy Metal Summer Experience (HMSE).
July 9, 2025
The Heavy Metal Summer Experience students' big project was to build out a recruiting trailer for the QC Electrical Training Center. The students ran conduits and wires for solar panels on top of the trailer. They also ran wires for and mounted TVs and speakers.
June 28, 2025
The Heavy Metal Summer Experience is a camp offered at partner sites throughout the country to expose high schoolers and recent graduates to union trade jobs.
June 13, 2025
A unique summer program is giving high school students a head start on a stable, well-paying career, not in a college classroom, but on the job site.
June 12, 2025
This camp called the Heavy Metal Summer Experience, is an opportunity for high schoolers and recent graduates to learn several trades—gaining hands-on experience before taking their next career step.
June 3, 2025
Students in Nashville work alongside union professionals to learn sheet metal, electrical, and plumbing skills as alternatives to traditional college paths.
July 11, 2024
Las Vegas teens find passion, purpose and possibly a career in building trades camp.
