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今年12月11日那周，中央纪念中学汽车部门收到了一批不寻常的货物。来自Blackfoot Motosport的Sebastian Reuben和Claude Giguere带来了一些装满货物的箱子。其中一部分箱子里是Yamaha Power Products的货物，而其他的则是从制造商那里运来的摩托车，这些摩托车因为未见天日而被封存起来。

这是中央纪念中学汽车课程的学生每年一次的机会，他们可以应用所学的机械知识，并接触到另一个寻找技术人员的行业。这个班级的任务是拆开箱子，组装和测试摩托车和动力产品的运作情况。这些设备与汽车不同，它们只是部分组装好的。必须按照规定的程序将零件分类，并严格遵循组装单元的步骤，以确保它们在未来销售给消费者时能够提供安全和无故障的服务。

学生们在与Blackfoot Motosports每天面临的挑战中获得了实际经验。例如，与他人合作协作，整理零件和工具，现场解决问题，以及物流方面的挑战，比如剩下的纸板或箱子的钢结构该怎么处理？（简单的答案是，进行回收！）

学生们学到了很多关于组装不同零件的技巧，例如为什么需要在将手柄安装到上三角夹上之前，以特定的方式安装油门支架。他们还对对待新设备的谨慎性和当产品被交付给客户时所期望的高质量有了更深的认识。

在班级开始这次学习机会几天后，Claude和Sebastian回来，将所有货物装车返回Blackfoot Motosports店铺。

中央纪念中学汽车项目的学生和教职员工要感谢Blackfoot Motosports的服务部门，该部门由Tobi Langer领导，Gavin Birchall，Doug MacRae，Jason Mitchell和Pat Chambers等所有者为卡尔加里的教育事业提供了几十年的支持。我们非常感谢Blackfoot Motosports对中央学生能力的信任，感谢他们为我们提供如此宝贵的经验，以及他们在我们学习社区中的贡献。

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The Automotive Department at Central Memorial High School received an unusual delivery the week of Dec. 11, 2017. Sebastian Reuben and Claude Giguere from Blackfoot Motosport arrived with a number of packing crates. Some of the crates contained Yamaha Power Products and the rest held various motorcycles that had not seen the light of day since being shipped from the manufacturer.

This is an annual opportunity where students of Central’s automotive program can apply the skills they have gained in mechanics and be exposed to another trade that is search of technicians. The class is  tasked with unpacking the crates and assembling and testing the operation of the motorcycles and power products. This equipment is unlike automobiles in that it comes only partially assembled. Parts must be sorted and procedures closely followed to assemble the units so that they will provide safe and trouble-free service for the future consumer purchasing the motorcycle or power product.

The students gained real world experience when they were exposed to some of the challenges Blackfoot Motosports deals with each day.  Experiences such as working cooperatively and collaboratively with others, organizing parts and tools, on-the-fly problem solving and logistical challenges, such as what do you do with the leftover cardboard or the steel structure of the crate? (The short answer is, it’s recycled!)

The students learned a great deal about the assembly of different parts, such as why you need to attach the throttle bracket in a certain way to the handle bar prior to bolting the handlebar to the upper  triple clamp. They also gained an appreciation for the care one must take with new equipment and the high level of quality expected when a product is being delivered to a customer. 

A few days after the class began this learning opportunity, Claude and Sebastian returned and everything was loaded into the Blackfoot Trailer for its return to the shop.

The students and staff of the automotive program at Central Memorial High School would like to thank the Service Department at Blackfoot Motosports  led by Tobi Langer, Gavin Birchall, the owners, Doug MacRae, Jason Mitchell and Pat Chambers for their decades of support to education in Calgary. We are very thankful to Blackfoot Motosports for trusting in the abilities of Central’s students, for providing us with such a valuable experience and for being a part of our learning community.