Hypertherm announces 2020 Spark Something Great educational grant winners

Chris Dinnes, a manufacturing teacher at Lively District Secondary School in Ontario, unboxes the Powermax45 XP he received as part of Hypertherm’s Spark Something Great grant while his class watches on Zoom.

Hypertherm, a Hanover, N.H-based manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has announced the recipients of the 2020 Spark Something Great educational grant.

Grant recipients were selected from a record pool of 257 applicants representing high schools, vocational schools, and colleges from throughout the U.S. and Canada. Each of the 12 winning schools will receive a Hypertherm Powermax45 XP plasma system, Hypertherm’s AWS Sense-approved “Plasma Cutting Technology: Theory and Practice” curriculum kit, and in-person training from a Hypertherm industrial cutting expert.

This year’s recipients are:

• Central Columbia High School – Bloomsburg, Pa.
• Cheraw High School – Cheraw, S.C.
• Clearwater High School – Piedmont, Mo.
• Dallas County Community College – Dallas
• East Lee County High School – Lehigh Acres, Fla.
• Lorain County JVS – Oberlin, Ohio
• Monument Valley High School – Kayenta, Ariz.
• Murray/Calloway County Area Technology Center – Murray, Ky.
• Lively District Secondary School – Lively, Ont.
• Shead High School – Eastport, Maine
• Spray School District – Spray, Ore.
• Tri-County Technology Center – Walterboro, S.C.