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Doctor Gives Back to City Stadium Automotive

“I felt that doing something like this course of their junior and senior year as part
would be really helpful for them and help set of the Automotive Maintenance Technician
them off on a good career path...this is some- (AMT) program. Upon graduating from
thing I knew that if I was in their position, I high school, students will be prepared to
would be really excited to get and I wanted to either enter the workforce directly or con-
do the same thing for them,” Dr. Bailey said. tinue their education for one more year to
Senior Alex Olea said that receiving the complete either a two-year Automotive
toolbox helps a lot, especially with future Technician technical diploma or an Auto-
expenses as he begins his career. Alex said he motive Technology associate degree.
plans to continue at Northeast Wisconsin Tech- City Stadium Automotive at East High
nical College and currently works for Gandrud is certified by the National Automotive
Automotive. Alex added that receiving the Technician Education Foundation (NATEF)
toolbox inspires him to give back someday for Maintenance and Light Repair Program
when he is in a position to do so. Standards. NATEF is an organization that
examines the structure, resources, and
About City Stadium Automotive quality of training programs and evalu-
Students enrolled in City Stadium ates them against standards established by
Automotive focus on the diagnosis and trou- the industry. Students who receive NATEF
bleshooting of faults in automotive systems certification are prepared to work in the
Green Bay Area Public Schools program. Colton Dean, Lyric Ekberg, Fabian while receiving high school and college automotive field, enroll in technical school,
Dr. James Bailey, a cardiothoracic Guzman, Jaime Guzman, Alex Olea and credit through the local technical college. or both.
surgeon at Bellin Hospital, made a very gen- Steven Solis all received a tool cabinet in the They also have the opportunity to work To learn more about City Stadium Auto-
erous gift to seniors in East High School’s color they personally selected. at major dealerships while still enrolled motive, visit gbaps.org/CSA.
City Stadium Automotive program on Feb- Dr. Bailey graduated from Westwood in high school. The hands-on, real-world
ruary 14, 2025. High School located in Michigan, where experience students receive centers around
Driving a pick-up truck with a trailer he had participated in their automotive technical research, automotive workplace www.gbaps.org
attached, Dr. Bailey delivered six 42-inch program. He shared that the automotive skills and practices, and preparation for
double bank roller tool cabinets. program was an important experience for post-secondary education.
Dr. Bailey gave the tool cabinets to him and said he wanted to give back to the Students now have the opportunity to
seniors in the City Stadium Automotive community. earn more than 26 college credits over the

Avoid ‘Braking’ the Bank: PHS Auto Shop Will Service Cars

perform work on them. If the students are in of auto maintenance,” said Mr. Biller. able shop class that goes with what I want
auto tech or basic auto, they can repair the Since the auto shop handles many to do after graduation,” said Dylan. With
vehicles themselves. If the students aren’t in varying models and brands, there is a lot the willingness to learn and work, students
either automotive class, then they are able to to learn and do. “My favorite part of teach- always get the job done.
have the auto tech students repair/maintain ing auto tech is doing different things every With smaller costs and learning
the vehicle for them. day and it’s always a new task or problem involved, bringing cars into the automotive
The most common way that students to solve,” said Mr. Biller. By having a lot of shop is a great benefit of being a student.
can bring their cars or trucks into the auto tasks and activities to be completed, there is There are capable and reliable students
shop is by directly asking automotive tech- much to like about the class. maintaining and fixing vehicles throughout
nology teacher Beau Biller, or by having a Most auto tech students enjoy working the school and they are a beneficial resource
student in auto tech ask him. The teacher’s on vehicles. “My favorite part of auto tech for other students’ automotive needs. If any
preferred method of bringing their cars in is is that it doesn’t feel like school and it’s automotive maintenance or repair is needed
calling Mr. Biller or emailing him. The only an escape of the mind,” said senior Leyton just reach out to Mr. Biller or one of many
requirement to get a vehicle worked on is Schaefer. The aspect of spending all class automotive technology students who will be
to supply the proper parts or things that are doing hands-on work is one of the reasons willing to help.
being replaced when necessary. why auto tech is a popular class. Article and photos reprinted from Hi-Lights,
The auto shop does tire jobs, fluid Other auto tech students have their the Plymouth High School student news-
checks, part replacements/fixing, trans- favorite parts of working on vehicles. “My paper.
mission swaps/repairs, overall checks/ favorite part of working on different vehi-
assessments, and other automotive activi- cles is the difference between them and the
ties. There is a wide variety of tools and variation between the alternative vehicles,” www.plymouth.k12.wi.us
students who are capable of many different said senior Dylan Andrews. Getting skills in
jobs to fix the vehicle. automotive repair and maintenance can help
PHS senior Tyler Shallue replaces power There are many different benefits of students with their future careers or their
steering lines on the Biller family van.
bringing trucks and cars into the auto shop. future as a whole.
Plymouth High School “It’s nice for students to bring vehicles in There are lots of varying reasons why
One of the major aspects of the auto because it’s less expensive and it’s the best students decide to enroll in automotive
shop is that students and teachers are way for students to learn about automotive classes. “I decided to take auto tech because
welcome to bring their vehicles in and technology and get a general understanding it’s always been my passion and it’s a valu-