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Photos: High schoolers learn manufacturing

Bernie McCarthy (left), the lead GPS instructor at Bradley Corp., works with student Amy Fleischhacker-Dienberg, a 17-year-old junior at Germantown High School, on getting her laptop up and running. This fall, a handful of Milwaukee-area high school students returned to classes like everyone else, but their campus was Bradley Corp., a Menomonee Falls manufacturer of plumbing fixtures.
Bernie McCarthy (left), the lead GPS instructor at Bradley Corp., works with student Amy Fleischhacker-Dienberg, a 17-year-old junior at Germantown High School, on getting her laptop up and running. This fall, a handful of Milwaukee-area high school students returned to classes like everyone else, but their campus was Bradley Corp., a Menomonee Falls manufacturer of plumbing fixtures.
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Austin Glick, an 18-year-old senior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on welding mounting frames in the  Bradley Corp. manufacturing area. The company has partnered with school districts to enable students to complete their final two years of high school, taking regular classes at the company in the morning, while they work in the manufacturing plant in the afternoon.
Austin Glick, an 18-year-old senior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on welding mounting frames in the Bradley Corp. manufacturing area. The company has partnered with school districts to enable students to complete their final two years of high school, taking regular classes at the company in the morning, while they work in the manufacturing plant in the afternoon.
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Tony Magaw, a 16-year-old junior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on his laptop computer during class. It's a 21-month program, with no summer break and demanding academic and work standards. The classroom at Bradley Corp. Is also used by 16 other area manufacturers, including Harley-Davidson, for high school students in the GPS Education Partners program.
Tony Magaw, a 16-year-old junior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on his laptop computer during class. It's a 21-month program, with no summer break and demanding academic and work standards. The classroom at Bradley Corp. Is also used by 16 other area manufacturers, including Harley-Davidson, for high school students in the GPS Education Partners program.
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High school students, all juniors, work on computers during class at Bradley Corp.
High school students, all juniors, work on computers during class at Bradley Corp.
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Austin Glick, an 18-year-old senior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on welding mounting frames in the Bradley Corp. manufacturing area.
Austin Glick, an 18-year-old senior at Menomonee Falls High School, works on welding mounting frames in the Bradley Corp. manufacturing area.
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Tyler Baehr, a 17-year-old senior at Germantown High School, works on making custom parts in the machine shop at Bradley Corp.
Tyler Baehr, a 17-year-old senior at Germantown High School, works on making custom parts in the machine shop at Bradley Corp.
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Jonathan Thomas, a 16-year-old junior at Menomonee Falls High School, talks about the GPS Education Partners program.
Jonathan Thomas, a 16-year-old junior at Menomonee Falls High School, talks about the GPS Education Partners program.
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Bradley Corp. CEO Bryan Mullett sits in the Bradley Education Center.
Bradley Corp. CEO Bryan Mullett sits in the Bradley Education Center.
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