Sumter Today: An aviation workshop at Oakland Primary introduces students to potential careers.

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Yesterday, we showed you how the community came together to host the areas first-ever eSTEAM Festival downtown to showcase the region's STEM and STEAM related careers and what schools in general are teaching kids in the area of science, technology, engineering, art and math. Today, we're taking you to a specific school for a specific STEM program. Oakland Primary is an elementary school closely connected to Shaw Air Force Base, and this week students were presented with an aviation workshop featuring hands-on STEM activities that highlighted aviation and aerospace industry careers.