Project turns to learning tool

Thursday, September 15, 2011

by Brian S. Orban

From left, Colby Scott and Garrett Burton work on the roof of a new storage shed on the campus of Richard McKenna Charter High School. The hands-on classroom experience required students to oversee every aspect of the project, from creating a budget to hoisting the actual lumber. Photo by Brian S. Orban

The need for more storage recently became a hands-on classroom experience for students at Richard McKenna Charter High School.

Over the past three weeks, students in Chris Armstrong's basic construction class built an outdoor shed on the campus that emphasized more than carpentry skills.

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Awesome training. Good to see a school using education to keep the overhead costs down. What a deal. McKenna and students seem to do it right.

-- Posted by midea on Thu, Sep 15, 2011, at 7:01 PM
I live right around the corner from this School. They are teaching these kids about gardens and "How" things grow. Not just plants..but family's..and if you did not have a green ^^^ thumb you do now. Great job to these students shows what you can learn when you learn.

-- Posted by Momof 2graduates on Thu, Sep 15, 2011, at 9:02 PM

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