Before we tackle the dangerous dissolution of something now called “Career and Technical Education,” let’s cut to the cool stuff about what, ahem, normal people call “woodshop classes.” Heck, even my ...
Woodshop classes have disappeared from some schools, but one Pleasant Hill middle school teacher is reintroducing the curriculum to a new generation of students. When 7th graders file into Nicole ...
PLEASANT HILL — Dust replaced sawdust in the eight years that Valley View Middle School’s woodshop sat dormant. After a search to replace a retiring instructor proved fruitless, power tools were given ...
Megan Shannon and her students practice using a hand place. Megan Shannon starts most of her woodworking classes with the same lesson: how to use a hand plane to smooth and shape wood. "You see almost ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It's said that woodworking is a timeless skill that resonates with people of all ages. "We have people as young as, believe it or not, 5 years old and up to 95 years old and ...