Facilities: Wood Shop

Introduction

The wood shop is part of the tech building which was built in 2004 and opened in November of that year. The shop is approximately 2000 square feet. A large roll up door allows for receiving materials and removing larger projects. We have a good variety of hand tools as well as power tools. There is also an air compressor which supplies air for pneumatic tools. We have a dust collector system which connects to all stationary equipment to reduce the amount of dust in the shop.

The courses available are grade 7 and 8 woodworking and grade 10 and 11 construction technology and design technology. Grade 7/8 is an introduction to wood and woodworking, the basic use of tools and equipment on smaller projects. The construction technology course covers residential construction from foundation to completion of the home. We discuss all phases of construction in theory and apply as much as possible in the shop class. We have had the opportunity to build a number of garden sheds which are sold to cover material costs. The design technology course uses the shops to build proto types of some of their ideas or samples of products which are presented to the class as part of a marketing plan.

The goal of the wood shop is to give the student the opportunity to see if they have been given a gift to work with wood and tools either for employment or pleasure. We hope that together with a co-op program we can direct a student correctly to use the gift that God has given. In the future we hope to expand studies into more trade areas.