When teachers give
students the opportunity to participate in real-world learning, the
results are often exceptional. This proved true for the woodworking
classes at Onekama High School, who used their talents to help a
local business person.
Last winter, Alaina Trout
contacted OHS shop teacher Rex Toelle about having students produce
rug hooking tool boxes for her business. Trout, who presently
teaches a community education class on rug hooking at Onekama High
School on Wednesday nights, wanted to start with 12 prototypes and
sell them on her website:
www.woollytrout.com
Under Toelle’s direction,
the Onekama High School fourth and fifth hour wood shop classes mass
produced the rug hooking tool boxes over a six week period. The
boxes were put on exhibit in the school’s display cases for a few
weeks in order to share the results of the students’ hard work with
the school community, and then they were given to Mrs. Trout with
excitement and pride.
“All of the students were
involved in the fabrication, assembly, and finish of the tool
boxes,” explained Toelle. “The Onekama High School woods program is
proud that we could be of service to a local business.”
