Carpentry

Carpentry)

The Carpentry Department offers a planned curriculum consistent with the mission of Pathfinder  R.V.T.H.S. .  It reflects the needs of the students, the community and the business industry.  The department is currently staffed by four full time instructors rotating the duties as department head each year.

The students spend  approximately 50% of learning time in the shop setting.  The primary method of instruction is discussion and demonstration.  The students also learn well through  hands-on and review methods.

The department has a very active cooperative educational component which enables several students to get experience in the carpentry field. Student progress is monitored by weekly employer report cards.

Our carpentry department has two computer terminals in the shop working area that are utilized by the students.

Equipment is updated as needed to reflect industry standards and technology. 

Students work on various projects that are selected by the instructors with individual student’s skills, limitations and learning styles in mind.  Ninth and tenth-grade students work in the school shop setting doing community projects, projects for the school and personal projects related to the curriculum.  Eleventh and twelfth-grade students are exposed to two areas of instruction in the trade: remodeling, where the students work off-campus doing a variety of building projects including decks, additions, garages, etc., and house construction.