Building a New Generation
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Want to read an excellent article about BUILD and career technical education in Sonoma County? There’s a good one entitled “A Return to Vocational Trades” by Brandon McCapes; it was published in the NorthBay biz Magazine in August 2021. Click here to see the complete article. It is wonderful when we get acknowledgement in the … Read more
Want to see what these amazing students have been doing this year? This is your chance. We are currently seeking volunteers to serve as Panelists for Junior/Senior Presentations. It’s happening on the mornings of Tuesday, April 12, 2022 and Thursday, April 14, 2022. Click on this Signup Sheet to add your name -> Signup Sheet. … Read more
BUILD instructor Jessica Borland partnered with Seniors for Students to help build the last 10 desks of the 300 desk project; this was the final project for the year for the BUILD students. Students were able to come and actually build desks on campus or pick up a kit and build their desks at home. These pine … Read more
There’s a new ‘classroom’ at Windsor High School. Well, it’s kind of a room! No, it’s actually better than a traditional classroom for the planning and building and construction that will happen there. Because it’s outside! What was once a simple patio beside a south classroom has been transformed into a new learning/teaching/working space. Yes, … Read more
BUILD students started work on their first construction project, a tool tote, in March 2021. Students were given the project pieces in a kit and then worked on their own to assemble and finish it. Instructions and guidance were provided in Zoom sessions as students learned to get the pieces squared up, make sure the … Read more
BUILD students made a quick trip to the Drive Thru on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. But it wasn’t to pick up a hamburger! They came instead to the south parking lot of Windsor High School to pick up a bucket of tools and the makings for their first wood project. BUILD instructor Jessica Borland handed … Read more
BUILD instructor Jessica Borland accepted 30 buckets full of small tools last week when the Rotary Club of Windsor delivered 30 buckets filled with small tools for BUILD Academy students. Tools were provided by Rotary with matching funds provided in part by a grant from Rotary District 5130. Tools will be distributed to BUILD students … Read more
Yesterday the world of BUILD Academy got a little more personalized as Rotarians spent part of Sunday afternoon playing with the BUILD logo stencil, a can of spray paint and 30 Home Depot buckets. These buckets will be used to hold the first tools which will be distributed to students next week. Painting duties were … Read more
Home Depot in Windsor donated Homer buckets and lids to the BUILD Academy today. Students will use these for tool storage while they are distance learning at home.
How exciting! Boxes of tools and all sorts of wonderful equipment are starting to arrive!