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You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - Admiral - 10-14-2019
As they cut HS shop classes left and right..... at least this community college will be picking up the slack I guess....
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-14/cerritos-college-donation-woodworking
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - farmerj111 - 10-14-2019
That's wonderful! Whoever the gentleman is, he made my day as well as many kid's days in the future.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - MarkSingleton - 10-14-2019
That's a cool story! Thanks for posting it.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - handi - 10-15-2019
As I work with a number of woodworking retailers and consult to the wood industry, I can tell you that more and more high schools, and even middle schools are re-instating shop classes.
The WMIA (Wood Manufacturer’s Industrial Association) is heavily involved in promoting trades education, and there are non-profit groups as well.
Kreg is a big supporter of school programs as is MicroJig. MicroJig is currently donating a pair of their GR100 GRR-RIPPERs for every table saw in any public high school shop program in the US. No strings attached, the shop teachers simply fill out the form at www.microjig.com/schools They have set up more than 400 schools around the country in the first year. If you know any shop teachers, let them know.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - Admiral - 10-16-2019
(10-15-2019, 09:13 PM)handi Wrote: As I work with a number of woodworking retailers and consult to the wood industry, I can tell you that more and more high schools, and even middle schools are re-instating shop classes.
Ralph: that's great news.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - Handplanesandmore - 10-16-2019
"metal cutting tool!"
The reporter seemed to be lazy enough not to do a bit more homework before she published her piece. At least, as a reporter, curiosity should be her strength.
Simon
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - Admiral - 10-16-2019
(10-16-2019, 08:02 AM)Handplanesandmore Wrote: "metal cutting tool!"
The reporter seemed to be lazy enough not to do a bit more homework before she published her piece. At least, as a reporter, curiosity should be her strength.
Simon
yeah, saw that too; i think bad grammar, should mean a cutting tool made of metal, which i also agree is pretty lame, given the piece is about woodworking.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - AHill - 10-16-2019
Cerritos College has a very good woodworking program, with several woodworking shops. Lie-Nielsen does their LA traveling roadshow there a lot. There are a lot of furniture design places and even furniture manufacturing businesses in the LA metroplex, so it's a good deal when they get endowments like this.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - toolmiser - 10-16-2019
I talked with our Middle School teacher last week about schools ending shop classes. He said he thought a lot of it around here was because they couldn't get teachers. Not a lot of colleges offer it anymore.
RE: You Don't See a Gift Like This Very Often - wjt - 10-17-2019
(10-15-2019, 09:13 PM)handi Wrote: As I work with a number of woodworking retailers and consult to the wood industry, I can tell you that more and more high schools, and even middle schools are re-instating shop classes.
The WMIA (Wood Manufacturer’s Industrial Association) is heavily involved in promoting trades education, and there are non-profit groups as well.
Kreg is a big supporter of school programs as is MicroJig. MicroJig is currently donating a pair of their GR100 GRR-RIPPERs for every table saw in any public high school shop program in the US. No strings attached, the shop teachers simply fill out the form at www.microjig.com/schools They have set up more than 400 schools around the country in the first year. If you know any shop teachers, let them know.
Ralph:
I have sent this information to four wood shop teachers in my area who I have contacted previously. There are a few more that I will reach out to as well.
Thanks for telling us about this program.
Bill