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Forest Grove student urges continuation of 50-year Viking House construction program
Summary
An unnamed Forest Grove High School student told district officials the Viking House program, running since 1975 and now in its 50th year, gives students hands-on construction experience, cultivates work ethic and helps prepare them for careers in engineering and construction management.
An unnamed Forest Grove High School student told Forest Grove School District 15 officials that the district's Viking House program, in operation since 1975 and marking its 50th year, gives students real-world construction experience and helps prepare them for careers.
"This program has really helped me just, like, embrace new learning new things, and it's helped me with a lot of skills in my life, and I can't wait to use these skills I've learned in my future," the student said. The student said they hope to pursue "some sort of engineering or construction management" after graduation and that doing Viking House will help achieve those goals.
The student described Viking House as evidence of local youth work ethic and talent, saying the program "shows the work ethic the youth in Forest Grove have, and it shows, like, the talent that we all have." They also said they hope the program "really continues" so other students can receive similar hands-on training.
The transcript notes the program involves students building Viking houses for sale as part of their learning; it says the initiative began in 1975 and that this year is the program's fiftieth anniversary. The record does not specify the meeting date or whether the remarks were delivered during a public-comment period or a scheduled program presentation.
No motions, votes or formal district actions regarding the Viking House program are recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
