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Queen Anne's County High School outlines four-level carpentry program
Summary
Ron Frederick, carpentry teacher at Queen Anne's County High School, described a four-level carpentry sequence that teaches safety, tool use, framing, exterior finishing and some cabinet work; student projects include picnic tables, a wooden toolbox and shed construction. Contact information for program inquiries was provided.
Ron Frederick, the carpentry teacher at Queen Anne's County High School, described the school's four-level carpentry program and the hands-on projects students complete.
"We have a level 1 and a level 2. So it actually goes through 4 levels," Frederick said, describing how students move from an introductory semester to more advanced coursework over multiple years.
Frederick said the program begins with safety and tool-use instruction, then progresses to framing and exterior finishing. Students also spend time in the school's cabinet shop, where they learn interior woodworking techniques he described as outside the standard curriculum but useful on the job. "We start out with safety of course, tool use, and then we get into the techniques of framing a house and some exterior finishing," he said.
Student work includes smaller items such as chairs, picnic tables and a wooden toolbox, and larger, house-like projects such as sheds. Frederick said the shed projects serve as a "shrunken version" of house-building that helps students learn construction sequencing and techniques.
Frederick said many students enter the class with limited prior experience. "Most of the kids don't know much about carpentry," he said. "If woodworking is in your interest zone, come on out and we start from scratch so you don't have to know anything."
For information, the announcement listed Adam Toley at (410) 758-2403, extension 31, and directed interested parties to qacps.org to search for career and technology programs.
The remarks were delivered from the high school carpentry shop as an overview of the program's structure and student projects; no formal actions or votes were recorded during the segment.
