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Teacher reports summer CTE students built planter boxes for Pelican Elementary
Summary
Juan Perez reported that middle- and high-school students in CTE summer programs combined math review with hands-on construction, producing planter boxes (six to seven for Pelican Elementary) and larger bench-style boxes. Middle-school participation fell from about two dozen to roughly a dozen; high-school participation was four to five dozen.
Juan Perez, a math teacher at Klamath Union High School, told the Klamath Falls City Schools Board Aug. 11 that the district’s CTE summer program paired classroom skill recovery with practical shop projects that produced tangible items for local schools.
Perez said middle-school students learned to use power saws, drills and other tools to construct planter boxes; about six to seven standard planter boxes were completed and earmarked for donation to Pelican Elementary School. He described high-school instruction as a split-day model: students retook Algebra I and Geometry in the morning and pursued hands-on construction projects in the afternoon, producing more advanced bench-style planter boxes. Perez reported middle-school participation “began with just over two dozen students, ended with about a dozen participants,” while high-school participation was “approximately four to five dozen.”
Board members thanked Mr. Perez and noted the program’s benefits, with one board member referencing a common workshop maxim praised in the session: “measure twice, cut once.” Perez invited the board to view the completed planter boxes, and the board recorded appreciation for staff and returning alumni who had expressed interest in teaching the program in future summers.
