Time for ESD students to sign up for Carpentry and House Construction class

Last year's student-built house in Edmonds, shown here, will be ready for painting and public sale in a few months. This year's house will be started next door within the month. (Photo courtesy of Lynnwood Rotary Club)
Last year’s student-built house in Edmonds, shown here, will be ready for painting and public sale in a few months. This year’s house will be started next door within the month. (Photo courtesy of Lynnwood Rotary Club)

Students interested in any area of the building industry are encouraged to sign up for the Edmonds School District’s elective Carpentry and House Construction class offered during the 2016-17 school year in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Lynnwood, which provides the property, management and materials.

Interested students can speak with the teacher of the class and also with Rotarians at the district high school’s February Elective Fairs, held at local high schools this week and next.

“It is a great opportunity and students are encouraged to sign up for the popular class early through their counselors,” said Ken Peirce, who chairs the Rotary Club’s Vocational Services and House Project.

The 2016-2017 school year will be the 41st year of this hands-on educational experience.

“Homebuilders are clamoring for workers in all areas and pay well from the start,” Perice noted. “Students finishing this class are prepared to enter the trades or get a head start and credit going to Edmonds Community College for classes like Construction Management. The work they do on this house has also prepared some for summer construction work to help pay for college in another field.”

Look at the Career Training Elective pages on the Edmonds School District website for detailed brochures, a video of prior classes working, and the opportunity to download the “Blue Print for Life” book, a history of the first 30 years of this class and Rotary House Project.

If you have questions, call Ken Peirce at 206-276-7786.

  1. This is a cool program. It is good to see our schools encouraging young people to do something useful. We put so much emphasis on “higher education” without considering the fact that too many careers that require college don’t really contribute anything of real value to the world. We need more carpenters, plumbers and electricians. We aren’t going to be in misery if we have fewer MBAs, app designers and marketing specialists.

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