FSW Teaches Woodturning Classes at Mt. Pleasant High School
First State Woodturners members collaborated with faculty and staff at Mt. Pleasant High School, Wilmington, Delaware to teach woodturning to students over a three week period in April. Nine of our members volunteered their time, tools, wood, and lathes to teach six classes of students how to turn a bowl from start to finish.
The classes proved so popular with students that many of them went on to turn a second bowl, box, or goblet while we were there. Some students even made their way back to the shop during free time, study halls, and lunch breaks to work on their projects.
In all, over 80 bowls were turned by the students!
Many thanks to Mt. Pleasant STEM teacher Heather Handler and parent/volunteer John Kain for working with us to make this happen. And many thanks to our members: Tom Sloan, Eric Krum, Steve Childers, Mike Adams, Jack Donovan, Don Pivonka, Margaret DeMarco, Dave Beehler, and Joe Nestlerode for volunteering their time to instruct and coach the students.
More photos from the three weeks can be found at our Photo Archive.