USD 489

Hays High School received a $1,000 Perkins Grant to purchase a Rockler-Bench Dog Cast Iron Router Table.

The proposed equipment will be used in project-based activities within the Wood Fundamental’s and Production Wood Technology curriculum.

The project-based activities will focus around three production methods: Job production, which tends tend to be singular in nature; batch production, which is grouped-type production; and flow production, which tends to be repetitive or mass quantity production.

Students will complete projects using one or more of the three above mentioned production methods, while not being limited to specific materials or machine processes, which is the current classroom environment.

Students in Fundamental Woods will use the proposed equipment in flow or mass production systems to complete projects, while Production Woods students will produce projects in batch and job production systems.

Through the proposed activities, students will manipulate a diverse range of materials and processes including, wood, plastics and laminates.

Machine set-ups will require precision measurements and precise calculations, and the development and use of jigs and fixtures into production processes.

The project-based activities will require testing and prototyping to verify material choice, joinery, quality control and final assembly.

Book donation

The Kansas-NEA Reading Circle program donated $531 worth of books to USD 489.

The donated books were added to the Hays High School and Hays Middle School libraries.