BENTON —
The building trades program at Fairfield High School is tackling a different project this winter, as students construct the school’s new press box at the football field.
According to teacher Jeff McClure, this is different from other years.
“Normally we build a house every year, but in this case, we didn’t have a house to build this year due to the economy and all,” he said.
So instead the school board gave the class the press box project.
According to Principal Ben Tonagel, the project is a “win-win” for both the school and the students.
“Our students get to learn and contribute something to the school corporation,” he said.
Tonagel said that community fundraising and donations of building supplies also helped and has allowed the school to replace it’s old, aging press box.
Students work on the project daily, in two shifts, in the morning and in the afternoon.
For students it is not only a learning opportunity, but a chance to get real world experience, as well as give back to their school.
“This is pretty much just what is going to happen on a construction site, if they get out there and it’s hands on, they like that, they get to do, rather than just learn from a book or video,” McClure said,
“I like [being a part of the construction],” Austin Bontrager, a senior in the class said. “I’ll come to games and say, ‘Hey, I built that.’”
Junior Travis Eicker agrees.
“Building something on school property, [that] you’ll be able to point out that you built, that’s a pretty cool experience,” he said.
For the students, they may get more benefits, other than just bragging about being a part of the construction.
“Maybe they’ll let me sit in it a couple times during football games,” Bontrager said, “[But] I don’t know if they’ll let me.”
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Jesse Lance, sophomore and Austin Bontrager, senior, watch as a section of wall is prepared to be lifted into place at the new Fairfield press box. Sam Householder
Fairfield students building press box
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