Masonry Magazine May 2002 Page. 19
home consisted of over 22,000 jumbo bricks. The basement was an all concrete poured wall. Over 350 square feet of ceramic tile were laid in the bathrooms and a 36-foot Rumford Fireplace was also installed. Additionally, the students found time to lay a 50' x 90' foot basketball court for the student body to use on their lunch hour and assisted with various community service projects throughout the area.
Ravenna, Ohio
Maplewood Career Center's masonry program, taught by Rich Nagy, has become a significant contributor to the school's annual holiday craft show called Christmas in the Woods. Each year, thousands of people visit the school to shop for crafts and seasonal gifts during the two-day show. While their parents are shopping, hundreds of youngsters visit Santa in the masonry lab where the jolly one and his helpers set up camp in front of a full-size fireplace built just for the occasion by masonry students. This year's fireplace featured a mix of textures including cultured barn stone and cobble panels. A special feature, built just for Santa, was a huge stone chair.
According to Nagy, designing and building the fireplace has become a meaningful project for his students and a way for his class to take a prominent role in the annual craft show. "The fact that we have such a point of interest in the masonry lab puts us on the map and draws a great deal of attention to our students and to their abilities," Nagy said.
Another big project for this year is a regional apprentice contest sponsored by area contractors and unions that will be held in the masonry lab at Maplewood. Nagy said 26 apprentices are entered in the contest that will be divided into skill levels determined by the amount of apprenticeship experience each contestant has.
Wilmington, Ohio
Laurel Oaks CDC is one of four campuses of the Great Oaks Institute of Technology serving schools in southwestern Ohio. The Masonry Program at Laurel Oaks CDC is a two-year career technical program that has had very good success in placement in the masonry field, and currently has 18 students enrolled. In the last year the students have built a press box for East Clinton High School, two dugouts for Southern State Community College, a school sign for Clinton-Massie High School, a wall to surround the dumpsters behind the school, and a wall to separate the Air Force Junior ROTC from the automotive technology at Laurel Oaks. There are several projects that are scheduled to be completed this spring.
Afton, Oklahoma
The Northeast Technology Center masonry program, under the instruction of Bud Johnson, has been in existence for 28 years. High school juniors and seniors from 13 feeder schools attend NTC annually. The program is also open to adult students. NTC masonry program enrollment is usually 20-30 students annually. The students participate in live work projects such as signs, concession stands, baseball dugouts and other projects for municipal parks and facilities. Students also work on campus projects.
The NTC masonry program is two years in length. An important part of the program is the on-the-job training, which allows students to be employed.
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