Masonry Magazine May 2002 Page. 21
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Masonry students from the Fayette County Area Vocational-Technical School, located in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, constructed two stone gateways for a local historic community. Students design, estimate materials and construct the 20' x 12' fireplace and it is used to cook the food for the party.
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
The Fayette County Area Vocational-Technical School, located in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, lays claim to being the commonwealth's first area vocational-technical school. Mr. Terry Motchar, the masonry instructor, explains that he averages about 20 students per semester. The students, in grades 9 thru 12 from four school districts, learn skills in four different areas of the trade including brick masonry, stonework, cement finishing and tile setting. The students do live work on a regular basis, building storage buildings and brick marquees at their home schools and most notable, building two stone gateways for a local historic community. These projects not only provide a good service to the community, but are also excellent publicity for the program and the school.
Holly Hill, South Carolina
The masonry program at Holly Hill - Roberts High School has been in existence since 1968. This is a two-year program under the instruction of Mr. Eugene Johnson, with 36 students enrolled. Two seniors in the program worked last summer with Pettit Construction Co. and Carolina East Masonry. After doing several class projects, the students got experience in underpinning a mobile home and storage room for our district office. Last year they also had three district competition winners.
Harlingen, Texas
Currently Harlingen High School has fifteen students in the masonry program. Students can take masonry for two years. The class is divided between Masonry I and Masonry II. The objective of this masonry program is to enable students to gain entry level skills in the masonry field. The class meets Monday thru Friday for an hour and an half. Besides working on hands-on projects in the class, the students are also very active in the Skills USA-VICA. Harlingen High School has had six students out of the past ten years participate at the national level in Kansas City, Missouri, as state champions. The masonry program has had female students place at the district and state levels competition with a young lady representing Texas in 1997. Harlingen High School also offers an Introduction to Masonry class, which is nine weeks long. This class is aimed primarily at freshmen students.
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