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Lambrick Park Grade 11 student Tyler Maxwell, left, shows Gordon Head middle school students Jackson Orlick, centre, and Matt Clark, how to correctly measure and cut a board. The students were jointly building a shed, which was later donated to the Gordon Head Recreation Centre to benefit the Victoria Nature Preschool program. See more photos from the shed build by viewing this story online at vicnews.com. Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Trades training helps build community Leadership, community contributions in spotlight thanks to school district Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
A trades program at Lambrick Park secondary opened its door to more than just high school students last week. Teens in the TASK program (Trades Awareness Skills Knowledge) showed a crew of kids from Gordon Head middle school around their small construction site for a couple of days, culminating in building a shed to benefit the preschool program at the rec centre next door.
The Gordon Head pre-teens were on hand or two-day experience in a particular trade as part of a two-day Spotlight on Trades (in Lambrick’s case, carpentry), and the program, set up by Anna Lisa Bond, the high school students practise leadership Greater Victoria School District’s middle skills by mentoring middle school students. “It’s a good learning experience,” said school co-ordinator for career initiatives. “It excites me to hear young people feeling Tyler Maxwell, a Grade 11 student in the TASK program. excited about the possiThe spotlight probilities in their futures “It excites me to hear young vided an opportunity and seeing options before them that they people feeling excited about the to pass down the skills and knowledge he’s didn’t know they had,” possibilities in their futures.” learned in high school. Bond said. - Anna Lisa Bond “A lot of them, just Focused on trades from this experience, and technical training opportunities, and leadership and com- want to be in construction,” he said. “Or, munity building, spotlights are designed to like me, eliminate it (as a career choice).” For Grade 7 students Jackson Orlick, 13 strengthen the connection and relationship between high schools and their feeder mid- and Matt Clark, 12, working with Maxwell is dle schools. Grade 8 students attend a one- simply a great way to spend a school day.
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“I like building things so it’s fun,” Orlick said. “I’d like to do construction. I haven’t ruled out anything yet.” Lambrick’s TASK teacher, Todd Buchanan, said the younger kids were keen during the two days of working with hand tools. “It’s definitely important to get them excited about it early on and show them it’s a viable option, or at least a skill worth knowing,” he said. Charlene Parker, manager of the Gordon Head Rec Centre, says she’s thankful her rec centre – and the Victoria Nature Preschool program, more specifically – benefitted from the spotlight program. “We don’t have a lot of budget (to build a shed ourselves). It’s a $1,000 investment for us that they’re donating.” reporter@saanichnews.com
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