Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Woodworking with Tom Hurst Fall 2024
- All students must complete a project for these classes
- Tom Hurst
- Email: loonling.lc@gmail.com
Woodworking/Woodturning with Tom:
Location, Tillers International, Scotts, Michigan
Ages 8 and up or instructor permission by request of parents.
Class Dates: Thursdays, September 26, October 3, 17, 31
Class Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM, With 30 minute lunch break.
Minimum 6, Maximum 12 students
Tillers International is an International development and rural skills education center, About 1 hour from Berrien Springs near Kalamazoo. Tom has been an active volunteer and supporter for many years. Tillers operates one of the only dedicated traditional craft education facilities in the Midwest. It really is special. Students will also be exposed to the other elements of Tillers including draft horses and oxen, traditional farming skills, and timber framing. This is a serious class with genuine skill development. The woodworking will be led by Tom with assistance from Colleen.
Parents are welcome to stay but not required. All will be reviewed in advance emails and at the first class. Parents are welcome and encouraged to stay but not required for students over 10. We can adjust ages with special permission to accommodate families.
Check out the website. https://www.tillersinternational.org/classes.
This class will be more focused on hand tool and wood turning activities with power tool support as needed. Projects will be small furniture, wood turned items, culinary items and wildlife related. The 4 hour class will allow a deep dive into projects. The timber framing and stone masonry programs are occurring simultaneously for the first class session. This is a special opportunity.
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst
