Fall 2014 UPDATE

Kids, boats, and education

Two new partnerships set the stage for fall programs; 
 

    McKinney Elementary: Two 6th grade classes build Bevin’s Skiffs. Meeting with class A in the morning and class B in the afternoon, Wind & Oar instructors integrate math, science and engineering as students rotate through three activity centers during this in-school ten week program. A collaboration between W&O, Hillsboro School District and the Portland Metro STEM Partnership.

    
















Merlo Station High School: An in-school, daily project over 6 weeks, building an Arch Davis Sand Dollar. Working with Beaverton School District to bring hands on, experiential, learning into the schools, and engaging students in their own potential to learn.


Wind & Oar's efforts to provide a vision of the future for our older students includes having Portland Community College's Future Connect staff introduce scholarship options to seniors. Having built a boat with Wind & Oar gives students priority status on their applications. Josh Laurie, Future Connect Director, and Jose Esparza, Outreach Director, met this fall with students from last spring's class and the current class.

Winter, Spring, & Summer 2014
Recap

6 boats, 9 projects, 125 kids
 

  - Farmington View Elementary School: Integrating math, science, design and engineering, 36 5th graders rotate through three activity centers during this in-school ten week program.
 

  - Merlo Station High School: working in the Aloha High School wood shop, 9 juniors and seniors spent 14 weeks building the Arch Davis designed Penobscot 13 while earning math and applied arts credits.

 -  Self Enhancement Inc.: Two after school STEM programs over winter and spring engaged 25 students in building their own scale model Bevin’s Skiffs, applying math, learning design, and practicing patience!

   -SW Charter School: 7th & 8th grade after school project build the Bevin's Skiff in Wind & Oar's shop.

   - Cascade Heights Public Charter School: In this for-credit, advanced math class, middle school students applied math and physics concepts to boat design and model building.
 

   - Self Enhancement Inc.: Meeting at our shop during the warm days of July, ten high school students from Jefferson and Grant, including three returnees from the 2013 build, constructed the Arch Davis designed Sand Dollar, an 11 foot sailboat, in 5 weeks.

-Neighborhood House: 

       Jackson M.S. SUN program: 16 students build Seraphina

      Stephens’ Creek Crossing: 10 resident youngsters, ages 9-14, build South Star
 

The joy of crafting a wooden boat was capped for each group at separate launchings on the Willamette River.