Grade 5/6 teacher at Nakusp Elementary School Anita Vibe and Nakusp Secondary School’s Carpentry and Joinery 11/12 teacher Ken Barisoff combined forces to collaborate on a community project involving their students. The idea came to Vibe when Halcyon House Assisted Living expressed a need to replace come of the raised planters on site. The two teachers consulted and created an action plan.
Barisoff stated, “Sometimes opportunity knocks and all the variables fall into place. First the logs were selected with NACFOR [Nakusp and Area Community Forest] and delivered to Nakusp Secondary School and milled into the required boards. Secondly, the boards were cut into the specified lengths and prepared for assembly by the Carpentry 11/12 students.”
Then over a period of two classes, all students in both classes assembled and completed the planters for use. Barisoff wanted to express his thanks to Hugh Watt from NACFOR for supplying the donated cedar logs, to the Principals of both Nakusp Elementary (Mike Hibberson) and Nakusp Secondary (Peter Gajda), the EA’s, and numerous parent supervisors, “the parental supervision was generous.”
The teachers are pleased with the success of the project and grateful for the opportunity supplied by Halcyon House. a need voiced within the community.